Jack dempsey was a mean dude.

[Thread Stealer]

And, also ducked the hell out of Sam Langford. It was a disgrace. Langford would of done to him what Gene Tunney did. But, much much worse.

Langford would've been in for a real rough night if he'd gotten a title shot against Dempsey. Dempsey has said he had fear of Langford, but still, by the time he was champ, Sam's eyesight was horrible.

I'd say the most glaring omission from Dempsey's resume is Harry Wills. I don't necessarily blame Dempsey for the fight not happening as he did sign to fight Wills but Tex Rickard cancelled it. Wills still got a nice payday when the fight was cancelled. But Wills was fighting a ton of tough fighters frequently while Dempsey could fight like once a year and make movies and whatnot. He fought Langford like 20 times.

Also, Harry Greb is said to have handed Dempsey's ass frequently during sparring.

http://www.harrygreb.com/dempsey_greb.html

But Dempsey's handlers weren't about to let him fight Greb.

[MonsieurGeorges]

How come Jack Dempsey is known more throughout the history of boxing than Gene Tunney?

I think Tunney was the far better fighter

Styles. Gene Tunney was more of a finesse fighter, Dempsey was out for blood

[J.Dempsey]

I'm watchin the same show. I can't imagine how crazy a crowd would go if fights were still like this. I also can't imagine how much more brain damage these guys inflicted on each other with the rules that were in place.

I actually believe with the gloves they used brain damage was less likely as their hands would bust first...

The way they could stand over them and hammer them back down was brutal though, you'd have to be mean-as to fight those days..

[Mikhnienko]

dempsey was vicious and had a pinoeering technique with that dempsey roll, the thing is, yall hate fighters who dont defend belts or cherry pick fights, but dempsey was without question guilty of that to the fullest, fighting exhibitions and doing all kinds of acting and sideshows as opposed to defending the belt. dude went i think 2 years while holding the belt hostage.

Yeah his title run was dissapointing but he hardly was an inactive fighter. He had close to 90 pro fights. Him and Liston are similar in that manner, alot of their resume/legacy was built in their lead up to becoming champ more than their reign itself.

Langford would've been in for a real rough night if he'd gotten a title shot against Dempsey. Dempsey has said he had fear of Langford, but still, by the time he was champ, Sam's eyesight was horrible.

I'd say the most glaring omission from Dempsey's resume is Harry Wills. I don't necessarily blame Dempsey for the fight not happening as he did sign to fight Wills but Tex Rickard cancelled it. Wills still got a nice payday when the fight was cancelled. But Wills was fighting a ton of tough fighters frequently while Dempsey could fight like once a year and make movies and whatnot. He fought Langford like 20 times.

Also, Harry Greb is said to have handed Dempsey's ass frequently during sparring.

http://www.harrygreb.com/dempsey_greb.html

But Dempsey's handlers weren't about to let him fight Greb.

The Wills thing is overstated alot of times. I actually have a pic of Dempsey sitting at a table with Wills signing a contract, it was Rickard.

A Greb fight would have been nice and Harry beat almost all the same opponents some even before Jack fought them.

Jack Johnson ducked Langford, Mcvey, Jeanette once he became champ too. People labelling Dempsey racist cuz the Wills fight never came off seems to be jumping the gun.

Styles. Gene Tunney was more of a finesse fighter, Dempsey was out for blood

Agreed lol hence his other nickname "the mankiller"

I don't think Tunney was a much better fighter he just had Jack's number thanks to his style and Gene is definitely criminally underrated and largely ignored by folks now-a-days.

And it was Dempsey who came up with the neutral corner rule, 1st used in the Tunney rematch, one of the reasons the Long Count happened.

[hugh grant]

maybe because fights were let to go on longer than nowadays, Dempsey type guys look more bad ass than they actually were.

NOt saying Dempsey wasnt bad ass though of course

[merjohn32]

Well, he certainly earned his nickname, "Manassa Mauler"

[boxerca]

Dempsey was a bad dude, for sure. No wonder why he was Mike Tyson's favorite fighter.