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Style-wise, Tunney's one of my all time favs and it's pretty tempting to overrate him at hw. Facts are facts though and i agree with the majority that he didn't spend long enough in the division to earn a top 10 rating. I do feel his wins over Dempsey get underrated though, because apart from 'the long count' it's hard to give Jack a single round. For some peculiar reason (?) both fights were contested over 10 which i suppose is another good reason not to rank him at heavy, especially as they were his most prominent wins. Besides, i think a prime Dempsey would've stood a great chance of stopping him late. As one poster already points out, Gene should've been ko'd in their 1st fight and had Dempsey been ring-sharp would've realized the rules had been changed and took to a neutral corner.
I doubt they'd be too much argument in ranking him as a top 5 lhwt. Imo, only Ezzard Charles should be above him. I think he'd have been too clever for Spinks, Foster, Qawi and quite possibly, would'a hit too hard for Jones.
As a strange coincidence, neither Tunney or Charles were ever titlists at 175 which i believe this was due to both having to attend Military Service.Comment
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In all honesty it is far more ludicrous to have Lennox ranked 5 than to have Dempsey 2 or Tunney 7. Unlike Lennox, a strong case can be made for Dempsey to be ranked in the top 5 as his greatness is well known by all boxing historians, whereas Lennox is a highly debatable fighter for his glass chin, bad footwork and questionable resume of has beens and early one punch knockouts to journeyman fighters that no other great in history would have succumbed to.
This is a very good article, give it a read.
The more time goes on, the more people forget the greatness of Jack Dempsey. In no way is Lennox close to the caliber of Jack Dempsey.Comment
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...........In all honesty it is far more ludicrous to have Lennox ranked 5 than to have Dempsey 2 or Tunney 7. Unlike Lennox, a strong case can be made for Dempsey to be ranked in the top 5 as his greatness is well known by all boxing historians, whereas Lennox is a highly debatable fighter for his glass chin, bad footwork and questionable resume of has beens and early one punch knockouts to journeyman fighters that no other great in history would have succumbed to.
This is a very good article, give it a read.
The more time goes on, the more people forget the greatness of Jack Dempsey. In no way is Lennox close to the caliber of Jack Dempsey.
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