Jack Dempsey "Dempsey Talks Boxing" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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Jack Dempsey "Dempsey Talks Boxing" on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 8, 1960. Subscribe now to never miss an update: ume.lnk.to/EdSullivanSubscribe
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@Lava1964 Жыл бұрын

I have nothing but respect for this man. My grandfather was a huge boxing fan in Canada. Back in the 1950s, he visited New York City. He specifically went to Jack Dempsey's restaurant in hopes of meeting him. He got a table and asked if the champ was in. Within minutes the famous Jack Dempsey was sitting at his table and leisurely talked to him for half an hour. Needless to say, my grandfather was thrilled.

@michaeltuz608 Жыл бұрын

Jack Dempsey was such a humble man, I'll bet he was just as thrilled to meet your grandfather - your grandfather got to meet an idol and the champ got to meet a fan. Thanks for sharing!

@jasonellis9777 Жыл бұрын

My grandparents did the same thing! Jack came and sat at their table for a photo. My grandfather was so proud of that picture.

@lazonaasombrosa8688 Жыл бұрын

@@jasonellis9777 do you have the photo?

@lazonaasombrosa8688 Жыл бұрын

what did they talked about?

@Bill-jc1fy Жыл бұрын

Back in the 50's and 60's my dad had an office in the Brill Building on Broadway and Dempsey owned a restaurant which adjoined it. When I was about 10, my dad brought me over and introduced me to him. He was very nice and it was a big thrill for me.

@michaeltuz608 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful experience for you! Thanks for sharing this touching story.

@MostlyBrenda Жыл бұрын

"The Manassa Mauler". Manassa is the very small town in Colorado where he was born. There is a Jack Dempsey Museum there today.

@autmnsveryown Жыл бұрын

How fluid he talks for someone who fought in an era that had less padding and cushion, and just overall more brutal than todays boxing..WOW.

@alcoholidaysUK Жыл бұрын

I think the padding actually makes it worse because the fights last longer. If you read about the fights of the Miske, Papke, Dempsey, Greb, Tunney, Sharkey (etc) era, if they were superior to a fighter they (in Jack Dempsey’s words) ‘licked’ them in a round or two. With bigger heavier gloves - especially in the era when it was 15 rounds - fighters took a lot more punishment (albeit perhaps with less cuts!).

@clorox9538 Ай бұрын

@alcoholidaysUK agreed, people dont understand that its repetitive blows to the head that do it not damage to the face.

@user-mi5op4si9b 5 ай бұрын

A true gent, a real fighter

@gj4578 Жыл бұрын

In the early seventies a few guys tried to mug Jack Dempsey on the streets of New York. Needles to say he still had a hard punch for a guy in his late seventies. They picked on the wrong old man that day.

@kennethlippertshauser3376 Жыл бұрын

Great story I did not know thank you Gregg

@nelsonmcatee3721 Жыл бұрын

They had knives too.

@patrickdearenauthor Жыл бұрын

This incident, often reported to have occurred when Dempsey was in his 70s or 80s, apparently occurred when he was in his mid 60s. In his 1970 interview with Peter Heller for the book IN THIS CORNER, Dempsey recalls: "One night going up the street, a couple of young punks grabbed my arms and started going through my pockets. I got away from them and flattened both of them. This was about 10 years ago." . . . This would have placed the incident about 1960.

@gj4578 Жыл бұрын

@@patrickdearenauthor : I actually ready it in the early 70s and they reported it like it just happened.

@patrickdearenauthor Жыл бұрын

@@gj4578 I understand.

@thinman8621 8 ай бұрын

Jack Dempsey was the man.

@patricktully1874 Ай бұрын

It's Great getting to see and hear him speak what a man they definitely don't make men t like jack and the men of my fathers generation ww2 and great depression Era they were tough as iron

@jherl8307 Жыл бұрын

What a great man Jack was. Tiger in the ring. A humble perfect gentleman out of it. Like thousands of others he can up to me while I was enjoying lunch in his NYC restaurant shook my hand and said hello. Don’t think any world famous celebrities in this day in age would give of themselves like that.

@Dobie_Gillis Жыл бұрын

What a great gentleman!

@SandraMaria-go9hh Жыл бұрын

He is wonderful ! Thanks for sharing

@lonestarfriend Жыл бұрын

Grapefruit in a bowl of ice. Tasty. 🙂

@Foreversinging5 Жыл бұрын

💜🥳I enjoy classic shows and music!! Thank you, have a safe blessed day!!🥳💜

@johnnytoobad7785 Жыл бұрын

Wow..Eddie mentions his home town village of Port Chester (NY)...which is were I was born & raised. They finally named a street after him...after all these years.

@Nonduality Жыл бұрын

Even the grapefruit had more class in those days.

@mikehills1972 Жыл бұрын

This is an excellent interview,thanks for sharing this ❤ This is my trip to the Dempsey Museum in Colorado.

@RCALivingStereo Жыл бұрын

So wish you could post the full show of these

@kennethlippertshauser3376 Жыл бұрын

What a great champion hell of a nice guy I'm glad he took a piece out of those m u g g e r s when they tried to get him I don't know the whole story but Ed said he took a piece out of one of them you are a great champion Jack it was a pleasure to see you on Ed's show

@deannatheos4471 Жыл бұрын

He also was a Defundu instructor in WW2 for the American army this was the hand to hand style for the OSS and SAS amd other special groups And there is talk that he wrote a book on white Crain Kung fu he apparently was a practitioner maybe. I would like find out the truth on that one. He most definitely was a great fighter in boxing one of the greatest heavyweight Champs ever.

@richardherron7670 10 ай бұрын

He was incredible in and out of the ring

@matrox 11 ай бұрын

Rumors are Jack Johnson even avoided Sam Langford.

@MitchClement-il6iq 9 ай бұрын

The fact that Dempsey says Langford would knocked him out in his prime wow... what a humble man

@user-cc8yk8nh1w 5 ай бұрын

Nice to see him pay homage to Sam Langford - the greatest fighter never to have won a championship. If the color line that barred black fighters didn't exist, he would be on everyone's P4P all-time list.

@jerrylanglois7892 Жыл бұрын

I like something dempsey said, '' I was a good fighter but the press made me great ''. Dempsey defended his title only five times in seven years, and one of those was against a light heavy.

@devilface97 Жыл бұрын

Nobody wanted to fight dempsey at the time of the carpentier fight with the exception of black fighters who were denied. It wasn't rare by any means for a champion to rarely defend his titles, Johnson was on the run and couldn't even train for his fights so why fight the best for less than a white hope, Willard defended once against a Johnson victim then did cowboy shows, tunney defended against Dempsey then a man with 35 fights at the time and retired. Joe Louis had the most impressive reign and its called the bum of the month. Ali defended against alot of older shot fighters sometimes literally, and the same opponents in rematches and rubber matches (except GF and doug jones) holmes in an alphabet belt era, Marciano defended 6 times against old battle worn men. As champion he ushered in a new era and was the roaring 20s personified. Babe ruth was getting what 80k at his highest, dempsey was pulling a million a fight with that light heavyweight. Yes he should have fought wills, but almost every fighter who ever lived can be criticized the same way in terms of a fight not being made.

@jerrylanglois7892 Жыл бұрын

@@devilface97 As the champ you have an obligation to fight the top contenders. Dempsey took the easy way out and was coddled to not fight to protect his '' white hope '' status. Quit with your pseudo analysis.

@devilface97 Жыл бұрын

@@jerrylanglois7892 no such obligations exist kid, to believe so is just naivete boxing has alway been a corrupt sport for money. Dempsey wasn't a white hope he was the champion, a white hope was a white challenger who didnt deserve a title shot but got one over more deserving black contenders. Quit your revisionist history and try to accept reality

@Lava1964 6 ай бұрын

Dempsey was a lot like Evander Holyfield. He wiped out most of the other contenders as he moved towards the title. Look at Dempsey's record in 1917 and 1918. @@jerrylanglois7892

@zaymoney252 Жыл бұрын

Y did he consistently hold his arm arkwardly throughout interview

@torianholt2752 2 ай бұрын

Worried about that famous left-arm I guess?

@recordguy4321 Жыл бұрын

he sure was wrong on the re-match of Ingemar Johannsen and Floyd Patterson

@jherl8307 Жыл бұрын

With the exception of his own, Muhammad Ali was a terrible prognosticator of of boxing matches. Never got one right that I have witnessed. Dempsey was likely being courteous to the current champ Johansson by picking him.

@devilface97 Жыл бұрын

Well he did say he wanted to see them work out first. He would have saw a Johansson loving his women reminding dempsey of his own hollywood distractions when he was champ. He would have seen an angry patterson training with an unusual fire he seemed to lack in the eyes of boxing fans at the time

@Dayumshawty Жыл бұрын

@@devilface97 Alistair is that really you champ?