Manassa Mauler Knocks Out Giant in 1919

Thaum koj ua kev tshawb fawb, Kuv pom cov duab no lub Manassa Mauler kev kawm rau nws July 4, 1919 npe sib ntaus nrog Jess Willard, lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard muaj lov yawm Jack Johnson hauv 1915 tau tau zus ib. Willard yog ib tug neeg loj heev ntawm ib tug txiv neej nyob 6’06” thiab 235 phaus. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone.

Txawm li cas los, Willard rau lub nplhaib nrog Dempsey ua ib 37 xyoo pugilist, ib me ntsis ntev hauv tus hniav. Willard ntawd kuj nyuaj yog ib lub finishers vicious feem rau boxing keeb kwm. Willard would find the smaller Dempsey, who never weighed more than 190 pounds in shape, was more than a match for the giant.

Dempsey almost stopped Willard in the first round. Willard gamely fought on but had a broken jaw, several dislocated teeth and other facial injuries. Mercifully, Willard lub ces kaum puas tau tsis pub nws tawm tuaj rau lub plaub kab.

Tom qab qhov kev sib ntaus, Willard tau thov Dempsey lub hnab looj tes los loaded. Nyob rau hauv 1964, “Doc” Kearns, Dempsey lub qub tus nai, kuj tau thov Dempsey lub hnab looj tes twb tau kev pab nrog Plaster of Paris. Kearns’ accusations are suspect though as he never forgave Dempsey for firing him in the 1920s. Kearns tau muab zaj dabneeg rau Illustrated kev ua si rau lawv lub ib hlis ntuj 20, 1964 qhov teeb meem.

Qhov teebmeem no ziag no yog leej Fleischer, tus respected founder ntawm lub nplhaib Magazine, saib Dempsey tus tes qhwv rau cov Willard tua. Fleischer adamant Dempsey tsis txhob ntsaws nws hnab looj tes yog. Willard kuj raug ntsuam xyuas txoj Dempsey tes ntaub yas ua ntej qhov kev sib ntaus. Dempsey kev ruaj ruaj los loaded tsis nws hnab looj tes.

Dempsey had power to spare and didn’t need to use a foreign substance on his wraps. Yog hais tias Dempsey cov hnab looj tes los loaded, Willard yuav tau ncaim mus rau lub morgue. Koj yuav saib tau cov poob siab hais mav ntsej muag lub sijhawm uas lawv ntaus yog ib tug neeg zoo kawg xuas nrig ntaus fais Chuck Liddell lossis Anderson Silva.

Yog koj saib lub sib ntaus saum toj no, koj pom qhov sib ntaus yog fought raws li cov kev cai qub. Dempsey twb tau sawv ntsug nyob Willard tsis txhob mus ib ces kaum tsis. Nws yuav ntaus Willard thaum nws sawv mus nws taw. This tactic would cost Dempsey in his fight with Gene Tunney, when the new boxing rules were implemented, directing a fighter to the neutral corner for a knockdown. Txawm li cas los, cov Manassa Mauler mauled Willard nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus no raws li cov kev cai qub.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab, Twitter profile thiab Google phab.

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