Jeffries cleans out the division as champion

You have to source The Times or the Daily Telegraph ,probably beyond you.lol

 

Nope Johnson rated Fitzsimmons as the best heavyweight before himself. McVey the toughest ,Langford the most dangerous.Jeannette the best in a finish fight. Nope ,it isnt a fact that Johnson pulled out of fight with Langford that was signed in1909 which is what your dishonest post implies.
Johnson signed to fight Langford in Sept1908 the fioght to take place at the National Sporting Club London the purse to be £3000.Once champion on Dec26th 1908 Johnson declared his price for a title defence was $30,000 the same as Burns received to defend against him.
Joe Jeannette was never an," old friend "of Johnson's he hated his guts and never missed an opportunity to disparage him in print even to the extent of lying about his weight in their last fight.When Johnson defended his title against Jeffires both Jeannette and Langford were loudly vociferous about picking Jeffries to beat Johnson and both were made to look a right pair of ****s when Johnson wiped the floor with him!

Where was their racial loyalty there? Johnson owed them nothing!

Johnson signed to fight Jeannette twice in NY, he signed to fight both Langford and McVey in Australia ,it's a matter of public record.

I've many times given the dates,site of the fights,promoters and purses and the reasons why the fights did not happen plus interviews with the promoters going in to detail why they pulled the plug on them, which were published in the national newspapers.
No bull****,bluster ,prevarication , ignoring the facts ,and just plain downright lying will alter these irrefutable and easily verifiable FACTS!
You are a compulsive LIAR ,who proves it daily.

 

Why did you bring Johnson into the equation?

I compared to Patterson, who gets lambasted (for example by you) for going two years only facing the third ranked contender. Jeffries went two year without facing any rated opponent at all going by the rating you posted. That's just simple facts.

 

He is absolutely obsessed with Johnson the man is certifiable!

 

Seriously, you need to seek professional help,you are not well Pal!

"On December 26, 1908, Jack Johnson defeated Canadian Tommy Burns to win the heavyweight championship. Jeffries publicly criticized Burns for giving Johnson a shot at the title. "The Canadian never will be forgiven by the public for allowing the title of the best physical man in the world to be wrested from his keeping by a member of the African race," Jeffries stated. "I refused time and again to meet Johnson while I was holding the title, even though I knew I could beat him. I would never allow a negro a chance to fight for the world's championship, and I advise all other champions to follow the same course."

 

Patterson faced three number 1 contenders. That's indisputable. He had some fillers (Rademacher, London and McNeely) but he never had a year when he didn't defend against at least a nr 3 ranked contender. Jeffries had two such years. In fact he didn't defend against any ranked contender those years (going by the posted rankings).

These are all facts.

 

Jim Jeffries was a very active world heavyweight champion for his time. In regards to the assertion that Jeffries ducked Jack Johnson, there may be some validity to it. But keep in mind that it was a different era.

It is very true that black heavyweights didn't get a fair shake when it came to getting a shot at the world heavyweight championship during that time. Moreover, Johnson really had not established himself as a gate attraction except in Los Angeles during Jeffries' reign as the champion. But Los Angeles really was not a major city during the first five years of the 20th century. It was estimated Los Angeles had a population of only 200,000 during 1905.

- Chuck Johnston

 

Oh jeeez comparing Patterson’s reign to Jeffries? Jeffries blasted out the top men of his era in title defenses and took on they divisons biggest hitters

Damato protected Patterson as much as any manager in history. When he wasn’t taking on Johansson and Liston, Damato was handpicking unathletic boxers who couldn’t punch hard to threaten Patterson (Harris, London, Radamacher, mcneeley)...he steered clear of the division’s big punchers unless he had to (Johannson Liston) and that’s when Patterson got knocked out

 

As you say Floyd faced the divisions two most lethal punchers

He also faced his two best challengers by some distance. It's doubtful if you can say that about Jeffries, seeing how he ducked Johnson.

Whether you think Floyd ducked Folley or Machen, Jeffries ducked a clearly better challenger in Johnson.

The worst Floyd did any year as a champ was to face the nr 3 contender. Jeffries went two years without facing a single ranked contender (according to the posted rankings).

So while I think Jeffries was the greater fighter, seeing how he went unbeaten as champ, Floyd probably did a better job facing the best of his era, seeing how he faced the two undoubtedly best challengers as champion. Not besting, but facing.

 

Jeffries was an excellent champion, one of the best ever imo.

It's a huge shame we don't have any quality footage of him in his prime to judge him.

I struggle to envision him being any worse than John Ruiz who was a top 5 mainstay for a large portion of the modern era, but I just haven't seen enough to judge his skillset adequately.