Record of the Boxer Who Will Fight at Athens.
Since the days when Joe McAuliffe came out of the west to win fame In the prize ring there never was a boxer ct note who possessed the same generous proportions claimed by Ed Dunkhorst, who meets Joe Butler at Athens tomorrow evening. Dunkhorst is six feet high, and weighs. In condition. 225 pounds. He has been nicknamed the "Mastodon,” and It Is well earned. But Dunkhorst is different from most of the big fellows In that he is fast as a feather-weight. Those who witnessed his terrific fight with Peter Maher at tfce a need no further verification of that statement. Fast as Maher was, Dunkhorst was equally so. and, although Maher won. he did not get off scot free by any means. While a comparatively newcomer In the ring. Dunkhorst’s dozen battles have already demonstrated the possibilities of hie huge frame, when thoroughly seasoned. One peculiarity of Dunkhorst’s Is that he seems to be Immune from the blows soporific, which so many boxers succumb to. Up to the present time he has never been knocked out, and it looks as though he never will be. Although he was in no condition for a contest when he met Maher at the Arena, and the Irish champion landed again and again on his Jaw the pumtnellng he received did not seem to affect "Dunk." He took It all good naturedly, and Maher, who always believed his good right hand was invincible, was dumfounded. Dunkhorst has declared that had he been in shape he would have beaten Maher that night, and many good Judgesagree with him. When Gus Ruhlin was his best and Dunkhorst only a novice It took the former twenty-two rounds to win from the Syracuse man at the Greater New York Athletic club. The experience he gained there did Dunkhorst good, for he went right up to Toronto and beat Charley Strong so badly that the referee stopped the bout In the fourth round. Frank Childs, the colored giant, met “Dunk" at Detroit for eight rounds, and the Cadillac Athletic club witnessed the fastest fighting ever seen In that section.
Interesting considering most people now consider him a useless lard ass. I think this is definely very flattering,. The fact he trained with the likes of Tommy Ryan and Bob Fitzsimmons suggests he may be better than remembered though.
The article is hype-job publicity to bring out fans.... Common in that day.... Dunkhorst had already lost several times including getting stopped.... He was a big tub of lard with the speed of Joe Bugner, the punching power of Willie Pep, and the chin of Amir Khan .... all rolled into one package.
Kalan wrote: ↑09 Jan 2018, 15:58
The article is hype-job publicity to bring out fans.... Common in that day.... Dunkhorst had already lost several times including getting stopped.... He was a big tub of lard with the speed of Joe Bugner, the punching power of Willie Pep, and the chin of Amir Khan .... all rolled into one package.
Actually at the time the only one was Gus Ruhlin by TKO, though the article says he failed to stop him, I'll see if there's any contempory reports online.
Countin Gus, Ed had only stopped by 4 people. Fitz (using body shots), Joe Butler and Charley Miller (but over 10 years after any of his other fights on the system).
The article is obviously a hype job, but if he was that useless why would two of the greatest P4P fighters at the time (Tommy Ryan and Fitz) waste their time with him? I see in an article on his fight with Fitz saying Ed had been training with Jeffries.
Seeing a competory report the ref stopped him against Gus Ruhlin because he was taking a beating and exhausted, but otherwise he wasn't close to being KOed.
Edit: Every contempory report I've seen says he had a good chin, but was very much lumbering.
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Kalan wrote: ↑09 Jan 2018, 15:58
The article is hype-job publicity to bring out fans.... Common in that day.... Dunkhorst had already lost several times including getting stopped.... He was a big tub of lard with the speed of Joe Bugner, the punching power of Willie Pep, and the chin of Amir Khan .... all rolled into one package.
Actually at the time the only one was Gus Ruhlin by TKO, though the article says he failed to stop him, I'll see if there's any contempory reports online.
Countin Gus, Ed had only stopped by 4 people. Fitz (using body shots), Joe Butler and Charley Miller (but over 10 years after any of his other fights on the system).
The article is obviously a hype job, but if he was that useless why would two of the greatest P4P fighters at the time (Tommy Ryan and Fitz) waste their time with him? I see in an article on his fight with Fitz saying Ed had been training with Jeffries.
Training with Jeffries means nothing... Heavyweight boxing is a very small community for very serious professionals.... It was even smaller in that day.... It never surprised me when I saw guys I trained and sparred with, who I figured I could destroy, training and sparring with the most noted World Champions... You don't have to be good to spar with a champ... If you can box half assed and take a shot you're in... They don't want guys who will knock their head off... The best will call in 10 or more sparring partners... spend 100's of thousands on them, feeding, housing, and paying them good.
