Word: firpo
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Bill Brennan (only man who has been knocked out by both Dempsey and Firpo in the same round?the twelfth) : "I wouldn't be surprised to see him [Dempsey] end the evening's entertainment before two full rounds have been fought...
Jess Willard (in a signed article in The New York Call: "The best man I ever fought was Jack Johnson . . . His best was better than the best of either Dempsey or Firpo...
...advice to Firpo is to be careful with Dempsey the first two or three rounds. Dempsey makes a lightning start, but I don't think he can go for a long grind...
...Firpo (in a newspaper interview): "As I go through the crowd from my dressing-room to the ring, men will stand on their chairs and shout evil things at me. They will have their fists over their heads and call me bad names and tell me that Dempsey will do terrible things...
Johnson appeared last week as a sparring partner of Firpo...