James Jeffries said he would have come back if Squires defeated Burns

Jeffries was as fat as a pig in1907, he refereed the fight .
No foreigner?
What was Burns then for f*ck's sake, he was a Canadian!

Since when has that been part of the US?atsch
Jeffries would fight Squires because he wasn't much.
Squires wouldn't go near Johnson and left Down Under to avoid his challenge.

Jeffries offered to fight Squires in early Jan1907 for $25,000 win lose or draw but $20,000 was the biggest offer.

The prospective promoters [the Rhyolite Club Nevada], made the following statement.
"Jeffries demands are entirely unreasonable,He should understand that this fight will not be a great drawing card compared to a fight with Johnson,He can pretty nearly name his own purse if he will fight Johnson,but
when he refuses to fight the only man for whom there is a really national demand ,he cannot expect to get a gold mine for fighting some one else"

 

I think that the premise of Squires beating Burns, is a bit far fetched.

 

Like many Mendoza-isms

 

Yes but in order to beat Burns, Squires has to be much better than he actually was, which then skews the question of whether Jeffries would have beaten him.