1900 "Jeffries vs. '53 Marciano." Who takes it?

First and most important question:

What ruleset?

The duration of the fight and the rules will make a big difference.

 

Marciano was a bigger, stronger, more durable, harder punching, more skilled version of Tom Sharkey. Tom twice took Jeff 45 life or death rounds. I like Rocky here by decision or late TKO.

 

I think this might be a pickem fight,Marciano,I see as having better power ,Jeffries the better chin.Jeffries has the edge on physical dimensions ,but Marciano was very strong himself.The ruleset decides this one imo.

 

15 round limit automaticaly favours Marciano.

Any slugger/boxer puncher is going to have his work cut out trying to outwork Rocky over that distance.

Jeffries would need to adapt to win.

He would probably consider the 15 round limit unmanly.

 

Like another poster stated - If Jeffries had long, tough, drawn out battles with the likes of Tom Sharkey and Marvin Hart - this would not bode well for Big Jeff against Marciano. Sharkey, for one, was tough as nails and gave Jeffries a very difficult couple of fights. Sharkey was easily dispatched by Bob Fitzsimmons. Jeffries was big for his day, tough, skilled, durable, had great endurance, etc. But he did not have a great ability to avoid punches. Eventually, Marciano is going to break through and Rocky's A+ chin would have enabled him to take Jeff's best punches without being stopped himself.

Marciano KO 12 Jeffries

 

I can't tell much from the cigar-box film of their fight, but it appears that Sharkey did not fight like Marciano. Not much of a croucher, for one thing...

 

Over 15 rounds, I'm going with Marciano to outwork Jeffries to a decision win.

 

If anyone ever tried to crouch against 167lb Fitzsimmons, they would would not last 10 seconds, and all there facial bones would be broken from one fitzsimmons right hand, and if fitz followed to the body with a left hook, every single one of their ribs would shatter into pieces.

 

Says the guy who has a hard on for a guy who took Ted Lowry the distance twice....and was stunned by the light punching Lowry once and might have lost a decision according to at least one press. OUCH.

No one alive who saw Jeffreis felt Marciano was better. In fact, most historians felt Marciano was a worthy champion, but not quite as good as several before him. I'm sure they are all worng....NOT.

A honest look at Marciano will show you he was floored by the he 2 best punchers he foought...and they were old men. Jeffries hit harder than Walcott and Moore, and had more atheltice ability in his finger than Marciano did in his entire body.

Besides, Rocky at 5'10, 185, pounds with a t-rex reach of 67" seems to fit the bill of the size of many men he defeated.

Jeffreis via mid to late round TKO.

 

I think most are undestimating Jeffries power ... when his hands were not injured he had one punch KO power ... who wins, I have no idea. Not enough footage of Jeff.

 

But Jeffries was a bigger, stronger, more durable, harder punching, more skilled version of Marciano. :bbb