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mh2365 · 12-16-2004, 09:26 PM

March 14th, 1906

Jack Dempsey (25-2) stunned the boxing world with one punch that ended Bob Fitzsimmons (19-2) reign as middleweight champ. Dempsey scored a TKO6 over the champ to win the LBA Title.

But back to the one punch .... This fight started like it was going to be another disappointing setback in Dempsey's career. It appeared that he took a thumb in the eye in the first round and his left eye immediately started swelling. Fitz took advantage of the situation and pummelled Dempsey through the first 5 rounds. Fitz landing shot after shot with Dempsey getting a whole lot of air on his swings.

At the end of 5 both me and the ringside expert had it 50-45. Just :43 seconds into round 6 though Dempsey hit Fitz under the rib cage (ala Hopkins-DeLaHoya) and dropped the Champ. Fitz struggled to his feet and beat the count at 9. Fitz was clearly still hurt and Dempsey jumped all over him. Jack landed blow after blow until referee Abe Goldstein finally stopped the fight with a little less than a minute remaining.

Fitz, always the gracious champion, said after the fight "Jack caught me with a helluva shot and I just couldn't get my breath. If I could of gotten out of the round I'd of been alright, but to Jack's credit he didn't let me out of the round."

On the undercard

LW - Eddie Connelly (7-0) UD10 Sam Bolen (4-5-1)
HW - George Godfrey (14-9-1) UD10 Bob Armstrong (18-7-2)
MW - Jack Williams (6-0) KO1 Jimmy Handler (Williams fought pre-prime in this club fight)
LW - Ad Wolgast (2-0) UD6 Billy Frazier (9-15-1) (Wolgast fought as a beginner in this club fight, had to drop Frazier in the 6th to win the decision)
BW - Digger Stanley (10-12-3) UD10 Maxey Haugh (3-11) (club fight)

12-16-2004, 09:26 PM	#242 (permalink)
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,963 Warnings: 2	The One Punch That Changed Middleweight History March 14th, 1906 Jack Dempsey (25-2) stunned the boxing world with one punch that ended Bob Fitzsimmons (19-2) reign as middleweight champ. Dempsey scored a TKO6 over the champ to win the LBA Title. But back to the one punch .... This fight started like it was going to be another disappointing setback in Dempsey's career. It appeared that he took a thumb in the eye in the first round and his left eye immediately started swelling. Fitz took advantage of the situation and pummelled Dempsey through the first 5 rounds. Fitz landing shot after shot with Dempsey getting a whole lot of air on his swings. At the end of 5 both me and the ringside expert had it 50-45. Just :43 seconds into round 6 though Dempsey hit Fitz under the rib cage (ala Hopkins-DeLaHoya) and dropped the Champ. Fitz struggled to his feet and beat the count at 9. Fitz was clearly still hurt and Dempsey jumped all over him. Jack landed blow after blow until referee Abe Goldstein finally stopped the fight with a little less than a minute remaining. Fitz, always the gracious champion, said after the fight "Jack caught me with a helluva shot and I just couldn't get my breath. If I could of gotten out of the round I'd of been alright, but to Jack's credit he didn't let me out of the round." On the undercard LW - Eddie Connelly (7-0) UD10 Sam Bolen (4-5-1) HW - George Godfrey (14-9-1) UD10 Bob Armstrong (18-7-2) MW - Jack Williams (6-0) KO1 Jimmy Handler (Williams fought pre-prime in this club fight) LW - Ad Wolgast (2-0) UD6 Billy Frazier (9-15-1) (Wolgast fought as a beginner in this club fight, had to drop Frazier in the 6th to win the decision) BW - Digger Stanley (10-12-3) UD10 Maxey Haugh (3-11) (club fight)