Consensus opinion on Louis vs Dempsey circa 1945-50?

They probably do, though I'd actually seen if a while ago when I was looking for stuff on Braddock

 

Harry Salsinger of the Detroit News wrote after the Max Baer fight:

Nothing like this has ever happened before. No heavyweight champion in history was ever considered anything more than a good prospect after 18 months of professional boxing. Louis should continue flattening the heavyweights of the world and by the time he retires he undoubtedly will be nominated the greatest fighter of all time by acclamation.

 

Louis was a lot more skilled, had faster hands, and a lot more ring intelligence...he was also far more proven against much better competition

Dempsey has a punchers chance of course but that’s it

 

Damn....I hope I'm as sharp as Ray Arcel when (IF!) I ever hit 91 years of age!

 

Two-Ton Tony Galento reached Louis' jaw with his bi-plane speed left hook.

 

When you have 25 title defenses, you tend to get caught a time or two. At least Louis got up in 3 seconds.

Bar room brawler Luis Firpo, whom makes galento look like Ali, reached dempsey twice with his bi-plane speed right hand. Knocked him out of the ring. Dempsey would have been out but was saved by a typewriter lifting him back into the ring


Louis cleaned out the best of his time for over a decade while Dempsey beat leftovers during his title reign, and bypassed the two overwhelming best contenders of his era

 

Bi-plane speed punches^. You are right. Just confirms that big punchers can put each other down when the fists start flying. As Dempsey once said about the Sharkey K.O., "What was I supposed to do, send him a telegram?"
(Dempsey moving into the high-tech age).

 

It's never been satisfactorily explained to me how that type writer lifted him back in the ring.What would you rather land on a flat table or an old iron Corona?