Who should Jack Dempsey have given title matches to after beating Willard in 1919?

You think Dempsey should have defended his title against Flynn in1920 ?

1. Flynn stopped Dempsey in1917
2.Dempsey ko'd Flynn in 1 rd in1918! I think that counts as avenging the loss the previous year!
3.Flynn had a further 2 fights in1918,he lost to nobody Hugh Walker and was ko'd in2 rds by Billy Miske.
4.1919 Flynn lost to Jimmy Darcy twice. He was stopped by Fat Larue in2 rds! Beaten by Jerry Schuman in2rds and beaten by Ole Anderson in 4rds
5.In1920 Flynn had 6 fights and won 1 of them ,losing 4, he was 40 years old.
And you think these results indicate he was a credible opponent for Dempsey in a title fight in1920?
I think you have finally flipped!!!!

 

The Carpentier match was indefensible outside of providing a good storyline. The Orchid Man hadn't even beaten a second rate heavyweight in 8 or so years and himself was ducking Greb.

 

For as easy as it is to bash Dempsey for his title reign and opposition, had he faced Greb and actually beat him, his legacy only gets enhanced by the hardcore boxing fans and even most of us would still be sceptical about the quality of the win, due to the difference on the scales

 

But it was a million dollar gate!

 

If Dempsey had defended against Greb and beat him up, Mendoza would be the first clown on this forum saying Greb was only a middleweight!

 

Tex was a genius who knew a good storyline and how to sell it. He would be King in this era of 24 hr saturation, 30 second news cycles and ubiquitous social media.

 

Yes indeedy!

 

I think that the original plan of Fulton fighting wills, and Dempsey facing the winner, was a sound one.

 

There I would have to disagree.

Carpintier was the European Heavyweight Champion, and the lineal Light Heavyweight Champion, either one of which could have justified the fight being made.

The problem is not that Dempsey fought Carpintier, it is that he didn't fight certain other people!

 

The only issue I really have was him not fighting Wills. Him fighting Greb would've been nice too.

 

Dempsey was making a hell of a lot of money from short one reelers and public appearances,he did what most of the champions before him had done . That doesn't excuse his lack of defences, nor his failure to meet Wills, but in that he was hardly unique.

 

None of the three were stellar, but for some different reasons imo.Though race played a major part in all of the decisions that were unfortunately taken.