Question to those who rank Dempsey high

Maxmomer · Dec 1, 2007

Woddy said:

Probably because after living through the Jack Johnson era, the white community knew what black fighters were capable of acheiving at this point. Therefore, fearing that a black contender might just take the belt away from Dempsey. Although I'm forcing implications a bit here, one might conclude that Dempsey was being protected in this particular sense.
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I guess you could say he was being protected to a certain extent, though I'm sure it had more to do with keeping the belt away from any black fighters than keeping it with Dempsey.

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Question to those who rank Dempsey high

Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member