"is anyone still even disputing that Dempsey was great?" I never have. I thought the issue was whether he deserved to be ranked as greater than...
Burt, the issue with Johnson is not whether he could have beaten Louis, but his opinion that Tommy Ryan could have beaten Louis. The issue with...
For those who want to defer to experts, okay, but I don't think you should cherry pick. Nat Fleischer for example rated Sugar Ray Robinson...
"why Dempsey is catching a load of flak for clearly outpointing Tommy Gibbons over 15 fast-paced rounds. He is not from me. This was an...
And Mike McTigue and Freddie Mills were. But this is a silly point. Conn, Moore, and Foster were the best at light heavy So were Tunney,...
I would consider Carpentier more like Lesnevich, Mills, or Maxim--guys who were official champions. Gibbons was better than Carpentier. The...
Yes. I consider Moore better than Gibbons. *Of course, Fleischer had Jack Root over Gibbons. I wonder if that means Marvin Hart should...
I think Conn and Moore were the best out there at their weights, and better than Gibbons. Gibbons had lost to Greb in 1922.
The issue with Tommy Gibbons isn't if he was a good fighter and a decent opponent. When talking about Dempsey's all time standing, the issue is...
"Try to understand . . . I know it's tough." "Very few if any have the level of understanding I have when it comes to these films"...
I also want to make clear that Dempsey was my boyhood idol, and I would not even until I hit adulthood have considered that Louis or Marciano were...
I also think it should be taken into account that we are not talking about FRESH ringside memories but an opinion based on memories thirty to...
"watched him fight from ringside" Yeah, one side of the ring. They had a one side perspective also. The difference with a film is that it can...
Houdini Langford--who was he comparing Dempsey to? Did he see Louis or Marciano? Or even Jeff in his prime? Tunney--do you think he might be a...
I'm old and I would think very old but Burt and Garfield seem to be much older. Burt is so old, I understand, that his army discharge...
