Who Was the First Truly "Modern" Boxer

[Dinamo1986]

Jack Dempsey

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i wish i was 100 yrs old too so i could appreciate this convo.

You don't have to be 100 years old, you just have to learn your boxing history.

[Anthony342]

Thought it was Little Mac.

[Mooshashi]

I say Jack Dempsey, not because he as the one who invented or perfected
modern" boxing techniques, but because he was so famous and idolized that
many people took notice. It's a vast chasm between Jack Johnson's grab, hold and
waltz method and Dempsey's straight ahead "I'm coming to kill you" style.

[Marchegiano]

I say Jack Dempsey, not because he as the one who invented or perfected
modern" boxing techniques, but because he was so famous and idolized that
many people took notice. It's a vast chasm between Jack Johnson's grab, hold and
waltz method and Dempsey's straight ahead "I'm coming to kill you" style.

I like that, good post

[cfang]

From watching fight films dempsey and tunney were the first heavy champs that looked and moved like modern boxers. The ones before still had this upright lead and clinch thing going on.

[Samokries]

From watching fight films dempsey and tunney were the first heavy champs that looked and moved like modern boxers. The ones before still had this upright lead and clinch thing going on.

I would pick Dempsey too.

But to be fair, some of his great contemporaries, like Greb, and some even older great fighters, like Gans and Barbados Joe Walcott are hard to evaluate by modern standards due to scarce/lacking fight footage.

[cfang]

I would pick Dempsey too.

But to be fair, some of his great contemporaries, like Greb, and some even older great fighters, like Gans and Barbados Joe Walcott are hard to evaluate by modern standards due to scarce/lacking fight footage.

Yes good post. In particular greb