How will our smaller fighters rate in East Side ATG rankings?

Im not sure if Rummy will do jnr welter or super fly Coulda. I think he is doing the original 8.

Bantam will be interesting...I might start researching now because the others I pretty much just did others on the fly..Id love to be able to slot Jimmy and Lionel in my rankings..but that divvy is stacked.

Jeff I dont think will rate anywhere really..just doesnt have the names. He is more a p4p and h2h kind of guy. Dont think he will make a top 10 for bantam or feather...superbantam no doubt but Im not sure if thats getting done.

 

I like making a comparison between Darcy a Greb. Both born a year apart, Greb the older. By the age of 21 Greb had 40 contests. Darcy 50 contests.

Greb. Of those 40 contests, 1 ten round battle, 3 draws, 6 losses, 1 ko by, 3 ko's, all the rest were 6 round ND's (No Decisions). Greb had been KO'd in 3 rounds by George Chip, Les Darcy's last opponent. Darcy KO'd Chip in 9.

Darcy 16 points wins.
29 KO's
1 by Disq.
LD Twice
LF 1
L dsq 1

He'd fought a dozen 20 round distance fights. 22 times past the 10 round journey. He was known to carry opponents the journey, under instruction of Stadiums Ltd. Nothing America sent to our shores actually got the better of Darcy. He either bettered them, broke them, or suffered the indignation of their unwillingness to fight a final result. Jeff 'sooky pants' Smith being a prime example.

Placing Darcy in a top10 list might stur the idiots mate, but he has the goods to be cast in stone in any top ten that include Greb or Ketchell.

 

I actually had him in my 10 initially flamey..right under Flowers but he got pushed out when I kept on remembering names.

That division is just to hard to rank.

 

More than fair, as Darcy's Tale is a left unfulfilled. He'd have shaked the boots of all Americans of the day, including the skinny up and comer 'Tunney' had Darcy seen another 5 years. Dempsey would have been a great match up.

So many matches were missed, and so much history left in tatters. McCoy, Dillion, Carpentier, Willard.. all expecting a bout, and all expected to be beaten.

 

Gee I don't know if Darcy beats them all, however there's some fantastic battles amongst them.

 

Willard and Dempsey.. I dont see many other hurdles.

 

They were the main two I was referring to, although you could make a case for The Orchid Man too.

 

With Darcy's chin and strength?? I doubt it. They already faced mutual opponents who were well in favour of Darcy. Fred Fulton giving up after 2 rounds of sparring convinced himself (Fulton) and others that Willard was a body ready to break.

 

You know yourself though that fighter A beating Fighter B, is no guarantee of a result with fighter C. I don't see Darcy beating Dempsey at all. But that says more about Jack than it does about Les. Carpentier would have had a significant height and reach advantage. Whether he could keep the relentless Darcy off him is anyone's guess.

 

Dempsey would be the hardest test.

Had Carpentier been convinced to visit America, soon after Darcy's arrival (as was planned an 90% agreed), Darcy would have been in a position to fight at L/HW. Carpentier was little more than a trimmed M/W. Les continually fought larger men, from the age of 16.. Taller men... I can't imagine Carpentier having more luck with Darcy than any other man. The if's and But's are numerous, although Darcy had spent his early days, of multiple preparations, sparring the men available to him in the U.S.A. Rickard was certain to match Darcy with Willard, after making huge money against Carpentier. Tex obviously held out for the 'massive' pay days. I doubt he was seeking anything for Darcy at any time outside of NYS. Rickards hand, IMO, was firmly placed up Whitmans arse, for the sake of M.S.G.

 

Nothing much has changed after all these years has it? It's still about the coin.

 

Tex was looking to finance the purchase of M.S.G.

 

I must admit, it surprises me the knowledge some of you posters have on boxing.
You can name real specific details about many boxers' careers.
Most of you must have been boxing fans for a long long time.

 

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