Tunney was overrated due to his wins against an inactive old Dempsey, never fought any prime quality heavyweights besides Gibbons, wouldn't fight...
Lots of good ones are mentioned here Dempsey vs Tunney - aging plus 3 year layoff, recent death of his brother, footage shows he had slowed down...
Greb losing in round 1? You gotta be kidding me man... Sure he would lose, but really?
Dempsey gets a KO by 4-5. He ain't no Patterson... Somewhat competitive early on though
Max was past it for both fights... How competitive would you say a fight of both at prime be? I'm inclined to believe Louis wins a UD, far from...
Dempsey KO 4-5, the skill difference would be very apparent. Dempsey had far superior footwork, head and body movement, certainly ring IQ, knew...
It's widely known that Max Schmelling was past it when he knocked out Louis in 1936, after all, he had been fighting for over 12 years and was...
Yeah I'd agree a 3 years inactive, slow as molasses Dempsey wouldn't fair so well here, but we are talking about prime v prime. Dempsey wins by...
For Heavies, 1. Jack Dempsey 2. Sam Langford 3. Jack Johnson 4. Bob Fitzsimmons 5. Gene Tunney 6. Jim Jeffries 7. James Corbett 8. John L....
cool shot!
Frazier does somewhat better than Louis does in Louis's time, beating Schmelling in their first match although after WW2 does worse. Frazier is...
Charles boxes smartly as a young Louis would, maybe even wins a round or two but inevitably gets KO'd by 7-8
Funny thing with me, I think Dempsey is sometimes overrated for his legacy, but usually vastly underrated for his actual boxing ability and...
Schmelling is often underrated, a smart fighter had a good chin, was probably the 2nd hardest puncher of his prime time (Baer#1), and was quite...
By the standards in Frazier's day, that would have been a TKO in round one..... Willard went down how many times? Willard of the Johnson fight...