Greatest White Hope Ever?

frank houghtaling

 

I would time machine the 1903 Jeffries into the future.

 

My first choice would be the ferocious 1919 version of Jack Dempsey.

 

Would be my pick too. He's the only white fighter I can envision beating Johnson under the rules of his day.

 

I think plenty of fighters- white, black and in between- would handle Johnson under innumerable sets of circumstance.

 

It would not be easy.

Jeffries, Dempsey, Marciano would be the obvious choices.

Some less obvious choices would be Harry Greb, Tommy Loughran or Billy Conn.

 

What about Corbett?

 

Oh, I think there are plenty of fighters who have a chance beating him. However, the only white fighter I would favour over him under the ruleset of his time is Jeffries.

 

Luther McCarty by far was the greatest vwhite hope..

 

Jerry Quarry...c'mon man you can't set me up like that. Quarry would be more than competitive with Johnson. The question is...how big of a favorite would Jerry be:nut?

 

I'd just take Don King with me and order him to get Sam Langford his rematch haha

 

agreed:good:good
a white heavyweight who can fight, hit, take a punch, has limitless courage and charisma by the bucketful

 

I wouldn't want to change history and have a prime Johnson beaten by a "white hope" in 1910.

So I'd take Peter McNeeley back in time.

 

and yet you placed johnson in your all time top10 heavyweights