Jack Dempsey fought 61 times in 13 years

[IamInuit]

Whats the point of this redundant horse shit? You dip shit millennials got anything else to talk about? 40 of those 61 were from 1915 through 1916. So what? Young Stribling fought 55 times in one fucking year.
And everyone already knows or assumes based on your time spent in existence that all of Striblings opponents were shit.

So STFU already.

[Max Power]

Whats the point of this redundant horse shit? You dip shit millennials got anything else to talk about? 40 of those 61 were from 1915 through 1916. So what? Young Stribling fought 55 times in one fucking year.
And everyone already knows or assumes based on your time spent in existence that all of Striblings opponents were shit.

So STFU already.

Ok. About this Stribling...

I don't even know the guy.

And I doubt there'd be any footage of him either, or atleast F/A of it.

So basically I would like to flip the script on you. You are not 120 years old yourself. So basically, you are promoting a fighter, YOU'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN! Atleast I promote fighters I watch! That is a typical thing with old timers from the OTNB community! "Old Time Nut Bags" in case you've forgotten

Now I haven't taken a look at the record of who these 55 guys this fella fought in 1 year yet, so I am extending myself on a limb here. But I am willing to bet, that even for the CRITERIA OF THE DAY, the greater part of these 55 were not QUALITY opponents.

Not even if they LOST against a lot of them, because they'd be too banged up!

I can say this with some self assurance because nobody can really have that many fights against quality opponents.

I'm not knocking this guy Stribling, he was obviously very tough for doing so. He must have loved to fight and been a very durable guy. But come on man! Let's not pretend he was fighting world beaters now!

[Master]

Yet you say Wlad fights world beaters like Leapai.

[Max Power]

Yet you say Wlad fights world beaters like Leapai.

I did not say Leapai was a world beater, he is obviously not. I just said he was not a bum!

[Beanflicker]

Leapia or whatever the fuck his name is isn't a great fighter by any stretch, but at least he's a full time professional fighter.

A lot of these fucking guys from the early 1900's - especially during the great depression - these were fucking dopes who didn't belong in the ring but were trying to earn a buck for their families. Yeah, it's admirable, and yeah, you have to hand it to them for their courage. But were they great fighters? Fuck no. Jesus Christ, I've seen Joe Louis roll over guys who weren't good enough to fight in a bar, let alone in the professional ring with a champion.

People want to get a hard on for historical guys and believe they were the greatest, they'd whip anyone, they were tougher, they never ducked anyone, blah blah blah. Like Leo Tolstoy said, “History would be a wonderful thing – if it were only true.”

[brocktonblockbust]

The HW Era from Jack Johnson to Rocky Marciano was the best ever. Guys like Max Baer, Primo Carnera, JJ Braddock, Max Schmeling, Jess Willard, Jack Dempsey, Johnson, Firpo, Tunney, Galento, Sharkey, Walcott, Rex layne, Harry Kid matthews, these were the best and most tough HW's of any era.

[greynotsoold]

In the early part of the 1900s there were generally about 5000 registered pro fighters in NYC. That is more than there are in the world today, or than have been at any time over the last 20 years or more. So, sure, you are going to have some less than stellar guys in that number.
In those days, however, you made your money from live gates, and people pay to see good fights. that is in direct contrast to the recent practice of pitting top guys against losers just so they get kos. But then, you had to fight to get paid. In my youth, the Olympic Auditorium made money doing fights, and had for years before, because Don "War A Week" Chargin made good fight. In the 1990s, that same arena lost money doing fights with popular Mexican fighters because they put them in with victims.