Dempsey Jack. Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense

First edition. — New York: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1950. — 264 p; ill. Scan.What would happen if a year-old baby fell from a fourth-floor window onto the head of a burly driver, standing on the sidewalk? It’s practically certain that the truckman would be knocked unconscious. He might die of a brain concussion or a broken neck. Even an innocent baby can become a dangerous missile when its body weight is set into fast motion, You may feel as helpless as a year-old infant - as far as fighting is concerned; but please remember: you weigh more than a baby, and you need not fall from a window to put your body-weight into motion. You have weight, and you have the means of launching that weight into fast motion. Furthermore, you have explosive ingredients. You may not appear explosive. You may appear as harmless as a stick of dynamite, which children have been known to mistake for an oversized stick of taffy. You can launch your body weight into fast motion; and, like dynamite, you can explode that hurtling weight against an opponent with a stunning, blasting effect known as follow-through.Explosives at Toledo.
Good and Bad Toledo Aftermaths.
Punchers Are Made; Nor Born.Why I Wrote This Book.Differences Between Fist-Fighting and Boxing.
You're the Kayo Kid.
What Is a Punch?
The Falling Step.
The Power Line.
Relaying and Exploding.
Stance.
Footwork.
Range.
Straight Punching from the Whirl.
Purity in Punching.
Hooking.
Uppercuts.
Punch Ranks First.
Your Sparmate.
General Defense and Blocking.
Deflection.
Evasion.
Feinting and Drawing.
Training.
How to Watch a Fight.