Best fighter you’d favour 1926-27 Dempsey over?

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  1. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Any takers?
     
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  2. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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  3. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Maybe Patterson just due to Patterson's chin.
     
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  4. willcross

    willcross Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Marciano maybe
     
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  5. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Tommy Burns maybe. Jack wasn't much by that point. He needed a lucky break to catch Sharkey.
     
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  6. Frankus

    Frankus Active Member Full Member

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    Primo Carnera.
     
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  7. BCS8

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    I hesitate to say I'd outright favour him, but I think his style would be a handful for Norton to handle.
     
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