Of the two, who you Rank the higher? I've got Ezzard at 15 and James J Jeffries one below. Both had a good number of defence s and both got beat by greats - Johnson and Marciano. Who s your pick?
Jeffries dominated an era. Charles split his series with Walcott and picked up other losses, as well as losing to Marciano. So if you're going to claim he's greater it'd have to be based on fighting in a stronger era, but his era at HW was pretty weak and depleted.
I almost completely agree with this. But I would say that Charles could arguably be above Jeffries - however I see it clearly to Jeffries. No question of Jeffries getting anywhere near Charles p4p.
I give charles the edge in H2H matchup, skills , and quality of opposition. Gotta give Jeffries the edge in Legend of His Time status,
Yeah, this right here. Jeffries was considered unbeatable and the best ever at the time of his reign. Charles wasn't ever considered an ATG at HW...unless someone corrects me here.
Hard to say I wasnt around back then but the history books writing about them in completely different fashions. Charles could never escape the shadows of either Louis or Marciano
Jeffries dominated a definable era, and Charles doesn't really have a short term dominance card to paly, so I would have to give it to Jeffries.
I think your rating of them is very reasonable. I myself am not certain who should rank higher at heavyweight but p4p Charles is in a whole different universe above Jeffries
Yep....Gillette Friday Night fights...on my father's knee. I'm talking Charles, not Jeffries. Only Mcvey is that old.