Could Jack Dempsey beat Frank Bruno?

I personaly reckon bruno would panic as the fast and highly aggresive dempsey would swarm all over him,yeah he had a wonderful build,but so what?,he would be hard pressed to hold dempsey off,and if hit(or when hit) would go into his usual panic and stiff mode,then he would be lost.

But yeah if he himself hit jack,then he would have a chamce,his great jab would hold jack up a bit,but idont see dempsey panic,he would soon work out that bruno was as slow as ****,and KO the big man in about 8,and guys im a huge bruno fan,i saw most of his fights,a few live even,but he was sadly not good once he stepped up a level simple as that.

And thad,you saying dempsey is a loser,kind of sums you up mate,if you really think that,then all the guys from those times,must have been **** to,as were all the people who said he was a great fighter,saw him live and knew the real facts,but of course you seeminly know different,you do talk some crap.

 

What a ridiculous post.

Bruno was undefeated in his first 21 fight all by KO-a feat hardly acheieved by any Dempsey opponent. He was leading on the scorecards against Boncrusher Smith who was a 6'5,225 pound black fighter, and future world champ before losing in the 10th. Hardly a resemblence to any fighter that Dempsey ever fought. At the age of 32, Bruno beat a very durable Oliver McCall over 12 rounds for a world title, at an age when Dempsey was shot. Over the course of his career he beat men like Coetzee, Bugner, Tillis and Coetzer. These guys weren't all time greats, and many of them were past their best, but still better than Jess Willard, Billy Miske, and several others whom Dempsey either beat, lost or drew with.

All and all, Bruno retired with a record of 40-5-0-38, and lost mainly to hall of fame fighters in galant efforts. Dempsey only fought some 4 black fighters, and none of them were ranked. He was beaten by men who had no resemblence to Frank Bruno. This whole argument about Bruno freezing up in the early rounds is garbage. Did he just sit back and look scared against Lewis or Tyson??? Both of whom would likely destroy Dempsey.

Bruno would give Dempsey hell, and on the right night beat him.

 

A prime Dempsey would probably win in the 1st or 2nd round.

All Bruno could hope to do is hang on for dear life ..... and he was never a great clincher. He might try his holding-and-hitting but I guess Dempsey would respond with an elbow or two and a rabbit punch.

Check out the Bruno-Tyson fights if you have any doubts. Truth is, Bruno never really fought a 100% Tyson.
In 1989 Tyson was coming off his first layoff and fought without as much of the defensive skill we had seen him use before, and admitted he hadn't trained to a peak. He was still the real Tyson but not honed like the one who destroyed Spinks. Also, his first fight since dumping Kevin Rooney, to which many people attach significance (though not myself).
Still, Tyson battered Bruno and Bruno's only success was him rocking Tyson once (a no ha mean feat but a far cry from actually making the fight look evenly matched affair).

In 1996 Bruno fought a good version of Tyson but one who had lost 4 years in jail. In any event, Bruno - now a fearsome 245 pounds of rock hard muscle and WBC champion - was swept aside effortlessly.

I happen to think Dempsey's style was similar to Tyson's and what Jack concedes to Tyson in bodyweight he makes up in reach and in proven ability to come back from the brink.
A prime Dempsey is gonna do to Bruno what Tyson did in 1996. Bruno is made to measure, physically and psychologically.

Bruno was a good fighter but he showed time and again that he was found wanting at the highest level. Most of the name fighters he beat were over-the-hill or simply also-rans like himself.
Bruno may have been better than Oliver McCall but he was clearly inferior to Tyson and managed to lose to a VERY sloppy version of Lennox Lewis. Tim Witherspoon had D-cup breasts when he beat Bruno !

A guy like Dempsey, who made his name ambushing big stiff stand-up statues, would be too quick and savage for Bruno.
A quick blow-out for Dempsey doesn't really do justice to Bruno but that's the way it goes. Styles make fights.

 

Name one fighter who ever beat Bruno in two rounds. While you're at it, name one fighter who Dempsey beat that was better than Tyson, Lewis, Smith or Witherspoon.

Bruno beat many decent fighters without holding or clinching, many of whom were probably better fighters than most of Dempsey's opponents.

Please, Tyson was off for 8 months before fighting Bruno. Frank was off for 16. If you're going to use this layoff stuff, then please apply it both ways.

Frankly, I don't see Dempsey lasting 5 rounds against Tyson in February of 1989, regardless of the abscense of Kevin Rooney.

Bruno was also the older of the two, and not long before, had taken a pretty severe beating from Lennox Lewis, and had gone through a tough 12 rounds with Oliver McCall. Still, a 1996 Tyson would have dusted a peak Dempsey in about the same time or faster in my opinion.

Jack used more footwork than Tyson, but Tyson made up for it in defense and punching ability . These guys had virtually nothing in comon.

Their reach, wasn't much different, and in fact, these guys didn't rely on reach much. As for "coming back from the brink", are you referring to the Firpo fight, in which the fans at ringside helped Dempsey to get back into the ring after Firpo knocked him through the ropes?

Made to measure? Hmmm. Given that Bruno was a 6'4" 220 pound black puncher who had won a number of fights against ranked contenders, and Dempsey would not even fight black fighters, then I think the Physiology and psychology would be in Bruno's favor.

Now you're getting carried away. Dempsey Beat a 37 year old Willard, who hadn't fought in 3 years for the heavyweight title. Tell me how Willard was better than McCall, Coetzee, Coetzer, or Tillis who were at least fighting actively and no where near the age of 37. Ina addition, he defended his belt against guys like Billy Miske who only won 3 out of his previous 7 fights, and was suffering from an illness. Not exactly McCallesque. Lastly, he fought a journeyman named Willie Meehan on 5 occasions earlier in his career, and only cam up with a single win in 5 fights.

These fighters whom you berate for beating Bruno were leagues above the men whom Dempsey fought, and I've already provide you some examples as to why.

Comparing Bruno tot he crap that Dempsey fought, is just plain wrong.

 

Not really,

Dempsey was the one who was scared of black fighters. Not Bruno.