"who of any stature did Griffin ko" No one. But these are quotes about Jack Johnson from Tad Dorgan on 7-1-1910 First on Jack Johnson...
Quarry lost badly to the better men he fought--Ali, Frazier, and Norton. For all the talk of how green he was for Machen, he had 20 fights...
Fair enough. Off boxrec, we know Childs could make 165 in 1898, and once had a listed weight of 173. In fairness, I think Sharkey is clearly...
This raises a good question--was he? This is from his record on boxrec 9-14-1898 George Byers L 20 New York City (for 'colored' championship)...
I should have taken a nap before doing that post. "Childs was a small man" I should have said a small heavyweight, and he was, if so...
"Childs, Russell, Craig, Ferguson, Griffin, Armstrong" How impressive is this list of names. Frank Craig--weighed 154 on 9-10-1900 against...
"Never heard anyone say Jerry was overrated" There is always a first time. "very deep era" He was beaten by Ellis, who was a puffed up...
Nat Fleischer did go back to that era. Here is the listed Jeffries title fights in the 1976 Ring Record Book June 8, 1899--Bob Fitzsimmons--ko...
"he dodged the best black challengers" He deserves the criticism he gets for dodging Johnson. However, were the "best black challengers" the...
"Jim Jeffries has to be one of the most overrated fighters of all time." He completely dominated his era. He might be underrated if one thinks...
"your opinion on his greatness is based on what you've been told" There is also his record. Being champion for six years and retiring undefeated...
Footage of Jeffries I read an article covering Eddie Machen back in the early sixties. It was mentioned that Machen carefully studied film of...
Well, modern medical care is one obvious cause of why modern heavyweights are so much larger on the whole. We get antibiotics when we have an...
I don't think the "dive" was all that secret. I remember reading about it in the Ring Magazine in the late fifties or early sixties. It was...
