Boxrec has Jack Dempsey listed has having fought 83 career fights, yet Dempsey himself has claimed he fought more than 150 fights. including scoring 58 first round KOs. The link below claims Dempsey fought 148 fights scoring 108 KOs which would make Jack Dempsey the greatest KO artist in Heavyweight History by a long long way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWHEqW8I2oI
Boxrec records cannot be trusted. Dempsey was the greatest
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sonnyboyx2
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Re: Boxrec records cannot be trusted. Dempsey was the greatest
Yes, But that was counting exhibitions too!sonnyboyx2 wrote:Boxrec has Jack Dempsey listed has having fought 83 career fights, yet Dempsey himself has claimed he fought more than 150 fights. including scoring 58 first round KOs. The link below claims Dempsey fought 148 fights scoring 108 KOs which would make Jack Dempsey the greatest KO artist in Heavyweight History by a long long way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWHEqW8I2oI
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sonnyboyx2
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Re: Boxrec records cannot be trusted. Dempsey was the greatest
exhibitions?hhascup wrote:Yes, But that was counting exhibitions too!sonnyboyx2 wrote:Boxrec has Jack Dempsey listed has having fought 83 career fights, yet Dempsey himself has claimed he fought more than 150 fights. including scoring 58 first round KOs. The link below claims Dempsey fought 148 fights scoring 108 KOs which would make Jack Dempsey the greatest KO artist in Heavyweight History by a long long way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWHEqW8I2oI
Re: Boxrec records cannot be trusted. Dempsey was the greatest
Yes, they were quite popular during the early 20th century.sonnyboyx2 wrote:exhibitions?
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keithmoonhangover
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Re: Boxrec records cannot be trusted. Dempsey was the greatest
I've read in a few places that Jack threw some of his fights and the Fireman Jim Flynn fight was one of them.
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Goodnight, Irene
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Re: Boxrec records cannot be trusted. Dempsey was the greatest
A day in the life of Keith researching Boxing.keithmoonhangover wrote:I've read in a few places that Jack threw some of his fights and the Fireman Jim Flynn fight was one of them.