Nothing I could say would improve on JWSoats. Holmes by easy decision, but not likely by KO, except possibly by cuts. Don't see Willard...
"I never found much evidence that many American newspapers bowed to any pressure" It wouldn't be something they would be that likely to admit...
Chuck, I don't know. This is the only info I have. I gave the name of the researcher. My one comment would be that I consider the records of the...
"But I was wondering how such a bout could escape any contemporary mention in the press." I was looking at Hank Griffin's record at boxrec. Of...
I would disagree somewhat. LaStarza--Dempsey went 12 with Bill Brennan, and went the full 15 with Gibbons, who was quite a bit smaller than...
Thank you. I just re-read the section of Adam's biography of Jeff covering the Griffin fight and he writes this-- "An 1898 San Francisco...
If he did, how does this fight differ from the other fights claimed? Jeff got in the ring with a pro fighter in these other fights and apparently...
Just on newspaper articles on Jeffries' fights, Has anyone ever found a ringside report on the Hank Griffin fight? I have never seen one. If...
What about that 5/22/1896 SF Chronicle article. I happened upon it many years ago--probably in the late 90's--and made notes, writing down...
I have a different take on how the 5/22/1896 article- if we accept it-impacts Jeffries's legacy. I think it would hurt his standing. The main...
"certain newspapers" The big city ones, but would they send reporters out to smaller outlying towns to cover fights of marginal interest? Would...
I was reading an article by Monte Cox, and came across another interesting statistic quoted by Cox from Matt Tegan According to the records of...
You raise very good questions. Those stats come from a review of Mike Silver's The Arc of Boxing by Clay Moyer, printed on Silver's web page....
I have never seen any evidence at all of Jeffries fighting Denver Ed Martin--considering Martin's age, this fight would have had to have been when...
Chuck Johnston I found some interesting stats that supplement yours. In 1927 New York State had 2000 licensed pro boxers and 900 boxing shows....
