Jack Dempsey vs Larry Holmes????

Well I've learned two new words and I haven't even had breakfast yet!

 

"Well I've learned two new words and I haven't even had breakfast yet!"

I recently had a crayon removed from my brain...

 

Well I've learned two new words and I haven't even had breakfast yet!

 

I saw Larry slipped and feint Cooney
Who ever said Larry not slipping or feinting punches need the hubble telescope for glasses

 

On paper Holmes should run away with this. He has the dimensions, chin, technical ability and the jab to dissect Dempsey who could get wild and sloppy.

In real life Holmes dropped two to a LHW (albeit a very good one) and had some skin-of-the teeth moments against Shavers and Snipes.

Dempsey I would confidently say was (at his prime) better than Spinks, Snipes and Shavers and he had the combination of speed and punching power to crack a defence right open. So at the least he'd be a very live underdog. If he caught Holmes like Shavers and Snipes did, he'd finish the job.

 

That's terrible logic.

 

Such class on this site...such class!!!

 

Dempsey gets passed the jab, lands his ferocious punches.
Dempsey KO 7

 

Shavers couldnt ko Larry
Jack sure as hell aint koing Larry
Dempsey wouldnt have step in the ring to fight Larry.

 

From time gone by...

"Reznick
I can't pick a single non HW against Rocky h2h

Seamus
I can't either."

 

Its a tall order, but possible.

 

How many under 190lbs would you give a reasonable chance? maybe a prime Charles, Langford has a shot,Dempsey turns the trick imo,can't think of another

 

I agree.

 

No heavy in history born in the 1800's would defeat ANY MODERN atg heavy. Meaning atg's from the 30's up to the 1990's . I'm very (like most posters here) nostalgic on fighters from previous eras. And yes skill wise the last 20 yrs have in my opinion been some of the worse fighters in the history of the game have fought for championships , and especially at heavy. The Wilders and Joshua's are some the worst heavyweight champs in history and fight on a rudimentary level but they do have enough skills and especially athleticism to defeat ANYONE from that era. Dempsey by what little film there is of him did nothing that special to consider him capable of defeating Holmes. Sure he was strong for that era, hit hard for that era, fought aggressively, and was exciting. But hell we don't even no if he was the best Heavy weight of that era, because of his refusal to fight black fighters. (May not have been strictly his fault, America didnt want to see another J.Johnson. Racial climate was far worse then today.) but those are the facts. Dempsey could have been a threat to J.Louis, maybe Marciano (very debatable) but any ATG, after those two would defeat him by knockout in my opinion.

 

Holmes gets off the canvas once or twice to win a decision or stop him late.