New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Next Opponent of Fulton
Should Be Jack Dempsey
Salt Lake City Boxer Has
Been Forging to Front
Rapidly Of Late
By red Hawthorne


where they can go twenty rounds to a
decision, or in serne other place wherc
bouts of that duration are permitted
or even il the mill is held in Milwaukee
and limited TO ten rounds. the next hort
IN the ranks of those who are after
Jess Wizards heavyweight title must
see Fred Fulton and Jack Dempsey in
the same ring.
There has been more or less talk
since Fulton disposed SO easily o.
+ rank Moran at New Orleans last week
or the terocious Freddy ignoriay
dempsey ana taking on Willard in his
next battle. fulton, too. is said to have
lh'lmated that Dempsey will have tn
walt for bout with him until after a
Naturalization meeting.
Dempsey Well Qualified
It seems doubtful whether Fulton
made such q statement, or that he will
SUCK TO II, III the face OF the criticism
mat Is bound to be made of such an
attitude on his part. Dempsey. on his
record of the last few months. is fully
as Wen quallhed to face the champion
as fuiton. He has done everything
tnat has been asked Of him. and done -
IN most workmanlike manner T.,
TACT, 1t is possible that the latest of tha
heaVies to create a sensation bv his
consistent work in the ring. has given
TOO hagrant demonstration of the
deadly punch he carries in either hand
10 make either Fulton or Willard fe,i
comfortable
personally. we believe that Fulton
Wi! defeat Dempsey. be the bout held
within the next few weeks. or post
nONaH a =.
able record of knock outs that the ST
Paul giant has compiled in the Lass
year; Billy Miske is the cnly man who
mas been able 10 stay ten rounds with
ulton, those going down before his
terrific punches being Tom Cowler.
Charley Weinert, Carl Morris. Sam
Langford, Porky Flynn. Jack Moran,
Bob Devere, Gunboat Smith, Tom Nc
Mahon and Frank Moran
Some of these men, while not actual
~ knocked out, either fouled Fulton to
prevent such contingency. or else
forced the referee to stop the bouts
to save them from the sleep dose Will
lard himself could have done no more,
nor did he ever set up any such record
Until Il few months ago there would
have been no other logical opponent
left for Fulton except Willard but now
things are quite different.
Dempsey, only twenty-five years old
and never regarded seriously until the
last twelve months, has steadily forged
his way past all obstacles until he
stands to-day on the same step of the
ladder that Fulton occupies. Jack
showed up Carl Morris in four-round
bout in Frisco and did the same thing
to Gunboat Smith.
Shifting the scene of his activities
TO the East. Dempsey fattened Homer
Smith and Jim Flynn. made Morris quit
ii six rounds and beat x. o. Bill Bren-
nan into a state of helplessness in
the same period last week in Milwau
kee. The new batt!er is said to have
developed wonderfully in point of skill
and punching power from the time
when he first came to New York, an
unknown, some two years ago.
An Aggressive Fighter
Like the late Stanley Ketchel, Demp-
sey is said to send home his most
damaging punches with a left shift,
catching his victims with terrific lefts
or rights to the body. He is also de
scribed as one Of the most aggressive
fighters now in the ring. continually
boring in to close quarters. We can
not recall any man who has employed
tbs shift in bouts with Fulton, and l.
IS a question whether the plasterer
WOu&Q De dDle 70 dNOiN SUS DtpN, NHiNH
is difficult to avoid.
Fulton has never shown a liking for
punishment about the body, or rather
we should say. such blows seem to
distress him more than any others.
No man likes to get punished In some
of his previous bouts the st. Paul siat
has given ample cause for suspicion
as TO his ability 20 Withstand a heavy
battering, but against Moran last Mon
day Fred took the heaviest wailops the
Red Irishmann could hand out, both
to jaw and body, and then came back
and crushed sturdy Frank with few
smashing rights and lefts to the jaw.
1t was an impressive exhibition OF
the power in Fulton's punch. but more
than this, it did much to remove the
idea that the Giant Is not game when
he sets his mind on It.
Before this. Fulton seemed to lack
nothing that heavyweight needed 20
bring him to the top Of the ladder. Ia
height. reach and weight he is close
enough to Willard to make the differ
ence OF small consequence, and ms LEFT
hand is certainly the most dangerous
weapon Of the kind born on heavy
weight in a long stretch OF ring his
tory Not only can Fred cut with his
left, but there is sufficient dead weigh
if it lands on vulnerable point.
The manner in which Fulton handled
Moran in their New Orleans battle,
turning him around sideways with his
right and then shooting his left TO
the body, proves that the st. Paul man
is an adept at the tricks of the ring
game and we'll qualified TO handle him
self IN any company. 1t may be that
Dempsey's style Of milling will Offset
Fulton's long and raking left, and that
Jack viii be able to sidestep this blow
and get in his deadly body punching.
Handicapped in Reach
Dempsey viii be considerably out-
weighed by Fulton, as well as being
handicapped in height and reach, ana
1t is doubtful whether he is any faster
than Moran's conqueror, either a.
punching or in footwork In view OF
these things. it does not seem TO US
likely that Dempsey viii be able to
get to close quarters unless Fulton 80
wills it, and any man whom the
plasterer can hold safely at distance
is going to be beaten.
Taking it for granted that Fulton
and Dempsey will meet, and that one
or the other will win decisively. the
question that is still vexing problem
is Wizards condition. VIII it be pos
sihe for the winner OF the Johnson
fight at Havana, some three years ago.
TO get back into the same superb con-
dition that enabled him to batter the
big negro down to defeat under the