If Jack Dempsey had not taken a 3 year lapse in fighting, could he have beaten Tunney?

Some say Greb was better than Dempsey P4P though, I wouldn`t know I wasn`t there.

 

That effected the Tunney fight?!

 

I don`t know if this is relevant, but back in 1990 as a kid I dodged sparring at my local boxing gym because I was shy, the trainer looked over at me as I was punching the heavybag and said to one of the other kids that sparred: 'At least you got arsehole!'

 

Good point, I`ll have to have a look at that, Joe`s lead hand was always in line with his lead leg meaning as he jabbed it meant it was easier to land it and it didn`t have far to travel, I saw Jone using the same lead hand lead leg tactics vs Ruiz.

 

It was of a bicep thing, I was very thin, I only to the gym because the guy that was living with my mum and us at te time, knew I liked boxing, reading the ring and watching Benn and Eubank on TV, so he knew the guy that ran the gym and told him I was interested, so I went because I didn`t want to look lie a wimp. One of te guys I sparred with was the cousin of an Irish kid that attacked me in the street the year before, that was another reason why I felt uneasy, and then when I did spar, the gloves were really old and the padding didn`t provid as much protection, so I only went a few times. Outside the gym some guy was going to attack me or something, he was being egged on by his mates to do something, but as he walked towards me, Sam, my mum`s partner came by to pick me up, maybe he knew I wa nervous, but the next few sessions I felt better and walked home by myself and nothing happened, I really didn`t like it though. I went back some time in the noughties just to train on the heavybag a bit because I was suffering from a bit of depression, by that time Steward had bought the gym, because it had been fixed up and was called a Kronk gym, Danny Williams who beat Mike Tyson was punching the pads while I was there.