Jack Dempsey v Muhammad ali

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  1. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    Imagine comparing Ali to Tunney, That’s like comparing me to a bird because we are bipedal- they fought nothing alike.
     
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  2. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    I can't blame Dempsey for losing by unanimous decision. Muhammad Ali would show him a "dance" that Dempsey had never seen in his boxing days. Dempsey would wonder: "What is this; is this boxing (I didn't notice Jess Willard dancing like this)?".
     
  3. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    Dancing styles were more than common in Dempsey's era.
     
  4. BigManTony

    BigManTony New Member Full Member

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    Ali in his prime dances away 10/10 times.
    The Ali post layoff would be a different story, in favor of Dempsey, a two handed harder hitting Frazier.
     
  5. Entaowed

    Entaowed Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Where is the evdence Dempsey hit harder than Frazier?
    Dempsey himself said that he generally took a while pounding on guys to get them out of there, that ROcky hit harder.
    Triangulate & it is about equal.

    And Frazier is maligned as a one handed fighter, his right though not as powerful was pretty active.
    Without that he & Ali would never have set a HW punch stat record in the killing heat of Manilla.