Jim Corbett vs Jack Sharkey

And Jackson nearer the exit.I don't pretend to know much about Goddard,but by all accounts he could bang a bit.

 

Corbett's winning resume is very shallow.

 

I think you might be right!

 

Sullivan by his own admission said Jeffries was far more skilled than he. He hit hard and had a very good /great fight hand, but as far as we view as skills, not many.

Being a mover is not just hand speed, but footspeed being primary, Louis had slow feet, Jackson by accounts did not,.

 

He beat 5 hall of fame people on the resume you're looking at and never quite lost to lesser men as Jack Sharkey did.

 

Sullivan was struggling by the mid 1880's, Jackson cleans his clock before Corbett did if given a chance.

 

Corbett looks like warmed over dogsh*t on film. He looks like someone who watched Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam fight and emulated their moves without even practicing them first.

I'm taking Sharkey by a schooling and a clowning.

 

He beat an alcoholic washed up Sullivan,who had not fought for over 4 1/2years
He beat a novice Choynski.
He beat an undersized super middle Mitchell, Corbett 184lbs to Mitchell's 165lbs,Mitchell was having his second to last fight
He beat Kid McCoy and many think McCoy tanked to set up a Corbett Jeffries fight.
He beat Kilrain, apart from a fellow novice Godfrey who of stature had Kilrain beat when he fought Corbett.
Beating Hall Of Famers is fine,but what is important is WHEN you beat them.
Sharkey beat modern full sized heavyweights of class in their prime and Corbett never did.

 

Sullivan isn't the issue, Jackson didn't become a factor in international boxing until late 1888 when he beat Godfrey in 19 rounds. Farnan was whipping him in 1884 and Peter took 30 rounds to beat average middleweight Tom Lees to win the Aussie title. It's all about the time frame, forget mid '80's for Jackson. However, from 1888 on Jackson should defeat Sullivan IMO.

 

Let’s say a random 6’3 athlete with no prior boxing experience started training at the Mayweather gym. After 12 months of full time training, and 100 sparring sessions, do you think he would beat Corbett?

 

Corbett won the title with13 fights under his belt[forget the nonsense propounded by a poster claiming exhibitions as real fights,]I think a moderately talented big guy with the same number of contests and some amateur background would have a real shot.
I'll say right now that I think a guy like Francesco Damiani had more boxing ability than Corbett and would beat him.

 

And how many rounds did it take Sullivan to finish Kilrain or Mitchel? ( 75 and 39 rounds ) Mitchell was a middle not known for power managed to floor Sullivan.

Jackson's competition > Sullivan's.

I think Jackson could have taken Sullivan sooner than 1888. Can we say 1887?