The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06
Dempsey Retains
The Championship
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Gibbons back of the head in the elinch- !
es and nailed him with a right and
left on the break away. Gibbons held
Dempsey's arms in the clinch to pro-
tect his body. Gibbons hooked left !
to the chin. He cut Dempsey's right |
eye. Dempsey broke his right into
Toms mid-sectiOn in the clinch. Glib
bOns missed a right. Gibbons hooked
a solid left to the head and Dempsey
retaIiated with the same punch. Glib
bOns backed away from two lefts and
clinched. They were locked in a clinch
pounding each other at the bell.
ROUND THREE
Dempsey drove a right and left to
the body and Tom clinched. Dempsey
repeated with the same punches and
then nailed Gibbons on the jaw with a
left hook, forcing him to clinch. Glib
bOns tented and backed away. Demp-
sey was shOrted with left but con-
nected with a right. He battered
Toms body with a right. Gibbons
landed two lefts and swung a right
to the jaw. Dempsey was short with
a left. He attempted to swing Glib
bOns off his feet but Gibbons clinched.
Dempsey landed a right and left to
the body. Tom pounded the cham
piOn's mid-sectiOn as they came to-
gether. Jack dug a hard right into
Toms stomach. He landed another
right to the same spot. Gibbons
swung a right to the jaw at the bell.
ROUND FOUR
Dempsey hooked a left to the stOm-
ach and Tom clinched. The champion
mauled him around the body with
rights and lefts in close quarters.
Gibbons backed into a corner to avoid
two lefts. When he came out they
clinched and Dempsey hurt him with
body punches. Dempsey kept pound
ing Gibbons on the back of the head
in the clinches. Dempsey tOO1 left
hook back of the ear. The champion
sunk his right into the body. Cfb-
bOns took a hook on the forehead and
clinched. Dempsey landed a solid left
in return. GibOnbs hooked left to
the jaw and a right to the head
Dempsey was furnishing him severely
with short body punches at the bell
Dempsey was bleeding from the old
wound over the left eye.
ROUND FIVE
Dempsey missed left to the body
as they fell into clinch. Gibbons
pOIced two light lefts to the head
Dempsey missed a left and Ton
cIinched. Gibbons hooked two left Il
the head and the crowd cheered. Glib
bOns landed a third left without a re
turn. Dempsey rocked the challenger
with a right and left to the head ant
nailed him with a solid right to tn
Jaw, forcing him to clinch. GibbOn
danced away forcing Dempsey to fol
low him. Tom pOked a left to Demp
sey's face. Dempsey landed a RICH
to the body and Gibbons a left to tn
eye. Dempsey shot left to the heai
and Gibbons did the same thing. Glib
bOns hooked left to Dempsey's eye.
ROUND SIX
Dempsey's left was short in a cline
and Referee DOugherty was forced
90 between them. Gibbons dance
away from Dempsey's leads. In til
In the clinch Dempsey hit Tom on tn
chin with short rights. Tom ducked
left and his head went through the to
rope of the ring. Dempsey pulled hill
back and the crowd bOOed. They trad
ed Iefts to the head before clmchin;
Gibbons missed left in the clinch an
pounded his foe on the back of til
head with rabbit punches. Dempse
hooked right and left to the bod!
Jack shot a left TO the jaw on hi
shift and a left to the body. GibbOn
nailed The chgnpiOn with left hoo
to the chin when the round ended.
ROUND SEVEN
Dempsey drove a right to the bod
and left to the Jaw. As GibbOn
came in the champion hooked him wit
a right to the chin. Gibbons hung @
and backed away. After the break
away Dempsey swung another right
the jaw, and Gibbons hooked him wit
a left at close quarters. GibbO1
ducSed a left 10 the head. He backe
away from hard right sing.
the cIinch Dempsey kept hooking RICH
and left to the challenger's body an
the head. Gibbons backed into til
ropes and escaped punishment. He az
peared TO be weakening under DemI
sey's savage body attacks.
ROUND EIGHT
Gibbons missed two lefts and DemT
sey hooked left to the chin. In tn
clinch they exchanged punches to til
head. Gibbons whipped over two left
to the head. Dempsey drove {. rigf
to the body and a left to the heac
Dempsey landed left to the head an
Gibbons smashed the champion with
left to the chin. He nailed Jack [
the same spot in a clinch. Dempse
smashed Gibbons with a left jab. TOl
hacked into the ropes and h00ke
Dempsey high on the head with a lef
Gibbons swung a right to Jacks CHI
Ashley clinChed Dempsey brougE
short rights and lefts to Toms face.
ROUND NINE
Dempsey tented and Gibbons bacI
ed away falling into a clinch. Jack wa
short with a left Tom danced ava
from a left hook and exchanged left
with Dempsey. Gibbons landed a ligI