Goddard was 40 years old ,40 in the 1890's was roughly equivalent to 30 today! Goddard had not won any of his last 3 fights ,would have 15 more...
No it didn't ,its an earlier punch!
First of all Jeffries best weight was around 218lbs,if we take his to joke defences,Munroe and Finnegan out of the equation ,fights for which he...
Bump because I would like a response to my points from Mendoza.
Yes but seeing as how he became colored champ and Jeffries became worlds champion I think the spotlight would have lit on it at some point.
Don't tell everyone!
He mentioned fighting Griffin early in his career ,I don't see why he wouldn't mention Childs at some point ? ps I've edited my last post it was a...
I'd actually give Burley a decent chance he could crack with his right and seldom took punches flush. The rest of your post is on the money imo.
You are right to do so .imo
It's probably between those two.imo
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Childs was the Colored heavyweight Champion in 1898 how would a victory over him be a minor fight on Jeffries record? Childs beat Klondike 5 times...
I have the book, bottom line Pollack does not believe the fight happened. Try and find details on a George Griffin or a Joe Cotton I couldn't!
Ketchel did not "nearly ko Johnson" ringside reports say Johnson went down with a smile on his face I posted them here on this thread.Neither was...
Jeffries said he wasn't surprised O Brien survived the 6 rounds, he said it was very difficult to catch an elusive smaller guy bent on survival...
