Jack Dempsey vs Bob Foster

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Wow. I didn't look in on this thread because I just presumed it would be a Dempsey whitewash. Dempsey is superbly mobile at his best, and Foster is a relatively static stand-up boxer who fights from a crouch and has middling punch resistance at HW. It's an obvious Dempsey win. Foster never, ever proved himself over 175 at this kind of level, and proved vulnerable to HW punchers always. Dempsey has other stylistic advantages. Demspey KO1, I guess, is my pick.
     
    McGrain, Oct 24, 2010
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  2. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Despite being one of the very best lightheavy champs in history...Foster would be brutally snuffed out by the fast starting, explosive Dempsey in 1...maybe surviving to under the first minute in round 2. This follows the template of Foster failing miserably vs heavyweights...top heavyweights..and Dempsey qualified for that.
     
    red cobra, Oct 24, 2010
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  3. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Newer is better. Foster KOs the pretender in one. Obviously.

    Not.
     
    bodhi, Oct 24, 2010
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  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I find it incredible nthat people are picking Foster here.

    I am aware that some people rate certain eras more highly than others, but Foster lost to every single world class heavyweight he ever faced. Not just the great ones but also the quite good ones.

    If I thought that Jimmy Ellis had a good chance against Jack Dempsey I wouldnt pick Foster to beat him.
     
    janitor, Oct 24, 2010
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  5. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What you have to understand is that some of us watch footage of fighters, so that is where the divide in opinion comes from. People picking Foster are probably the types that watch film.
     
    Pachilles, Oct 24, 2010
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  6. enquirer

    enquirer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pac you are a very silly council estater.....
     
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  7. Pachilles

    Pachilles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :rofl im liking the insult
     
    Pachilles, Oct 24, 2010
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  8. enquirer

    enquirer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pac-hilly KO anyone before 1980. (except Clay of course.)
     
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  9. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    You seem to have watched film of Jack Dempsey but observed nothing.

    I dont watch fight films I analyse them.
     
    janitor, Oct 24, 2010
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  10. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jack in utter destruction KO rd2
     
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  11. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well, anybody can watch films. Not all understand what they see though. Like you.
     
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  12. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Two completely unskilled punchers going at it, one has a stone on the other, Dempsey KO1. Yawn.
     
    itrymariti, Oct 24, 2010
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  13. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Dempsey by KO inside 2.
     
    Swarmer, Oct 24, 2010
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  14. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dempsey by KO in 30 seconds !!!!
     
    Vic-JofreBRASIL, Oct 24, 2010
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  15. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Frazier was not a particularly fast starter generally and generally didn't have that kind of instant blast out quality to his punches - his was generally a more progressive steamrolling grind down method but even he against Foster looked like a Tyson - he was able to quickly KO Foster in a pretty instantaneous manner - something he didn't really do to anyone else - going by that I'd have to think Dempsey (the king of the 20 second/first round annihilations) would do it in double quick time - while I'm thinking about it I beleive Georges Carpentier is today one of the most under rated light heavyweights of all time - blurring handspeed and lightning bolt power in right fist - a very talented boxing master too - and brilliant footwook too - loved a fight too - great to watch - the combination he caught Dempsey napping with was excellent I thought but unfortunately he hastened his own doom with it by getting Dempsey mind back to thinking about actually trying from then on
     
    RockysSplitNose, Oct 24, 2010
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