Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-10 | Page 8 | Boxers Climb by Taking Punishment

BOXERS CLIMB BY ' TOG niSRMEI Dempsey Jacks Scars of Battle Bat-tle hat Most Fighters Carry; Other Fight Features Most boxers who reach the top in the glove wielding game earn their i titles by the punishment they take.' That was the concensus of opinion resulting re-sulting from a discussion of the subject sub-ject of tho boxing skill of champions. "How many champions escape be-' ing punched and how many of them escape the marks that distinguish a man?" was one of the question esked,' and a tier all those present r.nd most-of most-of them were present day scrappers had taken time to think it over, It was generally agreed that few of the title holders miss the punishmn. It has beon stated thai there are a few who haven't bee punched and punched hard during the progress of a campaign for championship honors.' Perhaps the one man of today who stands out most prominontlv in this respect ia World's Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey. To look at Dempsey one would not suspect that his business was that of wal'oplng with the gloves. His nose is of orrii-, nary size, his eyes haven't been puff-1 ed by wallops, and he doesn't carry) the familiar cauliylower car ' Dempsey started at the bottom rung 1 of pugilism and worked his way up' In meteoric fashion, which in a way ex-' plains why he has escjped the punish- J ment so many champions have been enough to be possessed of a pair of wonderful hands and arms, in which 1 he packed the knockout punch, bu to 1 no lesser degree must he give credit to a wonderful pair of feet and legs. It has been Dcmpsoy's knockout hands that enabled him to make quick 1 work of his bouts, to finish most of his opponents iu a round. It wa3 Demp-sey's Demp-sey's speedy legs that kept him moving mov-ing so rapidly while In front of an op-. ponent that that opponent could not "locate" him, which explains why I Jack's head and body have seldom i bee the target for the punches of his! rival3. I oo I