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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jack Dempsey (ranked 4612 p4p, 4620 weight class) and Joe Louis (ranked 183 p4p, 182 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Dempsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Louis!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dempsey definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dempsey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dempsey appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dempsey slips a jab and a cross from Louis.
Louis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dempsey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louis.
Louis scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Jack Dempsey has been cut.
Dempsey scores with a nice right hand.
Dempsey ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dempsey slips under a jab.
Louis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Louis tries to move into range but Dempsey moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dempsey misses with an uppercut. Louis saw that one coming.
Louis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Louis misses the body punch
and Dempsey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dempsey throws a nice looking combination but Louis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Louis swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Dempsey counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dempsey lands a slapping body shot.
Dempsey slips a straight right by Louis.
Dempsey throws a hook but Louis blocks it.
Dempsey lands a jab.
Louis works Dempsey's body with a nice hook.
Dempsey ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
Dempsey is looking to counter punch.
Louis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Louis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dempsey takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dempsey throws a lazy right hand but Louis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dempsey throws out a loose jab but Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Louis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dempsey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey just misses with a punch to the body.
Louis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dempsey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Louis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dempsey scores with a jab. Louis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Louis.
Dempsey lands a body shot.
The fighters circling - Louis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Louis tests Dempsey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dempsey throws a series of punches but Louis avoids them all with ease.
Dempsey throws a jab when Louis was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Louis.
A slow jab from Dempsey misses its intended target.
Louis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dempsey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Louis throws out a counter right but Dempsey avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey misses with a wild body shot.
Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Louis. Those never looked like landing.
Louis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Louis misses with a two punch combination.
A cross from Dempsey lands.
Louis dodges the punch combination from Dempsey.
Louis is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Louis slips a jab from Dempsey.
Louis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Louis doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dempsey connects with a good right hand that stumbles Louis. Louis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dempsey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dempsey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Louis.
Dempsey lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dempsey misses with a wild body shot.
Dempsey takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Louis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Louis misses with a shot to the body
and Dempsey counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Louis throws out a loose jab but Dempsey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dempsey connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Louis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dempsey throws a shot from downtown. Louis moves away and avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Louis! But no joy.
Dempsey lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dempsey.
Dempsey misses with a series of wild punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Dempsey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Dempsey's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dempsey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Louis throws a hook but Dempsey avoids it easily.
Louis throws a hook but Dempsey blocks it.
Dempsey swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A punch combination from Louis misses.
Dempsey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Dempsey dodges the punch combination from Louis.
Louis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dempsey.
Dempsey was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dempsey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louis.
Dempsey throws a jab but it's blocked by Louis.
Louis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dempsey throws a nice looking combination but Louis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Louis slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey slips a jab and a cross from Louis.
Dempsey looks to score with a jab to the body but Louis is just out of range.
A shot to the liver by Louis. Beautiful body shot.
Louis lands a right hook to the body.
Louis throws the left hand but Dempsey avoids the punch easily.
Louis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dempsey throws the left hand but Louis avoids the punch easily.
Louis misses with a hook. Dempsey ducked under it nicely.
Louis throws a looping overhand right but Dempsey ducks down to avoid it.
Dempsey is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dempsey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Louis lands a jab to the head.
Louis lands a glancing blow to the side of Dempsey's head.
Jab by Dempsey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dempsey.
Jab by Dempsey.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dempsey!
Jack Dempsey is winning the standup battle so far.
Dempsey uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Louis has time to react.
Dempsey jabs Louis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dempsey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Louis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No joy there for Dempsey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dempsey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Louis.
Louis moves out of range as Dempsey strikes.
Louis with a nice cross.
Louis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dempsey circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis connects with a single shot there.
Louis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big right from Dempsey misses.
Louis moves out of range as Dempsey strikes.
Dempsey blocks a jab.
Louis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Louis walks into a jab.
Dempsey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Louis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dempsey cracks a nice hook into Louis's ribs.
Louis loads up on a big right hand but Dempsey slips the punch.
Dempsey throws a jab but it's blocked by Louis.
Louis throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louis jabs Dempsey to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Louis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dempsey.
Dempsey works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dempsey's jab looks to have found its range, popping Louis under the eye.
Louis lands with a hook. Dempsey tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dempsey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Louis can do to turn this around?
Dempsey swings for the body but Louis moves out of range.
Dempsey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Louis moves away.
Dempsey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dempsey throws a body shot but no joy.
Louis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A lazy left from Dempsey finds it's target.
Dempsey lands with a hook. Louis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Dempsey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jack Dempsey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Nice jab there from Louis.
A punch combination from Dempsey misses.
Dempsey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dempsey ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
Dempsey takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dempsey swings for the body but Louis moves out of range.
Dempsey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Louis moves away.
Louis doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Louis is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Louis looks to score with a jab to the body but Dempsey is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dempsey cracks a nice hook into Louis's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dempsey. Louis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Louis lands a two punch combo.
Jack Dempsey's cut is getting worse.
Louis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dempsey.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Louis there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dempsey throws a body shot but no joy.
Dempsey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dempsey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Dempsey.
Louis misses with a straight right.
Jab, jab by Louis - just one landing.
Louis missing with a left hand there. Dempsey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Dempsey was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Louis.
Dempsey drops his hands momentarily and Louis takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Louis lands a jab to the nose.
Louis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dempsey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Louis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dempsey.
Louis blocks a jab.
Louis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dempsey throws a jab when Louis was well out of range.
A slow jab from Dempsey misses its intended target.
Dempsey connects with a body shot that sends Louis's belly button to the back.
Louis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dempsey takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Louis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Louis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dempsey stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dempsey connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circling - Dempsey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A shot to the body from Louis misses
enabling Dempsey to counter with a crisp jab.
Louis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dempsey stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
Dempsey darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dempsey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Louis.
Dempsey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dempsey ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
Dempsey slips under a jab from Louis.
Sloppy strikes from Dempsey. Those never looked like landing.
Louis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dempsey.
Louis moves out of range as Dempsey strikes.
Dempsey looks to score with a jab to the body but Louis is just out of range.
Dempsey throws out a loose jab but Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dempsey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey misses the shot to the body.
Dempsey punishes Louis's body with a nice straight punch.
Dempsey throws a body shot but no joy.
Louis misses with a lunging right hand
and Dempsey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dempsey throws a hook to the side of Louis's head but Louis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dempsey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louis throws a hook to the side of Dempsey's head but Dempsey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Louis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dempsey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louis.
A slow jab from Louis misses its intended target.
Dempsey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab lands there for Dempsey.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Jack Dempsey did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Jack Dempsey's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
A slow jab from Louis misses its intended target.
It looked like Dempsey wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dempsey looks to score with a jab to the body but Louis is just out of range.
Louis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dempsey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dempsey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dempsey digs a good hook to Louis's body.
Louis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dempsey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dempsey throws a right hand that Louis ducks under and follows up with a left that Louis also avoids with ease.
Dempsey on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jack Dempsey's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dempsey just misses with a punch to the body.
Louis with a jab.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louis missing with a left hand there. Dempsey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dempsey is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Louis stuns Dempsey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Louis.
Dempsey missing with a left hand there. Louis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Louis misses with a body shot
letting Dempsey counter with a right hand.
Louis throws a right hand that Dempsey ducks under and follows up with a left that Dempsey also avoids with ease.
Dempsey swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Dempsey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dempsey missing with a left hand there. Louis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dempsey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Louis manages to avoid it.
Louis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dempsey rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Louis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Louis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Louis throws a sloppy body shot
and Dempsey counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dempsey. Louis does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey misses with a double jab.
Dempsey lands a jab to Louis's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dempsey swings for the body but Louis moves out of range.
Dempsey throws a sloppy body shot
and Louis counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dempsey thinking.
Louis slips a jab from Dempsey.
Louis throws out a counter right but Dempsey avoids it with no problem.
Louis misses with a body shot
and Dempsey counters with a right hand to the body.
Louis cracks Dempsey with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Louis needs to keep his hands up - Dempsey had a free shot at his head there.
Dempsey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Despite the aggression on Louis's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Louis misses with a few strikes there.
Louis tries to bum rush Dempsey with a series of wild strikes but Dempsey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey throws a one two combo.
Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Dempsey throws a hook but Louis blocks it.
Louis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little jabbing left from Louis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Louis connects with a nice looking jab.
Dempsey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Louis.
Louis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dempsey.
Louis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dempsey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dempsey.
Dempsey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Louis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Louis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Louis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jeez, Jack Dempsey's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Louis throws a jab but it's blocked by Dempsey.
Dempsey is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dempsey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice body punch from Louis.
Louis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dempsey misses with a body shot.
Louis throws a series of punches but Dempsey moves out of range.
Dempsey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Louis doesn't seem bothered though.
Dempsey misses with a shot to the body
and Dempsey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dempsey throws a body shot but no joy.
Louis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Louis dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jack Dempsey's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Louis thuds a left hand into Dempsey's body.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dempsey.
Louis connects with a nice looking jab.
Louis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dempsey in his tracks.
Dempsey is rocked!
Good exchange - Dempsey coming out on top.
Oh Dempsey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dempsey swings for the body but Louis moves out of range.
Louis lands with a straight right. Dempsey didn't see that one coming.
Dempsey gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Louis.
Dempsey blocks a jab.
Dempsey blocks a jab.
Louis thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey slips a jab from Louis.
Dempsey was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dempsey seems to have got his legs back now.
Dempsey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dempsey looks to score with a jab to the body but Louis is just out of range.
Louis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dempsey defending well as Louis loads up on a big left hand.
Louis throws a jab when Dempsey was well out of range.
Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Dempsey appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dempsey manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Dempsey.
Dempsey just misses with a punch to the body.
Louis lands a nice shot that snaps Dempsey's head back.
A big left from Dempsey misses.
Joe Louis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. Dempsey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dempsey missing with a left hand there. Louis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Louis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Louis misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Dempsey misses the target.
Louis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dempsey throws a looping overhand right but Louis ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. Dempsey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dempsey was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Louis throws a jab when Dempsey was well out of range.
Dempsey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dempsey was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dempsey throws a right hand that Louis ducks under and follows up with a left that Louis also avoids with ease.
Dempsey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis misses with a jab to the body
and Dempsey makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Louis is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Dempsey lands a nice hook to Louis's body. Louis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dempsey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Dempsey.
Louis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dempsey walks into a stiff left hand from Louis.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jack Dempsey's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joe Louis!
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