What was so bad with Dempsey vs Gibbons?

I'm countering Klompy's post. Dempsey's riposte to Greb's question was "who'd pay to see that?"
I'm not sufficiently engaged to respond further on questions that have been asked interminably on this forum.

To tell the truth I had left for other pastures until I saw Mongoose's posts on Kovalev v Foster, they intruiged me a bit, but this is Ground Hog Day with a vengeance, no offence intended. Hope you all enjoy the thread.

 

Only fair to note, that a minority of papers gave Levinsky the decision over Greb, while Dempsey simply wasted him.

 

It might not have been a simple either or choice.

 

This is true but not the full story.
It should be pointed out that Dempsey also beat a few big heavyweights who Greb never fought and probably wouldn't have wanted to.

 

Greb is on record as saying that he didn't care to face Fulton.

Dempsey's critics are fond of pointing out that Greb beat a lot of his opponents, but they only tell half the story.

Greb made a pretty clean sweep of Dempseys cuties, but didn't meet any of his dreadnoughts.

 

A million dollars worth of people paid to see Dempsey against a bandy legged Frog who was protected at lightheavyweight...

Why would anyone living today have a "personal" stake in athletes from 100 years ago? Dempsey was my first or second interest in the sport. I wouldn't even know who to have personal feelings regarding him. However, a fraud is a fraud.

 

Also, Dempsey had knocked Brennan out in 6 rounds before Greb had even fought him.

 

The Dempsey-Carpentier match was made on the fact of Carpentier's war record, and Dempsey's lack of one.

"bandy legged Frog" is a little bit racist.
Just sayin'

In what way was he protected ? Do you believe the Carp-Levinsky fight was fixed too ?

 

I agree with this.

I am not saying that Greb blew his chances at a title shot, by not meeting this fighter, or that fighter. Some of these guys ducked him.

My point is that he only stomped all over one one side of Dempsey's resume.

 

Interesting that Dempsey is said to have ducked his #1 and #2 for years, and yet there doesn't seem to be much discussion about why Wills and Greb never fought it out.
How often was that fight even mooted ?

 

I said a week or two prior to Greb-Gibbons, not Dempsey Gibbons. Greb fought Gibbons and Wills fought Norfolk over a year before Dempsey signed to fight Gibbons.