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Show what he wee dolag after the flret pvaeh of the fight, a right to th. Jaw, knocked him te An. kaoe. He fooght through tho whole round on Inetlnet and it woo proven that ke didn't kaow wkat ho waa doing when he kit Firpo twleo after the gong rang. Even Jack McAuliff e Has an Alibi for His Prediction on Championship Bout By Jack McAuliff (led ItMofsassd loightweigM C laaba.paav. Skw TORK. tepL II Right off the bat I might admit that I turned eut te be wrong in rtrp-i ef wiaalag the ehamploaahip from Dm peey. I waa wrong, however, by Jeet ena punch and 1 came aa cleee tn b(ng right thet I think my opinion eipreeeed before the fight waa vlndlreterf-. Dent peer waa aaved by what loked to have beoa eae ef the weret breaka agalnat htm. If he had a been htMrcked clesr nut ef the ring lata the preae bog in the flret round. I am sure be wuuld have been knocked eut. He wee kelpleae oa the re pea with hla guard dewa and hla kneee aagglng. He et speed forward and Firpo caught him earning with a leaking right te the jaw Tho tarce of the blow carried him bodily bte)eea the ropee Had he remained! tn the ring, Firpo eurely would aavo flnleheg him. Dempaey had a chance to revive while he waa being puehed back late the ring and if he had been forced to de hla reviving re-viving maid the re pee, be would aot have evrvlved It gave me eatlafactloa te ee my Judgment of Plrpe proven. He la a groat fighter with a great fight lea heart, aad It waa enly hie lack of experience ex-perience that eaueed him te drop the crown when he had it right la hla handa H le my oplatoa that Flrpe would have won if he had behind him any number of good American eeeonde who ceuld have advleed htm what le de. They didn't know what to telt him and he haen't had enough eaeertence tn get It by Instinct. Firpo acted Just like one of the eld 1 1 mere that we vet-arena vet-arena have been longing for. He foaght all the time. Ha came ap ftgnMng Instead In-stead of covering up like a let ef the modern rako eat ere do. Ho fought eavaaely at the (Met a tee ef the great set fighting heart I have ever aeon. once. 1 believe, the referee allowed al-lowed .Dempaey te remain too eloee tn Firpo. Tho rulee require a fighter oa a knockdown to go to hta corner, or at leaat five pace a away from hla ep- Knent, but once Dempeey cracked the uth American before he had a chaaee to get hlmaelf In a fighting peel t Ion Dempeey proved hlmaelf a great fighting fight-ing machine and he alee dieplayed a magnificent heart. 1 do not believe that Dempaey kaew |