Jimmy Wilde: The greatest fighter of his time???

elmersalsa · Post by **elmersalsa** » 07 Nov 2007, 20:59

Was Jimmy Wilde the greatest fighter of his time? the greatest fighter pound per pound of his generation?

Was he the best fighter of the 1910-20s era?

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 08 Nov 2007, 07:41

rank jimmy wilde with those guys. a true great and a little overlooked these days

yiddo14 · Post by **yiddo14** » 08 Nov 2007, 11:15

Jimmy Wilde easily matches upto them names(and surpasses most of them)

One of THE very best to ever lace up a glove.

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 08 Nov 2007, 19:42

langford and benny leonard are the pick of decagons bunch and wilde matches those two p4p

elmersalsa · Post by **elmersalsa** » 09 Nov 2007, 02:18

Decagon wrote:No. Harry Greb is. Benny Leonard. Gene Tunney. Jack Dempsey. Mickey Walker. Sam Langford. Johnny Dundee.

It's pretty hard to rank him above those guys.

I do not think so....Jimmy Wilde between 1910 to 1920 was the best fighter pound per pound of his time.

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 09 Nov 2007, 17:36

you tell 'im