Harry Wills resume UNDERATED....

You left out Tunney.

 

I know, i'm just pointing out that it is weird to say Wills was fighting an undersized opponent, when Dempsey did just the same on several occasions.

Whether Wills had a bigger size advantage or not is irrelevant, since we're talking heayvweights and not pound for pound.

 

Would you think it a great win if Wlad kod Calzaghe or Hopkins?

 

Langford had considerable experience when he was stopped by Joe Jeannette and Young Peter Jackson but I would not consider him to have been in his prime in these fights.

 

You think it would be a great win if Dempsey KO'd Carpentier or went the distance with Gibbons?

 

I think the Gibbons win was a very good one and Gibbons was only stopped once in his last fight ,the weight diffential between Dempsey and Gibbons was only 12 1/2 lbs, not the 40lbs plus Norfolk conceded to Wills ,plus they were around the same height.The Carpentier fight was a mismatch I think,but a very lucrative one.

 

I listed a wins comparison, Tunney fights were losses, sorry it wasnt clear

 

As you included losses I thought you had forgotten Tunney ,no matter.

 

Would be a better comparison to say Wlad ko'd Toney or Tua or lets say Hopkins/Calazage beat a few HW contenders, then its a good comparison

If your discounting Wills win over the highly rated Norfolk jsut because hes a LHW you have to do the same for other fighters. So I presume you are discounting some of Dempsey's better wins over former light heavies too, ie Gibbons, Carpentier, Miske (coming off a loss to Norfolk), Levinski