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Originally Posted by Seamus
The news reports I have read on him from 1917 and 1918 are very unkind to him, even the Miami News clip above refers to him trying to make a comeback.
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For every "unkind" report of him during that time, there are also much more favorable reports. Virtually every account of his fight with Moran praised his performance in a fast-paced fight. The Miami News clip explicitly says that he appears to be "much better than formerly."
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Originally Posted by Seamus
His heyday was the white hope era. By the time Dempsey got to him his record shows he was on the downside.
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His record shows that he scored the biggest wins of his career in the year or so prior to fighting Dempsey - Moran, Fulton, Levinsky, Smith. Two of the fighters you criticize him for losing to (McMahon and Coffey) had also beaten him during his supposed "heyday" in the White Hope era.
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Originally Posted by Seamus
A good bit of matchmaking for Dempsey, tho. He liked 'em big and slow.
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I've shown you reports that explicitly describe him as "the fastest of all big fellows."