Cleveland Williams vs. Jeffries

Which elite fighters was Jeffries beating from the opening gate?

 

I would say that Joe Choynski for your 8th professional fight is a bit of an ask.

 

Choynski was 167lbs Jeffries was 52 lbs heavier.
The result was a draw although some thought Choynski deserved the decision.
"Noted baseball umpire Jim McDonald was selected by both parties to act as referee. Jeffries dropped Choynski with a left hook just before the bell ending round 3. It was the only knockdown in the fight. Joe drew first blood in the 11th. Choynski landed more often, especially with the straight left, but Jeffries landed the heavier blows. The San Francisco Call reported that Choynski deserved the decision."

Choynski had been ko'd by Maher 4 fights earlier and had lost to Sharkey a few months earlier.
So , which elite fighters did Jeffries beat from the get go?

 

I am aware of all that, but at world level experience trumps weight advantage.

Let's say that we were managing a young heavyweight prospect with eight professional fights, and next to no amateur experience, and I proposed matching him with Dimitri Bivol?

Would you think that to be a good idea?

 

Bivol is a light heavy with just one loss , Choynski was a super middle who was losing about every third fight.

I'm asking you to name the elite fighters Jeffries beat from the opening get go?

 

I don't see how you can dispute that Choynski was an elite heavyweight at the time, whatever he weighed.

 

i can certainly dispute that Jeffries didn't beat him because he didn't !
So, for the third time ,which elite fighters did he beat from the get go?

 

You might conclude that Hank Griffin was a bit of an ask for your first rodeo.

 

If you did you would be dead wrong!

In his 8 fights Griffin had beaten nobody.

Five of them were debutees!

One was a featherweight,one was a welter weight,one was a middleweight.
Here is a sample of their career resumes.
1-7-0
0-2-0
1-4-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
Nothing on there to justify calling Griffin an elite fighter at the time he fought Jeffries.
Want to try again?

 

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