Willard,Fulton,Firpo...all bigger than Tucker! He went with Brennan 12 rounds of 15 and knocked him! He lost when he was older against even more skilled fighter called Tunney in two 10 rounders! Sharkey also! He beat few bigger and few more skilled fighters than Tucker which convince me that he would beat Tucker do to his better infighting than TYSON and better stamina!
Not really because I was not the guy like you who claimed that Tyson hit harder than Shavers which only very stupid man could say and I proved my facts! Good Joke!Tyson could not knock china chinned bum like Thomas and Ruddock in less than 7 and almost lost against Tillis! Tyson would got a boxing lesson! Walcott punched harder than Thomas also had better chin and skills than Tillis which convince me that he would outbox Tyson silly! Dempsey is more skilled!He got faster hands,better chin,stamina and one important thing is that he was better infighter which means he was more skillful than Tyson!He was more skilled than Tyson and could bang without tiring! Nope he would beat Tucker because Tucker is just contender and Tunney is HOF who had only one loss!Tucker is not near superior version of Tunney!Tunney is faster,had better jab and defeated better people!Tucker is just poor man Tunney! Dempsey is better in many ways than Tyson and Tucker is not even close to Tunney!
Tucker doesn't need to engage him, he can just outbox him all night long. And even if he engages him,he's the bigger man. Dempsey is a small HW for modern times.
Fulton and Firpo were both smaller than Tucker. Willard, Fulton and Firpo were all destroyed in a total of just 6 rounds - so no, they are not proof, that Dempsey could bang for 15 rounds. Dempsey never went beyond 10 rounds with an opponent, who weighed more than 200 lbs.
You didn't prove anything you idiot. I was the one who provided cold hard facts, you had none. Shavers's poor KO percentage against HW's that weigh 215 or more proves he was just an overrated puncher. Both Thomas and Ruddock have a far better chin than Walcott. Walcott didn't punch harder than anyone and was slow as **** compared to Tyson. Tyson KO's him in round 1. Only in your dreams. He ain't got any of those and was nowhere near as skilled as Tyson. Tucker was a world champ you clueless idiot. Once again you prove that you are the stupidest poster on this forum. That is irrelevant. Tunney is a HOF for what he did in his era, doesn't mean he'd do well in other eras. Yes he is. He is stronger, faster and with far better technique. Now get of this forum you stupid troll, nobody gives a **** about what you say.
He could also win by being a better fighter and harder puncher than Tucker. Tucker wouldn't have made it in Dempseys time. They were too tough and rugged back then...
Give me a break with your spirit crap. Dempsey was scared of fighting guys like Wills and Greb. And he's not more skilled than Tucker.
This post is so saturated with stupidity one is baffled where to begin unpacking it. China-chinned Ruddock? The argument can be made that he was only really knocked out once, by a top 3 ATG heavy at that. And I'm not counting fights when he was in his 50's. The Jaco bout was an asthma attack, Tyson 1 was a bit quick ensuring an immediate rematch in which he withstood the biggest bombs in Tyson's aresenal, Morrison was extremely dubious with a gasping Tommy arm-punching an alert Razor on the ropes who was wisely biding his time. By the time he faced the Rock, Walcott was moving with his feet in wet concrete, totally post holing around the ring as old fighters tend to do. Against Tyson, it would be over quickly, all won below the waist. Tunney is a HOF who only had one loss? And (since we are speaking in heavyweight terms) only faced 4 fighters over 190, one over 200 And only faced zero black fighters. Since we are talking head to head, how does Tucker do against all those middles and lightheavies that fill Gene's resume? You underrate Tucker's quicks. He had a very fast jab, a very fast lead hook and threw a nice lead right, too. All very quick and at the end of an 83" reach. I don't think Gene lasts past the best version of Tony that we saw. I think it is potentially an embarrassing match-up.