Who was better Dempsey or Tunney?

[them_apples]

Tunney beat a washed up Dempsey and one one of those fights were controversial. It means nothing. Dempsey was better.

Both fights it looks like Tunney schooled Dempsey, even worse than the press makes it out

[them_apples]

A pitbull can weigh half as much as other dogs, and a wolf... But the way the weight is distributed matters. As a matter of fact a Pitbull does not even have an exceptionally strong bite compared to other dogs used for security purposes... Yet a pitbull is as capable.

Look at Dempsey's wrists, neck, etc... his bone structure, etc. He was physically a heavier body type.

I swear, you guys always always bring this point up and it has been addressed so many times... Look... weight is not the only thing that makes someone big. It is pretty obvious if I am 300 pounds of pure lard, have a "Jsus didn't tap" shirt holding up my belly as it makes sloshing sounds, and pencil legs, no waist as the c r a c k of dawn appears below my belt line, and you compare me because of my weight to Martin Bakole...

Look at Deontay Wilder compared to George Foreman... Wilder may weigh as much, but he damn sure was not solid physically as prime Big George... He has smalleer bones for one thing.

Even our medical system has it s c r e w e d up! They consider obesity based only on weight, so one guy could have low body fat and be pure muscle, the other guy could be pure lard... If they are the same height? they are both considered the same and obese!

Anyone can be a heavyweight if they eat enough. Totally agree

[billeau2]

Anyone can be a heavyweight if they eat enough. Totally agree

These days It seems that is exactly what many heavy weights do... With this pitiful excuse that they need to match the heft of their opponent, as though that "helps" one win a boxing match.

[billeau2]

Both fights it looks like Tunney schooled Dempsey, even worse than the press makes it out

Two opposing strategies at work here. Gene is outboxing his man, Dempsey is setting up for enough grabs at the brass ring, so he gets a nice crack at his man. In a sense both men had their success, it is why Gene hit the canvas... But frankly? I cannot think of many that could outbox Tunney.