Jack Dempsey's Punching Ability Compared to the 70s heavyweights

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Punching Power Compared

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  1. Mr.DagoWop

    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Not compared to anyone in particular, just compared to the notable heavyweights of that era.
     
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    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Poll question supposed to say punching ability
     
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  3. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Im going with above average.
    Hes up there with Foreman Shavers and Frazier.
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    What do u mean by ability?
     
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  5. Mr.DagoWop

    Mr.DagoWop Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    How good of a puncher was he.
     
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  6. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Hes at the top echelon
     
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    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was far more skilled than Shavers, Foreman, Frazier. Not in any way comparable.
     
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    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    He's above average in every era.
     
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  9. joe brown

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    Dempsey definitely above average great lefthook
     
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    If you take dempsey s punching ability /power to how it was in the twenty s and equate it to how he'd be in this era then very high. Hard , fast, crisp and accurate, he's banging out a lot of heavy s. On a par with Foreman, slightly higher than frazier and higher than Ali, lyle etc. He would have been involved in some high profile fight s no doubt s.
     
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    He's below Shavers and Foreman, but so's all of humanity
     
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    Would hit hard in any era .very dangerous fighter.
     
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    He would be the most dangerous finisher of that era, if not the hardest puncher overall.

    Some of these threads about Dempsey's punching ability seem a bit silly.

    He was as good at the specific things that he was good at, as any heavyweight in history as ever been, and most of that was down to his nuanced punching technique.
     
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    Yes,...the very top.
     
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