Tony Tucker v Jim Jeffries 15rds?

Tucker was 36,38,and 39 respectively for those stoppage defeats.



How can the underlined be true the scores were level?

Even if Douglas had been in front how would he have had the fight won it was the 10th round?:huh


So Jeffries ko's Tucker, but Tucker beats Johnson:think

 

The majority are picking Tucker and convincingly! Which large prime good boxer did Jeffries beat ? It took him 23 rounds to beat a past it 188bs Corbett and he was behind at the time of the stoppage!

 

The so -called "knockdown" of Armstrong happened in the 10th and last round and reports are divided as to if it was KD or a slip I've read them in Pollacks excellent biography of Jeffries. Jeffries had 12 fights before he beat Fitzsimmons for the title, they are all detailed in Adam Pollack's diligently researched biography which even includes an 1890 schoolboy sc*ap.

Stop with the inflating of Jeffries record ,if Pollack ,who is renowned for his research ,did not find more fights they are not there!

 

I remember his Dad ,who was an uncompromising warrior castigating him for his performance.

 

"Each local New York source gave a different version of what happened next.some gave the impression that Jeffries dropped Armstrong.Others said that Bob fell in ducking a blow.Still others felt that Jeffries pushed him over".

"The Herald said that Jeff threw a right and in avoiding that blow Armstrong collided with Jeff's left and fell."

The Journal said Jeff knocked him down with a short left hook but it was too high to do harm".

" The Sun said that in half clinch Jeff pushed Bob down.Armstrong rose and laughed and the crowd cheered him"

"The Brooklyn Daily Eagle said,Armstrong rushed and tripped and Jeffries pushed him over, the negro taking the limit to rise to his knees".
Inconclusive the majority seemed to think it was a slip or a push down.
Jeffries left the ring to a mixed chorus of cheers and hisses Armstrong left the ring to an ovation.

Jeffries had broken his left thumb which no doubt handicapped him and the match was always an ambitious one for a novice like Jeffries .
The fight club doctor forbad Jeffries from fullflling his second engagement against Steve O Donnell.Jeffries had cocaine injected into his arm with a view to fighting O Donnell but his hand had swollen and he was brought back into the ring with Delaney and the Doctor and the 4000 crowd were decidedly unhappy there would be no further boxing.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle next day called Jeffries," a failure and not a championship possibility"

Given Jeffries had broken his thumb I think he gave a highly creditable performance.



Adam Pollack ."In The Ring With Jim Jeffries," page151.
I highly recommend this book and all others Pollack has written.:good

 

The majority called it a slip, Mendoza of course would say it was a knockdown, but then he states Peter Jackson had somehow recovered his old form when he came back after three years to fight Jeffries. Tom Sharkey called him a "has been" and Jeffries in his autobiography referred to him as, "a shell".

 

I saw fight on Saturday Afternoon Sport when it actually happened, I had Douglas ahead but that is irrelevant, the official score cards were LEVEL do you actually understand that?
Plus it was scheduled for fifteen rounds so your stupid assertion that, and I quote you:

"Buster Douglas had the fight won until Tucker caught him late in the 10th"

Is just that, stupid!
There was another 5 rounds to go!

How old were you when I was watching the fight live 8/9?


I've seen more boxing films than you've had rub -outs you tw*t! I began collecting fight films in the 1960's long before you were hatched!

I have the Douglas v Tucker fight on an old video still ,along with the main event.