Would Tyson Be Likely To Stop Jeffries Over 15rds?

Jeffries standing up to punchers that weighed about 165 pounds is a far cry from fighting a dynamite 215 pound puncher like Tyson. Never in his career did Jeffries face a guy who had a combination of size, speed, and power that Tyson had. Tyson was in a different class from the guys Jeffries was facing in terms of skill, size, and power.

 

Or those where were there and had access to 1st hand testimonials like to say Nat Fleisher said Fitzsimmons was the best ko artist of all time, ahead of Dempsey and Louis. Did they hit hard enough for you? I'd say both are comparable to Tyson.

What you fail to recognize if the gloves back then were much lighter. The fighters didn't wear gum shield either which help when taking a punch.

Sure Tyson was powerful and explosive. He's also a bully type who can fold and uses excuses. Those who stood up to him, and made it out of the early rounds beat him. Yeah, he read your book, so you'll defend him until the cow's come home. I get it...

 

If you read the San Fan chronicle, it said Jeffries was in good shape for this fight, had a resting heart beat of 45 after strenuous activity for an hour and such.

This photo is a side profile shot. People look their heaviest in photos like this and Jeffries has a very large chest.

Munroe would have been ranked in the top ten by 1904. While he's not among Jeffries best five opponents, but he was blasted out quickly. You see when a quality champion faces top 4-10 ranked type of opponents , he should win easily. Jeffries won impressively at 224 pounds, which kind of sinks your battleship.

Jeffries got himself into reasonable shape vs Johnson, and he was over 225 pound then.

And he won another title fight in one round over 230 pounds.

Back in his day fighters trained down. In a modern sense, Jeffries is easily 225. More like 230-235 in shape.

 

I see two possible outcomes. I am assuming a 12 round bout. I see no reason whatsoever
that Jeffries could not, with modern nutrition (i.e. peds) make 225.

1) Tyson hurts Jeffries almost immediately, and KO's him quickly.
2) Jeffries survives Tyson's furious early onslaught, Tyson's fragile psyche crumbles,
and Jeffries drops a Douglas-like loss on Mike around round 10.

50/50 either way.

 

How many times did Nat Fleischer watch Jim Jeffries fight?

The last time Jeffries fought in New York, Fleischer was 10. Did he see him then?

 

I believe I read that he saw the Johnson-Jeffries fight - and that it was the first heavyweight title fight he'd ever witnessed. Based on Jeffries' performance, I don't know how Fleischer could announce Jeffries was one of the best fighting men ever.

I'd take Tyson over Jeffries in a six or seven very one-sided, bloody rounds. If smaller guys could chop Jeffries up, Tyson would've beaten him to a pulp and stopped him.

 

I think so.. While Tyson never went 15 rounds in his career, he easily went 12 on a few occasions and beat some very large men in fights where the workrate was generally higher than it was in a lot of Jeffries' bouts. Also take into account the damage Jim would be sustaining with his lackluster defense and tendency to get his nose broken, and things would get easier for Tyson as time went on.