Maybe a bit of a leap for a 1903 Jeffries? I'd strongly favor Ali. Jeffries 'coming-along-in-Ali's-day' probably has a lot better chance than...
Slavin and Kilrain fought June 16 1891 in Hoboken N.J., Kilrain winning by 9th round tko of ten rounds scheduled. Kilrain hit hard but responding...
I was probably overrating him a bit 15 or 20 years ago, when I tended to have Jeffries somewhere #3 to #6. I think he's become rather underrated....
I suspect Sullivan's best was mid-1881 -- I think Madden was influencing him to punch straighter -- to about mid-1883, when he started adopting an...
Might have defended against Louis sooner if Schmeling hadn't beat Louis. American promoters didn't want to risk the title going to Europe if...
Very interesting fight. The main compliment for Jeffries defense was that he guarded 'the vital points' well. I suspect, if a 1903 Jeffries met...
If they were timemachined into 1940, 15 rounds, ring-size and referee non-extreme, and my life depended on it, I'd go with Frazier, nervously. If...
For the most part agree. Would be interesting if Jefferies would have met Jackson or Corbett -- Jefferies and opponent both in a 'coming up'...
Louis beat M Baer in '35, lost to Charles in '50. Maybe Charles could have been fought a bit earlier, Baer a little later (squeezing the interval...
Well, if the Sullivan of '82-'83 lost to early '30's Carnera. I suspect it would be the case of the person standing higher up the slope winning a...
Reading Adam Pollack's, I do get the impression that Dempsey wanted to defend in 1922 but was unable to overcome state pressures due to continued...
Below article states it is by Robert Edgren. Caveat, I don't know why the URL ends with 'false' SUN (CHRISTCHURCH), VOLUME V, ISSUE 1294, 6 APRIL...
I posted this rather hastily, as I did not wish to forget about it, but was near the end of computer time. Pretty sure the internet poster, -- who...
Poster states this is a 1921 Robert Egreen interview of Benny Leonard...
I saw that interview, I believe McAuliffe was asked during the Carnera-M Baer title bout, if memory serves. He thought Tunney had a better...
