I dont think they were missed opportunities. Those were fights that, like the proposed gunboat smith championship fight, there was a backlash...
His size, yes, but there were at least as many who felt he was a threat to Dempsey. I have yet to see one paper that stated because he couldnt...
Ring Magazine is about the worst source for this kind of information you can find. Like I said, show me where he was quoted as saying this during...
The idea that the championship began and ended with Rickard as promoter is completely wrong. Promoters in Philadelphia, Milwaukee, New Orleans,...
It was used by people, primarily Dempsey and Kearns, who didnt want the fight. Few if any newspapermen or critics truly felt that Greb should be...
Im lost then, where is the argument?
I still fail to see what punching power has to do with anything. It is in this conversation, and was at the time, being used as a red herring to...
I have literally never read a quote from Greb stating anything other than supreme confidence in his ability to beat Dempsey even late in his...
Why does the goal post keep getting moved? Greb was too small. No wait, there was no money in it. No wait, there was no demand for it. No wait, he...
Unless Im mistaken it was in 1925. A poll was taken of midwest sportswriters and boxing experts as to who Dempsey's next opponent should be. Greb...
Oh LOL I misread it, I thought he was talking about Carpentier. :oops:
You dont know what your talking about in regards to Greb-Smith or Dempsey-Miske. Miske was not considered a dangerous defense in 1920. Period. In...
Its easy to get a knockdown when your promoter has paid the opponent to lay down.
WTF are you talking about??? Hardly lost rounds? Based on what? Its one thing to "hardly lose rounds" against fodder like Beckett, Wells,...
