How Does Jeffries Do Over 15 rds?

Boilermaker · Apr 18, 2009

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You picked fighters who had had their moment in the sun and been found wanting ,their ambition was on the wane ,and in some cases their skills.
Ruddock was stopped by Jaco on a tko ,he was in the middle of an asthma attack. Tyson stopped him in their first fight which you did NOT mention,he was on the slide and 20lbs overweight when Morrison kod him ad Morrison ,for all his faults was a legitimate ko puncher.As was Lewis.
If Jeffries had met Corbett over 15 rds intheir first fight the likely hood is that he would have lost a dec.Forget Sullivan I was trying to give an example who you pick is not important. Mitch Green fought to survive against Tyson not to win.Ditto Tucker,Smith.
JEFFRIES NEVER BEAT A GREAT FIGHTER IN HIS PRIME.He only met 5,3 were past it, one conceding tons of weight went the distance without being floored ,[though he had a suspect chin]and held him to a draw,in fairness to Jeffries he was green.Jeffries in his prime was held nearly even TWICE by Jack Sharkey who was wrecked by Fitz.The only great he met who was in his prime,was when he was well past his.

"Who knows how good Finnegan was?" Well ,as he had been kod in 4 rds by Ruhlin 3 months before meeting Jeffries and only won 1 fight out of 6 ,I think we have a pretty good idea.

I think Jeffries would have struggled to mantain his unbeaten record under 15 rd rules because he relied on a systemantic wearing down of an opponent ,while absorbing punishment himself, he traded on strength and durabilty against smaller ,and for the most part older opponents,over the shorter d istance that advantage would have been considerably reduced imo.
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I picked fighters who went the distance with Tyson, one tht amany consider went was the greatest ever finisher. I could have used pretty much any fighter and found guys who went the distance with them but who were not as good as them and who lost ko victories to lesser fighters (as opposed to Fitz who was the biggest hitter of the time). Joe Frazier was KOd clean by Foreman, is it a slur on your legacy to go the distance with him? Give me your three biggest hitters (outside John L) and i will almost certainly find guys going the distance witht them who have been kod by others.

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