If Jeffries Had Re-matched Fitz Earlier?

Kenney was a Jack Johnson sparring partner
,Dunkhorst one for Fitz and Jeffries among others, neither were ever contenders by any stretch of the imagination .

Ridiculous comparison.

Your statement,I won't call it an argument because it has no relevance to my question ,is a spurious one and not only does not address the subject it wilfully ignores it!.
The abilities of Ruhlin and Sharkey are irrelevant, they were the leading contenders., that is irrefutable.
Q . If you ko'd the two top contenders in the space of a fortnight ,and you have already ko'd the only other class men[ Corbett,Goddard,Choynsky & Maher ,] would that then make you the the leading contender or not? Simple question . Simple answer required.
Here's another:

Q. If it does not make you the leading contender who merits that position in your place?

Oh, and Ill match my knowledge of the period against yours any day ,and twice on Sundays!

I at least know Jeannette lost to Jim Johnson twice!

 

I'm asking, given that Fitz beat the sh*t out of Jeffries for 8 rds in their return match ,could he have done even better had he fought him 2 years earlier when he was on top form ,evidenced by him koin'g the two leading contender inside a two weeks time-span?

 

I don't have a real problem with this an*lysis.

Except do you discount the possibility of Jeffries being stopped because of facial damage ? Fitz reduced his face to raw hamburger. Fitz's hands went on him in that fight , perhaps 2 years earlier they might have been in better shape?


The reports of their second fight say Jeffries won because of two things, his size and his youth.

 

He was always better in rematches?Really?
How did he do better against Sharkey in their rematch?
Both fights went the distance and both were close.
Jeffries beat Fitz convincingly in their first fight.

Fitz broke his nose and bruised and cut him above both eyes in the rematch which would have been stopped today.
Hype Igoe who was ringside said it was a worse beating than Dempsey gave Willard..
Jeffries improved on his first performance against Corbett who was in front after 23 rds but by then Corbett was well past it ,was 2 weeks off his 37th birthday and had not fought in 3 years!

Fitzsimmons challenged Jeffries from the ring he had ko'd the two leading contenders and scored 2 other kos in his 4 fights in 1900 .

Who of any class was out there that he hadn't beaten?

What more did he need to do to earn a shot?

Don't you think that after Fitz had ko'd Sharkey and Ruhlin in a total of 8rds,[ something Jeffries was unable to do in 2 tries at each, ]Jeffries and he would have drawn a huge gate?

Here's a question for your question.
Who ko's the two leading contenders inside two weeks asks for a title shot from the ring ,saying he will be ready to challenge inside 6 months,yet doesn't get one for two years because the champion is busy defending against two men he has already ko'd?

ps I'll be in NY in July but alas not Chicago, otherwise I would certainly visit Graceland and their graves.