Then I will ask again: What fights did Dempsey's actual opponents win that got them their title shots??
Nothing you have said anywhere above in any of your posts changes or illustrates the fact that Wills was considered the most threatening...
Yes, Wills even travelled west and sparred with Johnson in prepartion for the Jim Flynn fight but he got his ass whipped.
You saw what happened: Nothing. More maneuvering, ducking, dodging, etc. What would have changed if Wills had defeated Gibbons or Brennan or any...
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Wills chased him. He foolishly harbored hopes of getting a fight with Johnson in 1912 (he would have gotten his ass kicked) and after that Johnson...
He didnt have to. He did exactly what he was supposed to do. Why should he have to do "more" than what is required by him and what was required by...
This isnt exactly true. I would suggest you do more research into this. The commission supported Wills. They also knew, probably better than...
Except that we know that Tunney wasnt serious about Wills and had no intention of fighting him. Greb had the utmost respect for Wills and said...
He did. In 1920 he knocked out Fred Fulton who was still considered a top contender and who many were interested in seeing Dempsey fight again,...
This is just a laundry list of your interpretation. The overwhelming feeling on the ground from at least 1920 until Dempsey lost his title was...
If you lose almost every round to a LHW who was knocked out by Dempsey easily your chances at HW with Dempsey arent likely to be good....
No because in 1919 he had gotten a shot at a fading Levinsky at LHW and lost convincingly. He then retired due to his health and it was the worst...
What journalist? Lets have a name and the article. Thomas Rice who was always hostile to Wills gave Madden two rounds and offered that some...
And then he immediately signed to fight the dying Billy Miske right after Wills knocked out Fulton.
