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Show Another Attempt Quite a few modern fighters have given away too many pounds for their own good. Tommy Gibbons, who was little more than a light-heavyweight, light-heavyweight, though a very good fighter, tried to take the title from Dempsey1 in the famous Shelby, Mont., bout. He failed. The light-heavyweights didn't try again until Max Schmeling weaseled his way into the heavyweight title by virtue of a foul claimed against Jack Sharkey, the Boston gob. When Der Max was installed as champ, Jack Kearns, who had piloted Dempsey to the title, was managing Mickey Walker. Kearns thought Mickey could whip Schmeling and attempted to prove it. Walker had knocked over bigger men than Schmeling and packed a killing punch in either hand. But Mickey proved no match for the German and Kearns' hopes were dashed in the eighth round. |