If Corbett had beaten Jeffries ?

Longhhorn71 · Mar 25, 2018

Boilermaker said: ↑

he was too old, but Corbett stayed in shape after retiring and whereas Jeffries didnt. Corbett certainly would have beaten Jeffries straight off the bat, just before Jeffries started his training.
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Good info.

Rumsfeld · Mar 25, 2018

janitor said: ↑

Jeffries legacy would have taken a hit, but he would almost certainly have become the second heavyweight to regain the title, whether from Corbett or somebody else.
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Agreed. If Corbett won the first Jeffries fight and retired, I would imagine Jeffires would have had a solid chance of becoming (in the context of this hypothetical) the 2nd heavyweight to regain the championship. And while I think this obviously elevates Corbett's standing significantly, if Jeffries did regain the throne and otherwise dominate, it may not have crushed his legacy.

mcvey · Mar 25, 2018

FrankinDallas said: ↑

Would have been more interesting to have had Johnson-Choynski II, who , I believe, was in Jeffries corner vs Johnson.

But surely Corbett was too old to make that match realistic. So was Jeffries.
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Yes he was.

Mendoza · Mar 25, 2018

Boilermaker said: ↑

As things were, Corbett campained very hard for a fight with Johnson! This only stopped when Jeffries accepted the challenge. If jeffries hadnt come out of retirement, i think it almost certain that Corbett would have got a a 6 or even 8 round fight with Johnson.

Johnson doesnt seem a likely candidate to stop Corbett the same way that Fitz or Jeffries did, so technically he is taylor made for Corbett. I think it actually might have been interesting to see what happens for 6 rounds. Johnson was a lot better at that stage, but if he trains and appears about as well as he did for the OBrien fight, Corbett probably beats him on points. Obviously Jack wins any rematch, particularly if it is a longer one. Actually now i think about it, if it were an exhibition, Jack almost certainly wears the cuffs and loses setting up a massive rematch where the film rights become huge and i would expect Johnson to carry him a long while to increase film sales. Would certainly change things a lot.
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Judging on how past his best O'Brien according to some primary sources outboxed Jack Johnson in 1909 ( Johnson's prime ) you have to figure Corbett if got in shape and had a shorter fight could make a good showing.

Corbett was motivated, 33 and in top shape. His people think it was his best ring performance. The false information on this fight is it wasn't closed before the KO.

Adam Pollack who wrote a book on both of them said it was any man's fight a few rounds before the KO, and a detailed round by round by the New York times ( Primary and local ), if you score the rounds by their call, has it about even with Corbett fading.

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