What if Jack Sharkey had an army of loyal apologists....

Well, Gunboat thought so ,and that's all that mattered.

 

The film of it is out there. Judge for yourself:

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It clearly was a low blow, Schmeling overacted though. Do with it what you want.

 

Tunney and Dempsey thought so too, I think.

 

Not a bad day. Sharkey figured the weight would give him an advantage against Schmeling. It still wasn´t enough- :hey

 

Does this have any thing to do with Mike Tyson in a way??

 

Sharkey is rated as a very good fighter in his prime.

 

But not as a great one. And I think he deserves that. The 30s were rated as a subpar time for hws for a long time. Mostly becaust it was the time after Dempsey and before Louis. IMO that´s undeserving. Schmeling, Sharkey, Baer are all great fighters.

 

Certainly they were very good fighters, Sharkey is a particular favorite of mine, Schmeling too but all three lost a little too many times to good but not great fighters to earn a pass over the kiles of Tunney, Liston and Frazier even though peak v peak they might fare ok. Just my opinion.

 

Hm, I don´t think you can rank Tunney over those three. His body of work is just too tiny. And I don´t think Liston is that far ahead of Schmeling and Sharkey, if at all. Frazier is a bit difficult because he is part of the Ali myth and thus get´s a pass for some subpar performances or not beeing in shape and such things.

 

Tunney was a class above Sharkey, mainly due to his rugged determination and calculating approach to fighting. I believe had they ever fought, it would come down to Tunney's sheer determination to win the bout in the late rounds.