Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense

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Mike Hunnicut agrees. “The great lessons of the past are being lost. Now, take the two-hands-high defence. Didn’t anybody tell these guys today that once a kid is able to slip, roll and counter with impunity, his defence will be far more effective? The best way is to master those skills, which then allows you to hold the left hand down – where it should be, where it is most versatile and effective. The hands can then be brought up and around at any time. Dempsey made friends with former opponents Wills and Tunney after retirement, with Dempsey campaigning for Tunney's son, Democrat John V. Tunney, when he successfully ran for the U.S. Senate, from California. He was also one of many boxers to attend the funeral of Feab S. Williams, who boxed under the name of George Godfrey. [55] Jeffries gave himself five months to train for his championship winning match against Bob Fitzsimmons and did so meticulously. Jeff’s physical and nutritional preparations for that historic battle were a telling reflection of his precise and organised mind. You see, the pros of that era worked hard, but they did so wisely. The top trainers knew when to tell their charges to cool it and take the foot off the pedal – and when to up the pace again. There was plenty of work on the most important exercise boxing has ever devised – the heavy bag.

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You have to analyse and prepare a fighter physically and mentally for his opponents. True conditioning requires a fighter to always be busy, having fights all the time and having a trainer good enough to at least be attentive to him. There is no secret to hard work and plenty of it. You also need the best sparring partners and there are fewer of those around now.”

Teddy Hayes, who did such a sterling job with Dempsey and a host of other outstanding fighters, was also glad to give Mike Hunnicut his views: “Conditioning obviously depended on when the fight was and for how long. For a 10-rounder every three weeks, 10 miles of roadwork a day is enough – five miles out and five miles in. Sparring would be eight to ten rounds, with half-minute rests. There were so many exercises to do, I can’t name them all. Some form of manual labour was used, such as chopping wood or hitting weighted bats against tyres, things of that nature.

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Groves, Lee (July 4, 2013). "Notable July 4th fights". The Ring. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015 . Retrieved January 24, 2015. Boxing historian J. J. Johnston said, "the films show Willard upon entering the ring walking over to Dempsey and examining his hands." That, along with an experiment conducted by a boxing magazine designed to re-enact the fight have been noted as proof that Kearns' story was false. [31] Dempsey married four times; his first two wives were Maxine Gates (married from 1916 to 1919) and Estelle Taylor (married in 1925). [1] Dempsey divorced Taylor in 1931, and married Broadway singer and recent divorcee Hannah Williams in 1933. Williams was previously married to bandleader Roger Wolfe Kahn. Dempsey and Williams had two children together and divorced in 1943. Dempsey then married Deanna Piatelli, remaining married to her until his death in 1983. The couple had one child, a daughter, whom they adopted together, and who would later write a book on Dempsey's life with Piatelli. [1] Service during World War II [ edit ] Commander Dempsey (center) looking on as two seamen load an antiaircraft gun, c. 1942–44 Dempsey was a Freemason and member of Kenwood Lodge #800 in Chicago, Illinois. [60] [61] [62] [63] Death [ edit ]In September 1926, Dempsey fought the Irish American and former U.S. Marine Gene Tunney in Philadelphia, [F] a fighter who had only lost once in his career. In spite of his record and Dempsey's inactivity, Tunney was considered the underdog against Dempsey.

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I have tried to sum up here the most important workouts and exercises that a boxer can do. And the boxers of old did them. It’s a unique game. You need muscle and strength, but the right kind of muscle and strength. Stay away from weights. I hear all this stuff about weight training and it’s a waste of time and energy. Weight training has produced how many great fighters? Maybe a couple.”Absolute insistence to follow the rules by those in charge developed an absolute resolution to do so on the part of the fighter. This, in turn, cultivated an absolute will in many cases. So, it seems that an earlier time in our history produced men of greater will and has the advantage here. Furthermore, many of today’s boxers fight dumb. They follow their opponents around almost in a straight line. They do not cut off the ring, they fight in a straight-up stance, they hardly ever crouch and they position themselves at a range that is perfect for the opponent to strike. No wonder Muhammad Ali was able to jab his foes so easily, which is not meant as a put-down to Muhammad.” Championship Fighting details the author’s title-winning fight against Jess Willard in 1919 and introduces a theory of boxing: explosive body weight is the single most important weapon. Dempsey will go on to demonstrate how to incorporate the concept into every type of punch.