Jack Dempsey - 3 years without a fight ?!?

[El Kabong]

I thought Doc hid a railroad spike in the thumb of the glove for the Willard fight?

Dempsey-Johnson would have been a great style matchup.

I also think Gene Tunney gets far too little credit for beating both Greb and Dempsey. He was a Klitschko of his day, smart, well read, and fans never fully appreciated him.

[generalbulldog]

Fact was that there was never any reliable evidence that Dempsey loaded his gloves besides the he said she said accusations from a guy that got his ass whipped and lost the most coveted title in all of sports (HW championship) and from a disgruntled manager. Just sounds like sour grapes to me.

[greynotsoold]

Something to consider about the damage done by Dempsey's punches: he was a very powerful man, despite weighing only 190 pounds. Between fights he worked a variety of jobs, among them being a bouncer in a 'house of ill repute', where he met his first wife. Typically he lived in mining camps and he said that his favorite job in the mines was 'mucking', which is shoveling rock into one ton ore carts all day long. He would seek out mucking jobs because it developed his shoulders and back.

[Hulk]

I thought Doc hid a railroad spike in the thumb of the glove for the Willard fight?

Dempsey-Johnson would have been a great style matchup.

I also think Gene Tunney gets far too little credit for beating both Greb and Dempsey. He was a Klitschko of his day, smart, well read, and fans never fully appreciated him.

Klitschko of his day hahaha !

I'll have to remember that one.