James J Jeffries v.s John L Sullivan

I say Jeffries by 8th round ko. Not a lot of film to judge these guys with, so I'm going with the fact that Jefferies would get into the ring with black people.

I'll give Sullivan to the 8th because he was rumored to be tough, and he has a list to prove it.

 

Damn. Laila is hot. How many women can make you say that in boxing trunks and an unrevealing t-shirt?

 

By unrevealing, I mean low-cut.

 

Back to the "black people" comment. I am serious. Sullivan is still idolized by some people, and he was a racist *******. I know you are supposed to be able to find good qualities about everyone, and he probably had some. I just can't get over someone claiming to be capable of "licking anyone in the place" or whatever he said, and not be willing to fight everyone in the place.

 

Like I said, I look for the good in people. Jeffries was at least willing to try to prove he could beat someone different from him, even if he would get on my nerves for being racist too. Sullivan wouldn't do the same. Not even for a racist cause. He was too racist to prove a racist's way of feeling superior.

 

If it makes you feel any better, Sullivan did face prejudice himself as a son of two Irish immigrants. The Irish were looked upon as roughly the same as black people in the view of many English-descended Americans, and were treated accordingly. Sullivan did help, in his own peculiar way, to bring his own people closer to the mainstream.

 

I'm not sure I'd give Jeffries much credit here. He came back only because he was pressured into it, and had Johnson not held the title in the first place, it wouldn't have been an issue. Tommy Burns is the guy who deserves a little credit.

 

Jeffries would outlast Sullivan ,he is too durable for John L's right hand to stop him ,bigger and stonger, bare knuckles would suit him,he gets to Sullivan late for a stoppage win.

 

i dont understand how you can really reach a conclusion on this fight, no one has seen john l sullivan fight.

 

Thank you garymcfall, I was making this point in another thread: Greb vs. Hagler.