Word: firpo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...generally conceded that Firpo won because he can punch hard, and that Willard lost because...
...generally conceded that Firpo is good enough to fight Champion Dempsey?with any expectation of winning...
Jack Johnson: "There are three persons in the world who can knock out Jack Dempsey. They are Firpo. Harry Wills and Jack Johnson...
Nevertheless Promotor Rickard said: " Firpo, in my mind, is the outstanding challenger for Dempsey's title right now. He impresses me as another Jim Jeffries?a better man than Jeffries was at a corresponding period in his ring career, for Firpo is stronger than Jeff and hits harder...
Jimmy de Forrest, Firpo's trainer, holds no such illusion. Said be: "Dempsey is entirely too fast for Firpo. I judge that he (Firpo) needs about four months' intensive training before he should even contemplate meeting Jack. Otherwise he will be entering a slaughter house!" (De Forrest trained Dempsey for the Willard fight in Toledo, July 4, 1919. Sporting writers invariably speak respectfully of Jimmy de Forrest...