Dempsey Names HisTop Fighters

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Jack Dempsey on his top 10 fighters

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Good post!...

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Sanders was unranked when he ko'd Wlad and, as you stated, had never beaten a rated fighter before Wlad ,and never beat another after....

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McVey refused to continue that is not a ko.

Wills never fought in Australia and,as far as I know ,never visited the country,perhaps another point to consider when evaluating the veracity of his claims?

Joe Jeannette made up similar tales concerning his series with Jack Johnson...

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Firpo sacked his trainer and put on 8 and a half pounds between the Dempsey and Wills fights. Wills claimed he stopped McVey in both their Panama fights ,he didnt stop him in either,that isn't personal perspective ,it's outright lying....

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Wills was involved in several stinkers he and his opponents had their purses withheld in 3 fights.and Wills was slung out in one contest.two of his opponents were barred for non effort and two of his fights with Langford were pantomime fights.

Did Kearns have anything to do with these poor...

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Wills is not telling the truth about the Panama fights with McVey,he did not ko McVey in either fight....

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Sixty eight....

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The Gentleman Prizefighter - Corbett-Fitzsimmons feud scene

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Only in his 60's....

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For balance.


The Fight Film Collector: "The Trouble with Harry" Harry Wills vs Firpo, Madden, Uzcudun, and Newsreels including Jack Dempsey
Wills undoubtedly deserved a title shot, no argument on that score .

Once established as the leading contender...

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He is in my top ten....

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The quote was that Johnson was at his best ,Jeffries condition was not mentioned,but since you have mentioned it, Jeffries was down to weight 6 months before the fight,and he had over a year to get into shape....

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Day of the Fight | Stanley Kubrick (1950)

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More lies being posted on this thread.This time about the author Dan McCaffrey who has written a total of one book on boxing and not only did he not win any awards for it,he got so many negative reviews about it they were all removed from Amazon where he was hawking it's sale.Three terrible reviews...

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One year before the Johnson fight Burns weighed 171lbs against Gunner Moir that is a difference of two and one half pounds from the Johnson fight,and Burns weight for that fight was taken the day before,he may well have weighed more on the day of the fight.

The McCaffrey book on Burns is...

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Hitting and holding in the clinches was mutually agreed upon for this fight.

Burns was not sick he gave public workouts up until two days before the fight.

He did not ask for a postponement and he declared himself to be in the best shape of his life.

Burns never...

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Haters have to hate!...

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Burns weighed 171lbs for his title defence against Gunner Moir ONE YEAR before he fought Johnson,that is a difference of TWO AND A HALF POUNDS.
In his title defence 3 months before Burns was174lbs for Bill Lang previous defences

Flynn 171lbs,O Brien 172lbs.
Burns several times...

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Jerry Quarry: I would have beaten Rocky Marciano

By Throwback Media.

Trainer Jimmy Glenn,told me in his Manhattan bar, Jimmy's Corner Bar, that Quarry was a very fine fighter who was hugely underrated.