Jim Jeffries v Mike Dokes 15rds?

Only a fool would bet his house on any boxing match.

 

Dokes would absolutely wreck Jeffries within a few rounds. Boxing progressed massively since 1920

 

A somewhat reckless prediction at best.

 

Can somebody, anybody, point me to at least five prime fight films of Jim Jeffries?

Do they exist?

 

No!

 

This is a mismatch.

And you haven't seen my house.

 

OK, so let me ask you, Janitor, does not that suggest that we can only really read about how great or how poor Jeffries actually was?

 

Have a good look see at some high science…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNJpppvKfSQ

 

That footage is so unclear it's difficult to even make out the punches.
Not sure what you think it proves.

 

Yes we are very heavily dependent on written accounts, to establish what exactly Jeffries did.

 

I can make it out pretty well. Two oafs waddling around, wide open, leading with sloppy hooks and body shots. An in shape, prime Dokes would have a field day with opponents of that ilk.

 

Just another mythical creature that old-timers talk about.

 

That, I will grant you.

 

Picking Michael Dokes over James J Jeffries, is the equivalent of picking Gus Ruhlin over Larry Holmes.

It is not impossible to make a rational case, but it would require an absolutely blinding stylistic argument.