Jack Dempsey vs. Billy Miske (3rd meeting) - Revision history

Earl at 23:07, 19 October 2014

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	== External Link ==		== External Link ==
	*[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3 "Heavyweight Title Hangs In Balance; Dempcey Meets Miske Today in His First Bout Since He Defeated Jess Willard" The ''New York Times, September 6, 1920]		*[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3 "Heavyweight Title Hangs In Balance; Dempcey Meets Miske Today in His First Bout Since He Defeated Jess Willard" The ''New York Times'', September 6, 1920]
	*[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9 "Dempsey's Blows Knock Out Miske In Third" The ''New York Times, September 7, 1920]		*[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9 "Dempsey's Blows Knock Out Miske In Third" The ''New York Times'', September 7, 1920]
	*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19200907&id=oaIgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PmkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1119,3853825 "Dempsey Puts Miske Away In third Round With Right Hand Punch To Chin" The ''Lewiston Daily Sun'', September 7, 1920]		*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19200907&id=oaIgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PmkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1119,3853825 "Dempsey Puts Miske Away In third Round With Right Hand Punch To Chin" The ''Lewiston Daily Sun'', September 7, 1920]
	*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495 "Corbett Says Tunney Will Have to Box Dempsey" The ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', September 18, 1926]		*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495 "Corbett Says Tunney Will Have to Box Dempsey" The ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', September 18, 1926]
	* [http://www.harrygreb.com/billymiskebiopage.html "First Defense: KO of a Friend" by Jack Dempsey, harrygreb.com]		* [http://www.harrygreb.com/billymiskebiopage.html "First Defense: KO of a Friend" by Jack Dempsey, harrygreb.com]

Earl at 22:58, 17 October 2014

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	[[File:Dempsey-vs-Miske204-700-new.jpg\|right\|thumb\|~~400px~~]]		[[File:Dempsey-vs-Miske204-700-new.jpg\|right\|thumb\|425px\|Dempey scores a knockdown against Miske]]
	<fight>17601</fight>		<fight>17601</fight>
	*'''World Heavyweight Championship''' (1st defense by Dempsey)		*'''World Heavyweight Championship''' (1st defense by Dempsey)
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.		*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.
	*Dempsey received $50,000 cash, plus a share of the gate receipts.
	*Miske received a guarantee of $25,000.
	*Attendance was reported to be 11,346.		*Attendance was reported to be 11,346.
	*According to promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons, total receipts were $134,904.		*According to promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons, total receipts were $134,904. Dempsey received 50% and Miske 25%.
	*Miske was 7-3-2 since his previous fight with Dempsey in 1918.		*Miske was 7-3-2 since his previous fight with Dempsey in 1918.
	*Miske ~~took~~ a count of ~~three~~ in the second round, said to be the first knockdown of his career. In the third round, he was ~~down~~ for a nine-count ~~before being counted out~~.		*Miske was down for a count of five in the second round, said to be the first knockdown of his career. In the third round, he was floored for a count of nine before a right to the chin put him down for the count.
	*Miske fought this bout while suffering from Bright's Disease, which is an inflammation of the structures in the kidney that produce urine. To quote from the biography ''[[Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt]]'': "A number of years later, in his autobiography, Dempsey would comment, 'During the fight, I began to feel that Billy wasn't giving me as tough a battle as I had expected. He did not seem like his old self.'"		*Miske fought this bout while suffering from Bright's Disease, which is an inflammation of the structures in the kidney that produce urine. To quote from the biography ''[[Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt]]'': "A number of years later, in his autobiography, Dempsey would comment, 'During the fight, I began to feel that Billy wasn't giving me as tough a battle as I had expected. He did not seem like his old self.'"
	*In a 1926 newspaper article, [[Jim Corbett]] discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. T quote from the article: "Before Billy Miske was taken sick—back in the days when Billy really was good—he was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third time—and knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day."		*In a 1926 newspaper article, [[Jim Corbett]] discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. T quote from the article: "Before Billy Miske was taken sick—back in the days when Billy really was good—he was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third time—and knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day."
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	*[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3 "Heavyweight Title Hangs In Balance; Dempcey Meets Miske Today in His First Bout Since He Defeated Jess Willard" The ''New York Times, September 6, 1920]		*[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3 "Heavyweight Title Hangs In Balance; Dempcey Meets Miske Today in His First Bout Since He Defeated Jess Willard" The ''New York Times, September 6, 1920]
	*[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9 "Dempsey's Blows Knock Out Miske In Third" The ''New York Times, September 7, 1920]		*[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9 "Dempsey's Blows Knock Out Miske In Third" The ''New York Times, September 7, 1920]
			*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19200907&id=oaIgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PmkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1119,3853825 "Dempsey Puts Miske Away In third Round With Right Hand Punch To Chin" The ''Lewiston Daily Sun'', September 7, 1920]
	*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495 "Corbett Says Tunney Will Have to Box Dempsey" The ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', September 18, 1926]		*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495 "Corbett Says Tunney Will Have to Box Dempsey" The ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', September 18, 1926]
	* [http://www.harrygreb.com/billymiskebiopage.html "First Defense: KO of a Friend" by Jack Dempsey, harrygreb.com]		* [http://www.harrygreb.com/billymiskebiopage.html "First Defense: KO of a Friend" by Jack Dempsey, harrygreb.com]

Earl at 22:40, 17 October 2014

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	[[File:~~F17601~~.~~jpeg~~\|right\|thumb\|~~300px~~]]		[[File:Dempsey-vs-Miske204-700-new.jpg\|right\|thumb\|400px]]
	<fight>17601</fight>		<fight>17601</fight>
	*~~Dempsey received $50,000 cash plus a share of the gate receipts.~~		*'''World Heavyweight Championship''' (1st defense by Dempsey)
	*Miske received his guarantee of $25,000.		*[[:File:Jack & Miske.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:Jack & Miske4.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:File:F17601.jpeg\|Photo #4]]
	*Attendance was reported to be 11,346 with total receipts at $134,904 according to promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons.
	*Miske was 3-2-3 going into this fight with only one win over a legit heavyweight, Bill Brennan, who had had only one win in his previous six fights. Harry Wills was, at this juncture, a clearly more deserving challenger.
	*Miske fought this bout while suffering from Bright'~~s Disease. To quote from the biography entitled~~ ''~~[[Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt]]~~''~~: "A number of years later, in his autobiography,~~ Dempsey ~~would comment, "During the fight, I began to feel that Billy wasn't giving me as tough a battle as I had expected. He did not seem like his old self."~~
	*[[:File:Jack & Miske.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:Jack & Miske4.jpg\|Photo #3]]

	== ~~Boxing Factoids~~ ==		==Notes==
	*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.		*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.
	*In a 1926 ~~newpaper~~ article, Jim Corbett discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. To quote from the article: "Before Billy Miske was taken ~~sick--back~~ in the days when Billy really was ~~good--he~~ was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third ~~time--and~~ knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day."~~[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495]~~		*Dempsey received $50,000 cash, plus a share of the gate receipts.
	*Miske took a count of three in the second round, said to be the first knockdown of his career. In the third round, he was down for "nine" before taking the full count.		*Miske received a guarantee of $25,000.
	*This was the only time in over 100 bouts that Miske was knocked out. To quote boxing historian Eric Jorgensen from the ''FOX Sports biopic Billy Miske: Dead Man Fighting'': "Any way you look at heart, toughness and ~~determination--sheer guts--he (Miske)~~ definitely had it. The fact that it took a Jack Dempsey to knock him ~~out--that~~ tells you what a tough guy he was."		*Attendance was reported to be 11,346.
			*According to promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons, total receipts were $134,904.
	~~== Newspaper Articles ==~~		*Miske was 7-3-2 since his previous fight with Dempsey in 1918.
	*''New York Times'', September 6, 1920 [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3]		*Miske took a count of three in the second round, said to be the first knockdown of his career. In the third round, he was down for a nine-count before being counted out.
	*''New York Times'', September 7, 1920 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9]		*Miske fought this bout while suffering from Bright's Disease, which is an inflammation of the structures in the kidney that produce urine. To quote from the biography ''[[Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt]]'': "A number of years later, in his autobiography, Dempsey would comment, 'During the fight, I began to feel that Billy wasn't giving me as tough a battle as I had expected. He did not seem like his old self.'"
			*In a 1926 newspaper article, [[Jim Corbett]] discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. T quote from the article: "Before Billy Miske was taken sick—back in the days when Billy really was good—he was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third time—and knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day."
			*This was the only time in over 100 bouts that Miske was knocked out. To quote boxing historian Eric Jorgensen from the FOX Sports biopic ''Billy Miske: Dead Man Fighting'': "Any way you look at heart, toughness and determination—sheer guts—he definitely had it. The fact that it took a Jack Dempsey to knock him out—that tells you what a tough guy he was."

	== External Link ==		== External Link ==
	*First ~~Defense~~: ~~KO of a Friend~~, ~~by Jack~~ Dempsey [http://www.harrygreb.com/billymiskebiopage.html]		*[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3 "Heavyweight Title Hangs In Balance; Dempcey Meets Miske Today in His First Bout Since He Defeated Jess Willard" The ''New York Times, September 6, 1920]
			*[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9 "Dempsey's Blows Knock Out Miske In Third" The ''New York Times, September 7, 1920]
			*[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495 "Corbett Says Tunney Will Have to Box Dempsey" The ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', September 18, 1926]
			* [http://www.harrygreb.com/billymiskebiopage.html "First Defense: KO of a Friend" by Jack Dempsey, harrygreb.com]

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another image linked

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	*Attendance was reported to be 11,346 with total receipts at $134,904 according to promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons.		*Attendance was reported to be 11,346 with total receipts at $134,904 according to promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons.
	*Miske was 3-2-3 going into this fight with only one win over a legit heavyweight, Bill Brennan, who had had only one win in his previous six fights. Harry Wills was, at this juncture, a clearly more deserving challenger.		*Miske was 3-2-3 going into this fight with only one win over a legit heavyweight, Bill Brennan, who had had only one win in his previous six fights. Harry Wills was, at this juncture, a clearly more deserving challenger.
	*Miske fought this bout while suffering from Bright's Disease. To quote from the biography entitled [[Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt]]: "A number of years later, in his autobiography, Dempsey would comment, "During the fight, I began to feel that Billy wasn't giving me as tough a battle as I had expected. He did not seem like his old self."		*Miske fought this bout while suffering from Bright's Disease. To quote from the biography entitled ''[[Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt]]'': "A number of years later, in his autobiography, Dempsey would comment, "During the fight, I began to feel that Billy wasn't giving me as tough a battle as I had expected. He did not seem like his old self."
			*[[:File:Jack & Miske.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:Jack & Miske4.jpg\|Photo #3]]

	== Boxing Factoids ==		== Boxing Factoids ==

	*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.		*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.
	*In a 1926 newpaper article, Jim Corbett discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. To quote from the article: "Before Billy Miske was taken sick--back in the days when Billy really was good--he was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third time--and knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day."[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495]		*In a 1926 newpaper article, Jim Corbett discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. To quote from the article: "Before Billy Miske was taken sick--back in the days when Billy really was good--he was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third time--and knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day."[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495]
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	== Newspaper Articles ==		== Newspaper Articles ==
	*New York Times, September 6, 1920 [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3]		*''New York Times'', September 6, 1920 [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3]
	*New York Times, September 7, 1920 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9]		*''New York Times'', September 7, 1920 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9]

	== External Link ==		== External Link ==
	*First Defense: KO of a Friend, by Jack Dempsey [http://www.harrygreb.com/billymiskebiopage.html]		*First Defense: KO of a Friend, by Jack Dempsey [http://www.harrygreb.com/billymiskebiopage.html]

Boxing scholar: /* Boxing Factoids */

2012-09-03T15:41:59Z

Boxing Factoids

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	*In a 1926 newpaper article, Jim Corbett discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. To quote from the article: "Before Billy Miske was taken sick--back in the days when Billy really was good--he was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third time--and knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day."[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495]		*In a 1926 newpaper article, Jim Corbett discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. To quote from the article: "Before Billy Miske was taken sick--back in the days when Billy really was good--he was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third time--and knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day."[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495]
	*Miske took a count of three in the second round, said to be the first knockdown of his career. In the third round, he was down for "nine" before taking the full count.		*Miske took a count of three in the second round, said to be the first knockdown of his career. In the third round, he was down for "nine" before taking the full count.
	*This was the only time in over 100 bouts that Miske was knocked out. To quote boxing historian Eric Jorgensen from the ''FOX Sports biopic Billy Miske: Dead Man Fighting'': "Any way you look at heart, toughness and determination--sheer ~~toughness~~--he (Miske) definitely had it. The fact that it took a Jack Dempsey to knock him out--that tells you what a tough guy he was."		*This was the only time in over 100 bouts that Miske was knocked out. To quote boxing historian Eric Jorgensen from the ''FOX Sports biopic Billy Miske: Dead Man Fighting'': "Any way you look at heart, toughness and determination--sheer guts--he (Miske) definitely had it. The fact that it took a Jack Dempsey to knock him out--that tells you what a tough guy he was."

	== Newspaper Articles ==		== Newspaper Articles ==

Boxing scholar: /* Boxing Factoids */

2012-09-03T13:50:56Z

Boxing Factoids

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	*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.		*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.
	*In a 1926 newpaper article, Jim Corbett discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. To quote from the article: ''Before Billy Miske was taken sick--back in the days when Billy really was good--he was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third time--and knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day.''[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495]		*In a 1926 newpaper article, Jim Corbett discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. To quote from the article: "Before Billy Miske was taken sick--back in the days when Billy really was good--he was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third time--and knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day."[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495]
			*Miske took a count of three in the second round, said to be the first knockdown of his career. In the third round, he was down for "nine" before taking the full count.
			*This was the only time in over 100 bouts that Miske was knocked out. To quote boxing historian Eric Jorgensen from the ''FOX Sports biopic Billy Miske: Dead Man Fighting'': "Any way you look at heart, toughness and determination--sheer toughness--he (Miske) definitely had it. The fact that it took a Jack Dempsey to knock him out--that tells you what a tough guy he was."

	== Newspaper Articles ==		== Newspaper Articles ==

Boxing scholar: External link

2012-09-03T04:40:41Z

External link

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	*New York Times, September 6, 1920 [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3]		*New York Times, September 6, 1920 [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3]
	*New York Times, September 7, 1920 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9]		*New York Times, September 7, 1920 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9]

			== External Link ==
			*First Defense: KO of a Friend, by Jack Dempsey [http://www.harrygreb.com/billymiskebiopage.html]

Boxing scholar: Analysis of bout by Jim Corbett

2012-09-03T04:09:30Z

Analysis of bout by Jim Corbett

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	*Miske fought this bout while suffering from Bright's Disease. To quote from the biography entitled [[Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt]]: "A number of years later, in his autobiography, Dempsey would comment, "During the fight, I began to feel that Billy wasn't giving me as tough a battle as I had expected. He did not seem like his old self."		*Miske fought this bout while suffering from Bright's Disease. To quote from the biography entitled [[Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt]]: "A number of years later, in his autobiography, Dempsey would comment, "During the fight, I began to feel that Billy wasn't giving me as tough a battle as I had expected. He did not seem like his old self."

	== Boxing ~~Factoid~~ ==		== Boxing Factoids ==

	*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.		*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.
			*In a 1926 newpaper article, Jim Corbett discussed the 1920 Dempsey-Miske bout. To quote from the article: ''Before Billy Miske was taken sick--back in the days when Billy really was good--he was a fast, clever man. And he went the distance twice with Dempsey. When Bill had slipped and had lost his speed, Dempsey fought him the third time--and knocked him out. But Jack wasn't fighting a fast, clever man that day.''[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Hg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7225%2C3747495]

	== Newspaper Articles ==		== Newspaper Articles ==
	*New York Times, September 6, 1920 [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3]		*New York Times, September 6, 1920 [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3]
	*New York Times, September 7, 1920 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9]		*New York Times, September 7, 1920 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9]

Boxing scholar: Miske fought Dempsey while suffering from Bright's Disease

2012-09-03T03:59:32Z

Miske fought Dempsey while suffering from Bright's Disease

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	*Attendance was reported to be 11,346 with total receipts at $134,904 according to promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons.		*Attendance was reported to be 11,346 with total receipts at $134,904 according to promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons.
	*Miske was 3-2-3 going into this fight with only one win over a legit heavyweight, Bill Brennan, who had had only one win in his previous six fights. Harry Wills was, at this juncture, a clearly more deserving challenger.		*Miske was 3-2-3 going into this fight with only one win over a legit heavyweight, Bill Brennan, who had had only one win in his previous six fights. Harry Wills was, at this juncture, a clearly more deserving challenger.
			*Miske fought this bout while suffering from Bright's Disease. To quote from the biography entitled [[Billy Miske: The St. Paul Thunderbolt]]: "A number of years later, in his autobiography, Dempsey would comment, "During the fight, I began to feel that Billy wasn't giving me as tough a battle as I had expected. He did not seem like his old self."

	== Boxing Factoid ==		== Boxing Factoid ==

Boxing scholar: Newspaper articles

2012-04-26T03:08:25Z

Newspaper articles

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	*Attendance was reported to be 11,346 with total receipts at $134,904 according to promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons.		*Attendance was reported to be 11,346 with total receipts at $134,904 according to promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons.
	*Miske was 3-2-3 going into this fight with only one win over a legit heavyweight, Bill Brennan, who had had only one win in his previous six fights. Harry Wills was, at this juncture, a clearly more deserving challenger.		*Miske was 3-2-3 going into this fight with only one win over a legit heavyweight, Bill Brennan, who had had only one win in his previous six fights. Harry Wills was, at this juncture, a clearly more deserving challenger.


	== Boxing Factoid ==		== Boxing Factoid ==

	*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.		*This was the first bout broadcast on radio.

			== Newspaper Articles ==
			*New York Times, September 6, 1920 [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A17F7345A1A738DDDAF0894D1405B808EF1D3]
			*New York Times, September 7, 1920 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40615F73455157A93C5A91782D85F448285F9]