Who's the greatest white heavyweight boxer of all time?

[Rockin']

OOOPS!, missed the heavyweight part. Benny was a lightweight............Rockin'

[hemichromis]

i don't usually agree with butterfly when we talk about white heavyweights but hes right on the button

dempsey had more killer instinct than marciano infactthe only boxer who may have had more killer instinct was mike tyson.

marciano fought at a far more measured pace much like frazier this meant he had fewer first round knockouts but he had the highest KO percentage of any heavyweight champ


dempsey is the best (i can't believe the fisrt few pages went without a mention!) marciano is second then you have bonavena quarry gene tunney tommy morrison may deserve a mention too

[Southpaw Stinger]

marciano fought at a far more measured pace much like frazier this meant he had fewer first round knockouts but he had the highest KO percentage of any heavyweight champ

Vitali Klit has a higher one.

[Brockton Lip]

I've got Marciano and then Dempsey for me but am currently too lazy to post more reasons.

[butterfly1964]

i don't usually agree with butterfly when we talk about white heavyweights but hes right on the button

dempsey had more killer instinct than marciano infactthe only boxer who may have had more killer instinct was mike tyson.

marciano fought at a far more measured pace much like frazier this meant he had fewer first round knockouts but he had the highest KO percentage of any heavyweight champ


dempsey is the best (i can't believe the fisrt few pages went without a mention!) marciano is second then you have bonavena quarry gene tunney tommy morrison may deserve a mention too

The only reason one would have to rank Marciano above Dempsey is because he retired undefeated. Other than that, there nothing you can say about Rocky that Dempsey wasn't better at.

[butterfly1964]

Gene Tunney was interviewed once and tunney said that when he fought Dempsey, he had the feeling that Dempsey wanted to kill him, and he never felt that way against any other opponent according to Tunney.

[Parody]

3 fighters

Rocky Marciano
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey

[Soundtraveler]

Gerry Cooney was a fighter with great potential, who lost the desire after losing to Larry Holmes, a true underachiever. Quarry was a very talented fighter who never seemed to train himself into top physical condition, which played a big part in his failure to ever become Champ, along with his tendency to cut. Max Baer and Ingamar Johannson were both pretty good fighters who were both Champs at one point in their careers, along with Schmeling. And of course, the rock tops them all lol.

Nice. I couldn't have said it better myself, I agree completely.

[butterfly1964]

Here's a picture of Dempsey Sparring with Bill Tate. As you can see, even his facial expression shows that he was a crazed maniac in the ring, and that he had pure killer instinct.
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However, Marciano against Roland LaStarza has a serious look, but it doesn't look half as mean as Dempsey's expression.






So as you can see, Dempsey is the more ferocious fighter, since Marciano just wants to knock you out, while Dempsey wants to kill you!

Enough said.

[BuddyChacon]

i don't usually agree with butterfly when we talk about white heavyweights but hes right on the button

dempsey had more killer instinct than marciano infactthe only boxer who may have had more killer instinct was mike tyson.

marciano fought at a far more measured pace much like frazier this meant he had fewer first round knockouts but he had the highest KO percentage of any heavyweight champ


dempsey is the best (i can't believe the fisrt few pages went without a mention!) marciano is second then you have bonavena quarry gene tunney tommy morrison may deserve a mention too

I like your list but I don't know if Bonavena is white being an Argentine. Maybe I don't know. Ringo Bonavena was tough but partied too much out of the ring and was shot to death after he retired.