The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15


Dempsey cant box Bob Fitzsimmons
and Stanley Kctchel didn't know a
glove from n horse shoe. Dempsey
has much of Fitzslmmons an
Kctchcl in his action. with trim
mings ot his own thrown In.
Up IN tho Maine woods on hunt
Ing trip there wns plenty OF time
to chat. so ! asked Dempsey for his
notion of boxing.
why said Jnck, there are only
two things IN boxing. one Is TO hit
the other fellow. and the other Is TO
keep him from hitting you.
MY favorite starting point IL the
ribs on the loft side over the heart,
which is easy to get at with right
hand punch. or il ] find II handler
to Sc the eft l get him somewhere
along the ege OF the ribs and per
haps on tho solar plexus.
Il got Fulton that way. The first
left In the body was knockout.
and the left ana right on tho chin
| before he could fall were only In
surance against his getting Up again
THE first punch | hit Willari
was over tho heart. and that punch
beat him. although ho was so strong
and game that II took n lot OF sock
ing TO finish him when had him
started.
The Cheek Bone Punch.
Another reason why body
punch Is the best punch n that now
adays most fighters don't think Of
anything but socklng the other bird
on the chin and most any boxer
covers his chin fairly well.
II want 10 hit 'em on the chin
I hit 'om on the body first to bring
their guard down or make them
bend oyA 20 whore they'll be easy
to hit. VI never bothered mo 10
fight tall men. They come down
10 my height when / double them
up with a body blow. Sometimes
that ono punch is enough. one
punch In tho solar pleNua dropped
| Carl Morris on his nose.
"In an ordinary scrap between
| fellows who aren't professional box
ors the one who can deliver a good
! body punch wins. a fellow who
isn't a boxer never expects body
punch and has no defence for It.
The knockout point on the head
| that everybody knows about II the
chin. But maybe you notice that /
I 'lAfl lilu NY lllHL ufuu puNNH a
/ llttlo hlgh--on the Checkhone. may
| be. Thata becauFe I'm trying to
! drop one over Just above the eye
tooth and at the side OF the nose
a better knockout point than the
/ chin II you reach Il.
"If your punch Ia chopplng down
| II may Craze the chin, and n grazing
/ punch on the chin Is n better X. q.
sock than a punch square on the
| button.
Back of Ear
"Anothcr nire point for n punch
| ig back OF the ear at the base Of
| tho skull. A hard wallOp there may
be dangerous. but a few little chops
/ Just make fellow woozy so he
doesn't know where he's at. and then
the finishing ls easy.
That's what got Carpenter. !
| liked George and didn't want TO
mark him when / knocked him out.
I Of course knocking him out was part
/ OF the game, same al II would be for
! him TO knock me out II he could.
Landing punches is n matter Of
making your man move the way you
want him TO, so hon leave openings,
and then being In position to hit
when you get tho chance.
take that fight at Toledo: Lots
/ Of people say fighter can't ten how
| he'll fight until the fight starts. OF
| course fighter can't be 50 dumb
/ that he won't change hts plans if
/ he sees a better way o win, but
never 90 into fight without coming
pretty near knowing what tho other
/ fellow will do and what III do to
/ fool him and beat him 20 g..
at Toledo ] knew willard would
stand up and wait for me 20 come
| in, cock-sure ia rush him and he'd
| upperCut me.
Wen, you always want 20 do
what tho other guy doesn't want you
( to do, Willard wanted TO let me
| lead and let him counter. SO instead
| OF leading / turned my back on him
two or three times as II / was afraid
OF him, and walked away a couple
OF steps,
"IIe changed his plan and stepped
out after me, and / turned and went
under his arm as he Jabbed and tor
| pedOed him.
ITS almost as important to get
away from punches as TO do the
/ socking. Nothing tires and dis
courages a fighter like missing with
good punches. lie feels like Babe
Ruth when Babe expects TO poke one