The Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey.

Jack Dempsey fought as a Heavyweight from 1914 till 1927 and is considered to be one of the greatest Heavyweight Champions to ever live. He was by far the most famous of his time. I am gonna share my thoughts and opinions about him as well as some info.

Professional record: 58-6-11 (including newspaper decisions)

Lineal World Heavyweight Champion

World Heavyweight Title

5 Title Defenses

8 World Title fights won 6

6 fights against World Champions

Beat 4 Champions

10 fights against Hall of Famers

Beat 6 Hall of Famers

He won the World Heavyweight Title in against the giant Jess Willard at only age 24, is the youngest to win the Heavyweight Title since Jim Jeffries. Jess Willard was a giant standing at 199cm (6'6) against the 185cm (6'1) Dempsey. Willard was also an amazing 27kg (60lbs) heavier than Dempsey. Despite that, Willard received a brutal beat down by Dempsey, Willard was knocked down 7 times in the 1st round. Dempsey was a powerful puncher that swarmed all of his opponents down, having 44 KO's in his 58 

Some say his CV is overrated, I don't agree with that since he fought many capable opponents like Tommy Gibbons, Gene Tunney, Fireman Jim Flynn, Louis Angel Firpo, Jess Willard, Battling Levinsky and more. The only Title fights he lost were against the legendary Heavyweight Gene Tunney. Unlike other fighters of his time, Tunney was boxing scientifically and did not brawl. He was a fighter in the 20's that could be a fighter today. He won against Dempsey 2 times by unanimous decision.

Now the thing I wanna talk is that Dempsey did not fight any black fighters and drew the color line instead which is the reason i dont rate him as highly as others. He avoided many black greats of his time like Harry Wills, Sam Langford and more. I rate both of these fighters above Dempsey for many reasons one being that he always ducked them. Another reason is sometimes Dempsey would not defend his title for a year or 2 and just partied instead. Another is that compared to Dempsey they had better longevity in their careers, especially Langford having 300 fights. Even though Dempsey is nothing to laugh at and was truly an amazing Heavyweight people should consider the reasons i listed above.

Final thoughts: Dempsey is obviously one of the deadliest Heavyweights to ever step into the ring. He was an incredible swarmer and a brutal puncher that could KO a horse if he wanted to. Even though i dont rate him as high as others do i respect him for the legacy he left behind him. But, in my opinion he should not be rated over legends like Jack Johnson, Sam Langford, Joe Louis and more. Till this day Genne Tunney does not get the credit he serves for beating Dempsey twice.

1895-1983