44) Jersey Joe Walcott II KO1: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Jersey Joe Walcott II 15th May 1953 Heavyweight Chicago: [r1] ... A minute to go in round one. It’s all over. US fight commentary
46) Ezzard Charles I Points 15:
47) Ezzard Charles II KO8: US Fight Commentary TV -
187 lbs v Ezzard Charles 192.5 lbs 17th September 1954 New York [r1] ... The fight starts briskly ... Charles beating Marciano to the punch [r7] ... And that nose is a target for Ezzard Charles. A legitimate target ... Marciano’s aggressiveness is not making it easy ... Good combination punches by Marciano. Charles may be in trouble again [r8] ... Down he goes! ... Six devastating punches. Nine. And out. It’s all over. US fight commentary
49) Archie Moore KO9: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Archie Moore 21st September 1955 New York [r1] … Not too much has happened … [r2] … The count was four [Marciano] … The champion’s in trouble … Rocky still shaky a little … [r3] … Moore is a trickster but fifteen rounds are long … Good right hand from Marciano … Archie’s on the defensive now … [r4] … The last round was a dandy … Powerful right by Marciano … Both a little rocky … [r5] … Very elusive, Archie … [r6] … Moore doesn’t seem to be worried about being in those corners … Right hand! Right hand! Moore’s in bad trouble … Another right by Rocky … Now he punches back … Moore’s legs are gone, he’s done again … [r7] … Very arm weary Marciano … Two great right hands from Moore … Marciano’s the one in trouble … Toe to toe in Moore’s corner … [r8] … Moore’s terribly tired on that rope … Rocky’s stronger … Rocky’s still chasing him … Right hand! Right hand! The bell saved him [Moore] … [r9] … Just a bombardment … There he [Moore] goes … That’s all. US fight commentary
[8.7] GENE TUNNEY 68-65(48)-1-1-1 [Heavyweight 155-192 lbs]: Reg Gutteridge - Ringside: Top Ten Heavyweights TV - Bert Randolph Sugar - Harry Carpenter - Ray Arcel
He didn’t read Shakespeare for nothing, you know. Reg Gutteridge, boxing journalist & commentator
You [Bert Randolph Sugar] have Tunney rated highly at Number Five [Heavyweight]. Why? Ringside: Top 10 Heavyweights
He was the consummate fighter. Bert Randolph Sugar
This was a great great fighter. The problem was he was not exciting, particularly in the wake of Jack Dempsey ... He was not popular. Bert Randolph Sugar
He was the American Light Heavyweight champion. He was beaten by Harry Greb so badly that they thought he should quit. He went back in against Greb and beat him four times after that. Bert Randolph Sugar
The greatest scientific fighter since James J Corbett. Bert Randolph Sugar
I’m very impressed with Tunney. Harry Carpenter
Tunney was a very intelligent man. Ray Arcel
65) Jack Dempsey I Points 15: US Fight Commentary TV -
v Jack Dempsey I 105,000 est. 23rd September 1926 Chicago: [r1] ... It’s starting to rain but the fight is going to continue ... Dempsey hasn’t fought for three years ... [r6] ... Dempsey always moving forward. Bobbing. Weaving. Trying to get one good poke at Tunney ... [r10] ... Jack is desperate. He is way behind. He knows his only chance to keep the title now is by a knockout ... Here in the tenth round he is pretty well used up ... [r15] ... Tunney the winner by unanimous decision. US fight commentary
66) Jack Dempsey II Points 10: Gene Tunney - US Fight Commentary TV - US Newsreel - Daily News - Bert Randolph Sugar - Jack Dempsey: Boxer/Actor! TV - Ray Arcel - In This Corner: Great Heavyweights TV -
Through some mistake in the signals I kept Jack waiting in the ring a couple of minutes. This was unintentional. Jack greeted me as I entered the ring: ‘How are you, Gene?’ ‘Quite well, Jack, and you?’ I replied. Soon after my arrival the announcer bellowed what had been printed a million times – ‘This is a fight for the world’s heavyweight championship’ – and announced the principles. Gene Tunney, 'Nine Seconds Belong to the Man on the Floor'
In my anxiety to end the fight by knockout, I threw and missed more rights than I ordinarily would have in 20 fights. I scored often with my left, only occasionally with my right. So did Dempsey. Dempsey, however, was fighting a considerably different fight from the one in Philadelphia. He was very cautious. ibid.
We were both fencing carefully. I was trying to manoeuvre him into an opening so that I could get a shot at his jaw; he was attempting to cross my left lead with a strong, straight right. The sixth was similar to the fifth. My right-handers were landing high and Jack’s cross-counters were either missing or grazing my jaw. At close quarters I tied him up. This, however, was more to prevent his using the rabbit punch than a disinclination on my part to in-fight. ibid.
There has been considerable question about the length of time I was on the floor. ibid.
When games cease to have rules, they become jumbled-up happenings that cannot be listed as sports. ibid.
I realised that I could circle him faster than he could follow. ibid.
Capone said to Eagleton and Sullivan, who were about to board the train: ‘I lost $45,000 on the fight, but I don’t give a damn because Tunney is from New York.’ ibid.
With Dempsey out and no likely-looking opponent around, I began to lose interest. ibid.
v Jack Dempsey II 22nd September 1927 Chicago Heavyweight (The Long Count: billed as Battle of the Ages) [r1] ... Over 100,000 fans here in Soldier Field tonight; the biggest crowd in boxing history [r7] ... A lot depends on Dempsey’s lefts tonight; Tunney is much faster than Dempsey. Tunney is down. Referee Dave Barry motions Dempsey to a neutral corner. Count of nine – Tunney is up … US fight commentary
7th Round: Tunney down. Referee Dave Berry motions Dempsey to a neutral corner ... This is the historic Long Count ... That’s the Illinois boxing rule ... Tunney is up ... US Newsreel
Slow Count Saves Gene. Daily News headline
Dempsey was the one who called for that rule. And this is unusual because Dempsey is the type of fighter who would stand over a fallen opponent ... The referee Dave Berry was installed that afternoon of the fight. There was a rumor of chicanery. Al Capone had a lot of money that afternoon put on Dempsey, and had his own referee. Bert Randolph Sugar
In the eighth round Tunney knocks down Dempsey: and the referee does not make Tunney go to a neutral corner. Bert Randolph Sugar
This fights sets the record that may never be broken ... A series of seven devastating punches. Tunney goes down for the first time in his career. Dempsey stays near the fallen fighter, but referee Dave Barry to move to a neutral corner. Only then does he begin the count. Is Tunney dazed or is he wisely taking advantage of these precious seconds ... There’s the bell. Gene Tunney overwhelmingly the winner. Jack Dempsey: Boxer-Actor!
In Boxing’s first million dollar gate Dempsey crushed Georges Carpentier. It wasn’t until 1926 that Dempsey-haters got what they wanted as he lost the title to Tunney. A year later Tunney beat Dempsey again, but in the seventh round Tunney knocked flat was saved by the famous Long Count. In This Corner: Great Heavyweights
[8.7] JACK DEMPSEY 83-65(51)-6-11-1 [Heavyweight 187 lbs]: Bert Randolph Sugar - Ray Marcel - Jack Dempsey: Boxer/Actor! TV - Jim Murray - Jack Dempsey -
The first member of the pantheon of the golden age of sports. Bert Randolph Sugar
Dempsey was unique: he snarled, he had that pattern-mother black hair, five-o-clock shadow; he fought like the Avenging Angel of Death. Bert Randolph Sugar
He was the most exciting thing ever in boxing. Bert Randolph Sugar
A left hook from hell. Bert Randolph Sugar
The only fight he ever was knocked out in – against Jim Fireman Flynn – he hadn’t eaten in four days. Bert Randolph Sugar
Dempsey was the biggest thing in America. Bert Randolph Sugar
Jack Dempsey stands out as one of the best. Ray Arcel
Who could stand up under that vicious attack? ... They don’t compare with the great Jack Dempsey. Ray Arcel