Thats ridiculous thing to say. He knocked out far better fighters at 175 than Arguello(who has been mentioned several times) did at 140 or 135. Or Hearns at 160+ Giving Virgil Hill his only KO is far more impressive than any KO Arguello or Hearns ever had. And Hill isn't even Roy's most impressive KO(Malinga is)
Yeah, you could say he’s already the best puncher p4p in the world today. He’s been knocking out guys with both head punches and body punches from light flyweight to bantamweight and might even do the same in higher weights in the future. The 10+ pounds in weight might not seem a lot but even a few pounds might make all the difference for these midget fighters at those weights.
The great Billy miske on dempsey, " I was never hit so hard in my life. I think dempsey is unbeatable. " 1920
Did he know that Dempsey had already been beaten 3 or 4 time by then? probably couldn’t be bothered looking up Dempsey’s record.
Firpo said something similar, that Dempsey hit him harder than he thought was possible to hit someone.
I think Fitzsimons might be the hardest hitter of all. Dempsey certainly is another. Duran at lightweight is a great puncher. Foreman, Frazier, Baer, Joe Louis all were great punchers.
Who was it who said after fighting Dempsey something like, "I never thought it was actually possible for a guy to hit that hard"? Or was that Miske? The phrases are pretty similar. Someone has to know...
" Jack hit me the hardest punches any human ever threw. Nobody could hit like that ; and he was shaking off my best punches as if i was patting him with an open hand. " the legendary carpentier on dempsey 1961
