Who rates higher all time Jeffries or Dempsey?

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  1. mcvey

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    No, but we got the movie.
     
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    Ouch!
     
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    Hagler gif FTW!!
     
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    Only joking
     
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    Dempsey took a much more pragmatic view of black challengers than Jeffries, and might well have been sincere in his efforts to make a title fight with Wills.

    For all that, Dempsey's legacy still sufferers more than Jeffries does, because the nobility of their respective intentions is irrelevant.

    It comes down to a cold calculation of which contenders they missed, and how much their legacies suffers as a result.

    Jeffries simply doesn't have the career overlap with key black contenders, that Dempsey does.
     
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    Dempsey.

    A absolute force of nature.
     
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    Jeffries ranks higher in my list, I think he is criminally underrated. Dempsey on the other hand, is overrated, in my opinion.
     
    SailorSharkey, Sep 22, 2021
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