Dempsey Wills breach of contract trial in 1931 won by Dempsey

Listen, the book is great. I understand not wanting to give him any money but it's worth it.

 

NO I mean the Greb book.

 

You have your nerve. You're an obvious hater of Dempsey, as noted in your Greb book and posts across multiple forums. Pollack wrote two thoroughly researched books on Dempsey which are the best and most comprehensive bios of Dempsey to date. I've read them all and Pollack gave a very unbiased and thorough account of Dempsey's career and personal life. I sense a bit of jealousy in your hostile posts.

 

Wait, so Klompton and Adam reach different conclusions on the whole Dempsey-Greb thing? Where do they differ? How much space does Adam devote to Greb?

 

For anyone who wants to do their unbiased research they can find that Dempsey did in fact agree to a fight with Wills on three separate occasions. The first two were scrapped because advance money promised to Dempsey came in the form of a bad check that the bank said was no good. A mere $25k that Dempsey settled on and yet it wasn't covered. At that point Dempsey knew he would never get paid his purse. Other attempts at making the fight were blocked by athletic commissions and politicians in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey when the Red Sox owner offered to put up the money. No one else would put up the money. The offer in Canada proved to be a sham, and Wills seemed more content to sue Dempsey for breaches of contract than to actually fight him.

Wills was offered a job as sparring partner for Dempsey and turned it down. Yet fought other opponents for less money than Dempsey had offered. Wills declined a fight with Tunney for a shot at the title and $250K, a career high pay day, only to get beaten by Sharkey. Looking back on Wills career, there aren't very many wins from '22 - '25 that suggest he even deserved a title shot. During that time Wills was still the World Colored Champion and ducked George Godfrey, refusing to give him a shot. Godfrey was a sparring partner of Dempsey.

 

Wish klompton wasn’t banned cuz I wanna see what his response would be lol

 

His book about Harry Greb is the gold standard.

I cannot in all conscience say that it is is not.

The problem was that he lacked the capacity to disagree with somebody, and still be civil to them.

For all that he was an eminently productive poster.