They were, but how does Jeffries stack up against Johnson and Dempsey in meeting his top contenders? Here are the top two contenders year by year...
Gavilan-Basilio in 1953, remember watching DeMarco-Basilio with my dad in 1955. We didn't know either by name, but were rooting for DeMarco...
Okay, I have no stats to contradict you, but it is really hard for me to buy that boxing was more popular and common in the USA in 1913 than in...
Matt Donnellon who posts on ESB now and then and knows more than most about this era, drew up his opinion of the top ten heavyweights yearly...
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Well, first, one of my points is that the talent pool expanded geographically, with Europe and Latin America getting into boxing. They weren't in...
Ruhlin was a highly regarded contender during his career though. Both he and Jeffries were young, but Ruhlin had won against Steve O'Donnell,...
Positives of Jeffries 1---Did not lose until 35 and having laid off six years 2---beaten only then by the all-time great Jack Johnson, and note...
I enjoyed the discussion. While agreeing to disagree about Jeff's historical rating, I agree with you that the rhino is overrated.
Not exactly., Jeff got hog fat in retirement. Corbett didn't. And Corbett did have some fights and perhaps exhibitions over those six years....
and I have no problems if Pollack is wrong. I enjoyed the discussion. Nice for old geezers like me to get the mental gears oiled and working now...
I guess your position is that the rhino should have finished that buffalo in a few seconds rather than taking a few minutes doing it. You could...
Except most historians rate Johnson above Jeffries so I don't know how much they come to Jeff's defense other than to say accurately that he was...
I don't know why this is a reply to me when you spend most of the post rebutting Parry who has a different point of view from me. I haven't had...
You don't have to take my word for anything. The best would be to read Pollack yourself. I respect him and his research. He provides the names...
