" Jeffries was matched against a mediocre guy". Your words, Jeffries was the Heavyweight Champion. Finnegan, as his record shows ,did not...
This is the clincher Johnson stated in print he would fight ANYONE in defence of his title ,for what Burns received when he challenged him,namely...
My post adressed your points ,and conclusively refuted them. Its McCarty and Dilllon by the way, not McCarthy, and Dillion. I asked you who either...
I am no expert on Langford ,Jeannette, or any other boxer,but, from what I have read ,Jeannette's assessment of Langford is on the money, he had...
Jack Johnson?
How Jeffries perceives his fight with Finnegan is not important ,if Finnegan had won he would have been crowned Champion, because there is no...
Thanks for your input,I understand Finnegan was a tune up ,my point is when the heavyweight champion fights a bona fide scheduled fight it is...
The money for Johnson to fight any of the leading black contenders, was poor in comparison with what he received against the White Hopes, this...
Kindly posted by Rumsfeld.:good : Vitali Klitschko retired for several years before he came back to reclaim a portion of the heavyweight title....
I thnk McCarty was a "what might have been, " rather than a, "what actually was". Johnson, no shrinking violet ,stated that Fitz was well past it...
Burns was a very good fighter, he just could not handle Johnson, and he really did not fight anyone to give him respectability as a challenger in...
Well agendas can be nullified easily enough, if they are so blatantly obvious that everyone is aware of them ,don't you think? :good
I think Palzer might have had a tenuous claim as a contender, he had some fair wins but had lost to a young Moran and Tom Kennedy in Kennedy's...
Jim Jeffries defended his title twice in 1900 the first defence was against John [ Jack] Finnegan. Finnegan 's record ,[according to Box Rec,any...
Old Pal. You had seven replies to your thread NONE agreed with you. Dont let this get you down, I admire your perseverance, but perhaps its...
