Who was the most popular White Heavyweight Champion of all time?

Now ? Rocky Marciano

When they were fighting Jack Dempsey was more popular though

 

John L.:good

 

Dempsey endured boos for several fights, the tide turned when he lost to Tunney.

 

Yea but I assume by popular he means known?

 

Dempsey, Sullivan, Jeffries , Marciano??

 

Probably Louis and Damiani.

 

Dempsey and Sullivan were the biggest draws in their own time.

 

Rocky Marciano. The press may have picked him apart about his style or lack of but I think the fans liked him. His fights meant excitement. There was gonna be action in a Marciano fight.

 

Dempsey in his time was far more popular than Marciano imo. Marciano could never draw 100 thousand people to come watch him fight.

 

I don't think he was even close to being as big as Sullivan or Dempsey during his own career.

 

Was Jeffries closer?

 

Probably not.

Jeffries might have had the biggest aura of invincibility of any of them, but he was not a popular champion.

Sort of like Klitschko without the European fan base.

 

Dempsey was certainly the biggest draw,

but he was often the villain until he lost to Tunney.

Jeffries seems to have never been very popular but did have an "aura of invincibility" about him.


Marciano seems to have been generally well-liked, but without the "aura" of the other two, but ended up with a better record which explains his long-lasting popularity.