The problem is, that some poses that look great in photography often don't work well in newspaper cartoons. Why, I don't know. Even when they're superbly drawn as they are in this Mullin sketch (above) they sometimes miss the mark.
If the newspapers would allow a caricatured blow by blow of a fight like Jack Davis did here (above), readers would probably love it.
Haw! Maybe they'd love it too much. It could provoke a lot of street frights.
I wonder if short, funny, animated caricatures of real newsworthy prize fights would work on TV? I could picture it on ESPN. In "Boo Boo Runs Wild" John K proved that animation was a great medium for things like this.
Tying animation to real prize fights would certainly offer challenges. For one thing, it would put a limit on how far the animator could exaggerate. In real life the kind of punches that do the most harm in the ring are often jabs and short, close-in blows (above) that aren't very photogenic.
That doesn't mean it can't be done.
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And for the vets on Memorial Day...
THANK YOU!!!!!!!