My top 7 heavyweights (from Dempsey on)

the one where walcott knocked him out in the 3rd round, or the won where walcott knocked ray down 3 times and outboxed him down the stretch?

 

I dont know why the cards were even close.........Walcott knocked jimmy bivins down with a right hand. Walcott didnt follow up because bivins was badly hurt and walcott could have finished him off. The rest of the fighting according to newspapers walcott "won easily" it should have been a wide decision win for walcott, i dont know why the cards were that close.

 

I think thereis a lot of hyperbole around Miske after being kod by Dempsey Boxrec has him engaging in 26 fights winning 18 with the rest no decs.Among his victims were Reanault,Gibbonsx2Meehan and Brennan in Miskes last fight this was a 4 rd ko win for Billy ,he challenged Dempsey in 1920 and fought on to 1923 losing no fights ,thats a long time to be sick and dying.

 

Yes, the 2nd fight Elmer Ray deserved to win, but Elmer Ray was a very good fighter. He rates in my top 25 heavyweights of all time. He was a 6'2 195lb 82" reach rare long armed SKILLED swarmer with one punch Kayo power

 

Billy Miske grandson claimed miske fought through the pain that he was extremley sick for a long time, they couldnt believe when he knocked out brennan, he had practically no strength left he wanted to take one last pay day to buy his family christmas presents

 

Funny how few top tens I see Jeffries in.

*Shrugs*

 

And Marvin Hart.:nut

Just kidding. Hart's title reign was shortlived. But he is one of the forgotten Heavyweight champs. Few even remember that short period between Jeffries and Tommy Burns. Hart KO'ed Root for the vacant title, and actually outpointed Johnson before Johnson became champ himself.

 

These lists are Dempsey onward...

 

Yeah, I know, it just came to mind how I never see him period.

 

He was fighting in an era where a lot of very good fighters were excluded because of the colour of their skin. That means he didn't have to face many potentially very dangerous opponents and therefore his record doesn't tell us enough. My two cents...

 

True. In 1950 he was still on a lot of lists and rather high. After that he seems only remembered from coming back against Johnson.

Also curious how Sullivan is never included despite his dominance, duration and single defeat at the very end of his career.