Dempsey and Marciano's Heavyweight Eras & their Opponents' Weight/Height: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dempsey's Era: Luis Angel Firpo 6'2 Bill Brennen 6'1 Billy Miske 6 Jess Willard 6 '6 1/4 200 cm 245 pounds Ed Gunboat Smith 6'2 Carl Morris 6'4 220 Fred Fulton 6'4 220 Bob Devere 6 Arthur Pelkey 6'1 Gene Tunney 6'1 Jack Sharkey 6 205 Harry Wills 6'4 220 black fighter George Godfrey 6'3 220-260 black fighter Floyd Johnson 6'1 black fighter Al Reich 6'2 215 Denver Ed Martin 6'3 black fighter Tom Cowler 6'1 83 inches reach Martin Burke 6'3 George Rodel 6'1 Dan Daily 6'6 Luther McCarty 6'4 80 Jack Renault 6'1 Bob Martin 6'2 Al Kubiak 6'1 Al Kaufmann 6'1 Bombardier Billy Wells 6'3 Marciano's Era: Bob Baker 6'2 209-227 pounds Nino Valdez 6'3 210-210 80 reach Rex Layne 6 200 Clarence Henry 6'1 185-190 Coley Wallace 6'2 200-210 Jimmy Bivins 5 '11 185-190 Tommy Hurricane Jackson 6'4 190-205 80 Roland LaStarza 6 185-190 Archie Moore 5'11 170-200