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Show 1 when he learned -the outcome, of the ! Dempsey-Fulton fight at Newark tonight. . "I am not surprised at the result," he i continued, "for all you have to do is to j hit Fulton to hae him down." ! Willard declared his belief that there : would be no more major boxing events i until after the war. ! "Dempsey has a rough road between him and th championship," asserted j Willard. "He is not going to win the : championship in " twenty-three seconds. No, not in an hour and twenty-three sec- : onds. I ' "Just as soon as the war is over I am j going to take on Dempsey, or any other , claimant. I have not retired from the j ring, and I have no intention of doing anything of the sort." JESS WOULD LIKE TO FIGHT DEMPSEY LAWRENCE, Kan., July 27. "I'd like to fight Dempsey," was the first comment of Jess Willard, heavyweight champion. |