Quote Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
Bilbo has a good point Jack did have trouble becoming motivated for somwe fights but in Jacks defense a lot had to do with the fact even on his worst day the best of that era could not be decent sparring partners for the Galveston Giant.......

It was not until after a long long layoff and age Johnson was beaten soundly....When in shape and prepared Johnson was a 100 yrs ahead of his time.....Tough fight for 6 or so rds then Johnson imposes his will on Tunney for the win......

That is not meant to take anything away from Gene though...Tunney was a great boxer and tough as nails
Nice to see another Johnson fan

We also have to remember that when he lost to Willard he was stopped in the 27th round and was winning up to the 15th.

Under any rules post 1930's he would have won and nowadays there's probably not a heavyweight around who could even go 20 rounds let alone 27.