Any Jack Dempsey fans here?

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  1. swede_dreams

    swede_dreams Member Full Member

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    Nice vid! i named my son after him...
     
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  2. nahkis

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    Good vid. Jack Dempsey is a god.
     
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  3. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    I sure am a Dempsey fan and that's the best tribute video to him i've seen. :good
    Thanks for making it.
     
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  4. bman100

    bman100 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Gotta love Jack Dempsey, wish there was more footage of him though in his prime, thats the Dempsey I wanna see, watching him destroy Willard for the 100000th time and sparring Big Bill for the 5000th time is fun but i wish there was more...
     
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  5. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was the second best heavyweight prior to Joe Louis,imo. Jack Johnson being the first.
     
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  6. Phenomunon

    Phenomunon New Member Full Member

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    Thanks haha and I didn't expect such an active replies here, nice...


    Rocky Marciano? he's a fierce gladiator! I don't detest anything about him at all since he is also actually my second favorite boxer along with Ali coming in second too... thats right I got 2 second favorite boxer its weird I know.



    Oh snap lol...

    I think its still a fortune though that some of Jack footage was saved enough for people to know how he fought even other great boxers during his time had not even a single fight footage on them... like Harry Greb he's the guy right now that I really wanted to see a footage on him but there wasn't any which sucks :fire
     
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  7. Vockerman

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    You are certainly entitled to you own opinion and I defend your right to express it - However omitting Jack from you top 10 says a lot more about you than Dempsey...

    Here are a dozen polls from the 1950's to modern times by people in the boxing business.

    IBRO Member Poll, 2005
    1. Joe Louis
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Jack Johnson
    4. Jack Dempsey
    5. Rocky Marciano
    6. Larry Holmes
    7. James Jeffries
    8. George Foreman
    9. Sonny Liston
    10. Joe Frazier

    ESPN, 2007
    1. Joe Louis
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Jack Dempsey
    4. Jack Johnson
    5. Gene Tunney
    6. Rocky Marciano
    7. Ezzard Charles
    8. George Foreman
    9. Joe Frazier
    10. Larry Holmes

    BBC Sports, 2004
    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Jack Johnson
    4. Larry Holmes
    5. Jack Dempsey
    6. Rocky Marciano
    7. Lennox Lewis
    8. Mike Tyson
    9. George Foreman
    10. Evander Holyfield

    Arthur Harris, 1992 Boxing Scene
    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Jack Dempsey
    4. Jack Johnson
    5. Gene Tunney
    6. Rocky Marciano
    7. Larry Holmes
    8. Jersey Joe Walcott
    9. Joe Frazier
    10. Sonny Liston

    Steve Farhood, 1997
    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Jack Johnson
    4. Larry Holmes
    5. Rocky Marciano
    6. Jack Dempsey
    7. Jim Jeffries
    8. Evander Holyfield
    9. Mike Tyson
    10. George Foreman

    Herbert Goldman, 1997
    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Sonny Liston
    4. Mike Tyson
    5. Larry Holmes
    6. Jack Johnson
    7. Jack Dempsey
    8. George Foreman
    9. Rocky Marciano
    10. Joe Frazier

    Big Book of Boxing Reader Poll, 1978
    1. Joe Louis
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Rocky Maciano
    4. Jack Dempsey
    5. Jack Johnson
    6. Gene Tunney
    7. Joe Frazier
    8. Jim Jeffries
    9. Ezzard Charles
    10. Sonny Liston

    World Boxing 1974 Readers Poll
    1. Joe Louis
    2. Jack Dempsey
    3. Rocky Marciano
    4. Jack Johnson
    5. Muhammad Ali
    6. Joe Frazier
    7. Gene Tunney
    8. Jim Jeffries
    9. Sonny Liston
    10. Ezzard Charles

    Bert Sugar, 1991
    1. Jack Dempsey
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Muhammad Ali
    4. Jack Johnson
    5. Gene Tunney
    6. Rocky Marciano
    7. Joe Frazier
    8. Larry Holmes
    9. Sonny Liston
    10. Mike Tyson

    Charley Rose, 1968
    1. Sam Langford
    2. Jack Johnson
    3. Jack Dempsey
    4. Joe Louis
    5. Jim Jeffries
    6. Gene Tunney
    7. Sam McVey
    8. Rocky Marciano
    9. Jim Corbett
    10. Max Baer

    Tracy Callis rates the Heavyweights:

    1. Jim Jeffries
    2. Jack Johnson
    3. Jack Dempsey
    4. Joe Louis
    5. Muhammad Ali
    6. Gene Tunney
    7. Jim Corbett
    8. Sonny Liston
    9. Rocky Marciano
    10. Larry Holmes

    Bill Brennan 1978 (Former President of the WBA)
    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Joe Louis
    3. Jack Dempsey
    4. Jack Johnson
    5. Gene Tunney
    6. Jim Jeffries
    7. Max Schemeling
    8. Rocky Marciano
    9. James J. Corebett
    10. Bob Fitzsimmons

    Nat Fleischer, Founder of Ring Magazine, 1958
    1. Jack Johnson
    2. Jim Jeffries
    3. Bob Fitzsimmons
    4. Jack Dempsey
    5. Jim Corbett
    6. Joe Louis
    7. Sam Langford
    8. Gene Tunney
    9. Max Schemling
    10. Rocky Marciano

    In the 1950 AP Poll he was voted the greatest fighter ever.

    In a 1962 Ring magazine poll of 40 boxing experts Dempsey was named the greatest heavyweight of all time.
     
    Vockerman, Jun 9, 2010
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  8. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Who incidentally was a fan of Jack Dempsey.
     
    GPater11093, Jun 9, 2010
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  9. Kalasinn

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    :lol::lol:
     
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  10. Phenomunon

    Phenomunon New Member Full Member

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    NP Jack Dempsey?
     
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  11. djanders

    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah...I agree with you. In fact, I don't take anyone's top 10 all-time heavyweight list seriously if Jack Dempsey's name isn't on it.
     
    djanders, Jun 9, 2010
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  12. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    So where is Harry Wills then? He beat better opposition than Jack Dempsey in the same era, and was the # 1 man for 7 straight years. Does he rank in your top 10?


    Dempsey might be the only ATG heavyweight champion to duck his 2 best contenders. Do we truly know how good he is if he did not beat the best?

    Here is my top 10

    Joe Louis
    Muhammad Ali
    Sonny Liston
    Larry Holmes
    Rocky Marciano
    Lennox Lewis
    Mike Tyson
    George Foreman
    Jack Johnson
    Joe Frazier

    I think all 10 of these guys have strong cases for being rated over Dempsey
     
    SuzieQ49, Jun 9, 2010
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  13. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    suzie q, how about Johnson refusing to give a rematch to Langford or Jeannette?
     
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  14. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Langford should be rated ahead of Johnson then, since he beat better opposition during Johnsons reign, while Johnson was beating up old men (jeffries), middleweights (ketchel) or screwing women.
     
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  15. Phenomunon

    Phenomunon New Member Full Member

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    I think his 2 best contender was a 2 match from Gene Tunney. Tunney was suppose to fight Wills for the title against Jack but he refuse it, Jack was ready for Wills, since the contract was signed but even Jack handlers like Tunney refuse against it too.

    Well even with 2 decision lost to Tunney, yes some of us do know how good he is or atleast got a clue how great he was.
     
    Phenomunon, Jun 10, 2010
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