Tommy Gibbons Professions : Boxer Born : March 22, 1891 Died : November 19, 1960 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Tommy Gibbons I think Mike Gibbons was probably the greatest boxer that ever put a glove on. They called him The Wizard, The Phantom of the ring and he was that. I boxed with Mike about ten years and I never really hit him a hard punch during the time. Repeating again, Mike was one of the great boxers of the age. Tommy Gibbons boxing years thinking No matter what nationality or color is champion, we Irish like to say that we have a heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney retired, who can come back and take the title at any time. Tommy Gibbons heavyweights boxing color Dempsey could beat anybody he could hit. The only reason that he couldn't do anything with fellows like Tunney or Greb or myself was he couldn't hit us. Tommy Gibbons beats boxing reason Similar Authors Bernard Hopkins boxer Brandon Rios boxer Brian London boxer Andre Berto boxer Anthony Dirrell boxer Andre Dirrell boxer All Authors