DON'T VOTE! GO TO http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=291576 I blew the poll -- I'm going to repost. Moderator, please close this thread after I repost. In 'The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists' (2011) [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Book-Boxing-Lists/dp/0762440139/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1298506689&sr=8-1[/ame] This content is protected Bert Sugar and Teddy Atlas both pick Gene Tunney as their alltime #5 heavyweight; they also both put Tunney on their Top-13 Alltime P4P lists (Sugar #13, Atlas #10). How would you letter grade (A, B, C, D, F) their assesment of Tunney?
#5 heavy? no top 13 all time? no...not a knock against him. wins against dempsey and greb are great but just thinking about who would be left off the list as a results makes me say no I'd rate their assessment overall C. top #13 theres an argument, top 10 there isn't and top 5 at heavy is absurd
top 5 at hw is a joke but i definitely think of tunney as being one of those dudes from 11-20, only really lost once.
it's tough for me to place him cause he does have a good, non heavyweight, resume. looking beyond dempsey, it's very solid (i mean 3 wins over even a blind greb is impressive). adding two dominating wins over dempsey and 11-20 is fair
