Did Jim Jeffries defend his belt 2 more times in 1901?

I understood Kennedy was the chief sparring partner for Jeffries,while it is unusual for Champs to ko their spar mates in exhibitions ,Louis did it a few times,maybe Kennedy got a little frisky,I note Johnson kod him in 4 a year later.Kennedy has a couple of good results on his early resume ,a win over Ruhlin and a draw with Childs and a win over Fred Russell,but a ko by Maher probably puts him in perspective.I would be inclined to think it was an exhibition,eitherway it doesnt affect Jeffries standing ,imo.

 

Mendoza--How many rounds was the fight scheduled for?

Also, major championship fights against Fitz, Sharkey, and Corbett got front page coverage in the San Francisco papers. That this fight was widely covered does not exactly mean it was viewed as a championship fight. Nat Fleischer was aware of this fight, but did not view it as a championship fight. Why not?
When Fleischer died, The Ring Record Book downgraded it to an exhibition. Why? I don't think they had any ax to grind against Jeffries.

 

"You just don't see KO's in exhibitions because there are controled events."

Louis and Dempsey had all sorts of KO's in exhibitions.

Some:
Dempsey
July 18, 1922 Elziar Rioux KO 1
June 3, 1924 Rock Stragmalia KO 2
The 1976 Ring Record Book refers to 15 KO's in exhibitions by Dempsey while he was champion.

Louis
July 11, 1941 Jim Robinson KO 1
Nov 3, 1944 Johnny Denson KO 2
Nov 24, 1948 Ray Augustus KO 2
The 1976 Ring Record Book list many exhibitions for Louis and quite a few knockouts, many after he had "retired". His most prominent KO victims in exhibitions were Elmer Ray and Pat Valentino.

 

Fleischer did do in depth interviews with Jeffries, though, and he is a primary source.
Also, there were archives of newspapers in what was called the morgue and how can you be certain Fleischer never visited. I did in the old days, although not to look up anything about sports.

George Foreman fought 5 men in one day on ABC back in 1975. If you saw the film, it would look like real fights, but they were exhibitions.
Look at the film of Louis' brutal knockout of Valentino in an exhibition.

Fleischer put out his first Ring Record Book in 1942. Why didn't people who attended Jeff's fight with Kennedy come forward and point out his mistake?

What did Jeffries himself say about this fight in his autobiography?

Munroe obviously tried to win against Jeffries in an exhibition.

 

You should contact Tracy Callis over at Cyberboxing. Jeff fought at least 120 exhibitions, many with Joe Kennedy. Give him your evidence and see what he says.

 

You seem rather desperate to add bouts to Jeffries recordi n spite of the fact that it looks like the bout was just as described an exhibition,I,m sure Fleischer ,who was diligent at finding the truth would have mentioned this if it was classed as a real bout,my feeling is Kennedy got a little ambitious and Jeff put him in his place ,Louis kod Valentino,and other Champs stopped men in exhibitions ,doesnt make them real fights ,of championship contests,think I might by Appollacks book when it comes out ,hopefully he has the lowdown,if you are correct we will all eat crow.

 

What is a REAL fight? Were Sullvan's bouts where he was attempting to knock his foe out within 4 rounds real? If so, then the Jeffries-Kennedy bout was a real fight. If Jeff scores a KO2, does it matter whether it was scheduled for 4 rounds or 25? That said, if it went 4 rounds, Jeff did not stand to lose the title on a decision. Kennedy would simply have "won" in the sense that he would win a monetary bonus for lasting the 4 rounds (actually, Jeff might have withdrawn that offer), as did Hank Griffin when he lasted the 4 rounds. Kennedy knew this, knew Jeff was going to try to stop him, and said he would do his best to fight and not simply survive as Griffin did. That said, if Kennedy had knocked Jeff out, I'm sure everyone would call him the champ. So call it what you want, but it is what it is. Two men entered, one man left, so to speak. They fought. It was no friendly sparring affair.

 

Could you ask him why he lists this fight as an exhibition?

Also, if you do this for Jeff, what about the other champions? Dempsey and Louis? What about Max Baer who on December 28, 1934, knocked out King Levinsky, then the #5 rated heavyweight, in 2 rounds. Should this now be considered a championship fight?

 

A lot of early exhibitions turned into live fire afairs.

Just look how many of Joe Louis's exhibitions ended with his partner being draged out by their ankles.