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Well said. Modern posters are not aware that Harry Greb whom my dad saw obliterate Gene Tunney in 1922 was but a middleweight SPOTTING the strong younger Gene about 12-15 pounds in their five bouts....

Lou Brouillard,a name from the past...My dad saw him fight and said he was built like a fire hydrant,and a southpaw to boot...

True. When Sharkey fought the old rusty Dempsey in 1925, he was in his prime, ripped and in top shape. This Jack Sharkey
with his head screwed on would have had a shot with Joe Louis, but by the age...

I pick Dempsey because Jack hit TWICE as fast and was a helluva lot more accurate a puncher than Rocky who missed
half his punches, which would bode bad for him against a tremendously lethal...

Those who saw Beau Jack in his PRIME would know the answer !

My love for boxing started when as a very young boy my family lived next door to a trainer of the great LH John HenryLewis.
Every evening I would go next door and spar with fighters from JH Lewis's...