Jack Dempsey vesus Mike Tyson's Opposition

Why?

Give me a detailed breakdown.

Why was he worse either technicaly or in terms of physical attributes?

I see a lot of people on this site who are verry keen on criticising Willard to further their own agenda but not so hot at backing it up.

 

Tunney easily outboxed him, Holmes, Tubbs, Tucker, Thomas, Biggs could all do the same with their jabbing elusive styles but hand out a bigger beating and stop him because they are bigger and stronger

Spinks I'm not sure, we've seen Spinks blown out so he is vulnerable, but ofcourse Dempsey is nowhere near as powerful or as skilled as Tyson. Spinks skills would also be better than anything Dempsey managed to overcome in his career

Bruno, Smith and Berbick are the less skilled stiffer opposition that Dempsey would have more success against. Still all 3 are more skilled and better boxers than Willard or Firpo.

Boxing evolved as sport after the 20s but Dempsey was never close to proving himself the best of that era as it was

Jack Johnson was a LHW who used bulking techniques to get upto 210lbs, Dempsey was a LHW himself who bulked up, Patterson was a MW who bulked up to 185lbs, nothing new in eating your way up in weight

 

I have been on here for more than five years, and have debated with him for a fair amount of that time...... Believe me, its close....

 

Enough with the Wills crap already. The great and impartial Ray Arcel said Wills on his best day had no chance with Jack. Almost no one here gives Robinson crap for avoiding the top black fighters but most on here are always on Dempseys case about Wills. Read the facts Jack had no controle over makin that fight.

 

How many of those black fighters were the #1 contender for Robinson's title for the better part of six years?

 

Seamus, your a Dempsey hater and you don't know what the heck you are talking about...You sir are either trolling or are so hate filled that you dis
tort history to fit your agenda. Good day...:hi:
P.S. Dempsey kod bigger guys than Tyson did who were NATURALLY bigger than the few bigger HWs that Tyson did...What did Tyson do with Bonecrusher Smith ? Give your Dempsey hate a darn rest...

 

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Tubbs and Thomas were drug addicts. They both had some natural talent but neither is gonna take much at all in terms of pressure from Dempsey. Biggs was soft. He cant take it for very long. All those guys get Knocked out more than likely.

Berbick had some size but after Dempsey finished him he probably wouldnt look much better than Willard.

Holmes and Spinks were exceptional fighters so they would both have a realistic shot at winning.

Like Willard, Larry Holmes was also inactive and took that Tyson fight not in the best condition. So if Dempsey faced that version he may get a similar outcome.

A prime Larry Holmes would be another story.