
Originally Posted by
Beanflicker
Jack was the shit for his time, but times change, technique improves and evolves, and obviously our athletes are a lot biggers, stronger and faster than they were 100 years ago.
I looked at a list of the world champs over the last 50 years (from Patterson on) and honestly I wouldn't pick Dempsey against any of them.
And I certainly have a hard time believing he'd do anything against our modern super-heavyweights. I know people will point out that Jess Willard was a legit SHW, but 1) Jess Willard was a bum and 2) he didn't have the explosive athletic ability combined with skill that a modern SHW has.
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