Nonpareil "Jack Dempsey Whipped" by Bob Fitzsimmons Round by Round

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https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid= ... 2247&hl=en

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There is 2 round 4s reported and no round 6. So I assume the 2nd round 4 is 5 and round 5 is round 6.

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Thanks for posting this! This description sounded as one-sided as I had always heard. Fitz was a great fighter.

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They wore five-ounce gloves.

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They wore five-ounce gloves.

Fairly big for the time, for the later Jack Johnson vs Tommy Burns 4oz gloves were used.

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Middlweights Bob Fitzsimmons and Nonpareil Jack Dempsey wore FIVE-ounce gloves--1891

Middlweights Marvin Hagler and Ray Leonard wore TEN-ounce gloves--1987