Jack Dempsey vs. Jess Willard

[A Theist]

I am not so into boxing, but the story sounds like David vs. Goliath to me.

That's exactly what a lot of writers compared the fight to...

By John F. McKenna (McJack): On July 4, 1919 in Toledo, Ohio in one hundred and ten degree heat a legend was born. In probably the most savage beating any fighter every received since the days of bare knuckle fighting ended, twenty four year old Jack Dempsey 6’1, 187 lbs, destroyed thirty seven year old Jess Willard to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World. In the opening round as the combatants approached each other it appeared for all the world like a modern day David and Goliath in the center of the ring.

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I have gone off boxing, but some of the characters it throws up, are people with an extra something about them, and probably at the top of that list has to be Jack Johnson. The man was something special.

I agree...aside from the fact that he was the first black champion, Johnson brought a lot of skills to boxing that was unparalleled to the era. There's no doubt that Johnson deserves his place among the greatest boxers of all time. Some sports writers even rate Johnson to be greater than Ali....I would love to have seen a fight between Dempsey and Johnson though, both in their primes...that would have been one to watch!