Les Darcy - would have gone down as G.O.A.T

[mgkirkpatrick]

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[Oasis_Lad]

I'd stick Darcy in me top 10 dishes.

[mgkirkpatrick]

haha where else would you stick him laddie?

btw this is an attempt to draw people in to talking about a guy i want to know more about...

[McGoorty]

haha where else would you stick him laddie?

btw this is an attempt to draw people in to talking about a guy i want to know more about...

I have no doubt that he'd been one of the 2 or 3 greatest Lt Heavies and middleweights In History and may already be a Top 5 Middleweight, all that can be said for sure is that nobody wanted to fight him anymore and that he died as the TRUE world champion as he was WAY WAY better than the very average AL McCOY who wasn't even among the best 6 or 7 Middleweights during his quite inactive reign having lost fights to some 6 to 8 of Darcy's vanquished foes, there's No Comparison. Darcy was ability wise A Kind of Charley Burley of his day,but during that time Les was a VERY Famous Fighter and was feted by ALL until McIntosh and Baker got their knives out, the cowardly buggers never bloody joined Up and they are full grown men, picking on a boy too young to legally join. Most people have no clue that Darcy was a member of the U.S. Army ( when he died ) and he grew up in appalling Poverty and the bastards wouldn't let him make cent, imagine The IDOL of tens of thousands being murdered in some trench during FROMELLES, how would national morale been then, Jesus, it was a hard world back then.

[Barn]

I don't think so.

[McGoorty]

I don't think so.

You don't think so ??????????????????? On what basis ??, how much do you know about Les Darcy ????, Have you seen his films ????? . The purpose of the thread is about Les Darcy's potential to be G.O.A.T. I think he would have beat JESS WILLARD and been a Heavyweight Champion, after all it WAS Willard, but not bad for a 5ft. 7in. Middleweight because you do know that Willard DUCKED Darcy don't you ?. so it is POTENTIAL not ACTUAL, Les Darcy was JUST 20 years old when he had his last fight, the kid was definately GREAT.

[GJC]

Potential, fair enough but as good as Darcy undoubtedly was I do think that there is a bit of the James Dean myth about him. I.e. James Dean was fairly popular but only about a quarter as popular as say Brando. You younger gents will see this as you get older when in 30 years time they try and convince you that Heath Ledger say was the biggest star ib Hollywood.

[Barn]

You don't think so ??????????????????? On what basis ??, how much do you know about Les Darcy ????, Have you seen his films ????? . The purpose of the thread is about Les Darcy's potential to be G.O.A.T. I think he would have beat JESS WILLARD and been a Heavyweight Champion, after all it WAS Willard, but not bad for a 5ft. 7in. Middleweight because you do know that Willard DUCKED Darcy don't you ?. so it is POTENTIAL not ACTUAL, Les Darcy was JUST 20 years old when he had his last fight, the kid was definately GREAT.

Yeah and Salvador Sanchez would have went on to win the Middleweight title from Hagler.

[JAB5239]

You don't think so ??????????????????? On what basis ??, how much do you know about Les Darcy ????, Have you seen his films ????? . The purpose of the thread is about Les Darcy's potential to be G.O.A.T. I think he would have beat JESS WILLARD and been a Heavyweight Champion, after all it WAS Willard, but not bad for a 5ft. 7in. Middleweight because you do know that Willard DUCKED Darcy don't you ?. so it is POTENTIAL not ACTUAL, Les Darcy was JUST 20 years old when he had his last fight, the kid was definately GREAT.

Maybe. He had potential, there is no doubt about that. But its very difficult to gauge him because of his limited fights against top fighters. One thing is certain, had he lived a fight with Harry Greb in about 1918 or 19' would have been a classic.

[GJC]

Maybe. He had potential, there is no doubt about that. But its very difficult to gauge him because of his limited fights against top fighters. One thing is certain, had he lived a fight with Harry Greb in about 1918 or 19' would have been a classic.

It's Greb that makes me a little harsh on Darcy, BIG obstacle for Darcy to overcome. I could see Greb chasing him through the weights with a lot of success. On the subject of the 2 of them, an opponent they had in common was Jeff Smith, now theres a fighter who needs a thread!