JEFF SMITH: The "Bayonne Globetrotter"

About time sombody wrote an article on Smith.

 

Good stuff, Mr. Cavanaugh.:good

I'm always on the look-out for your articles.

 

Ha! I asked about him in another thread recently, thanks :good

 

Well, get him in Canastota, and you'll have your trophy. (Since he entered the Ring HOF in 1969, maybe this'll give him the same edge Root and Gully enjoyed this year.)

 

Great Stuff, Jersey Jones kept Smiths name alive with several excellent feature articles in Ring Magazine detailing his masterful beating of young Tommy Laughran. Ever see them?

 

It did. Thanks again. :good

 

Surf, read your article,and it was a doozy.Great writing about this little known Jeff Smith
, who might have beaten 90% of the middleweights in history. Little doubt of that in my mind....He fought and whipped most everybody he faced, doing it the hard way. In
his opponents home town. He fought everyone and everybody ,spotting many opponents 12 pounds or more...
His nemesis was [ who else], Harry Greb, who whipped Smith 6 or 7 times. That alone should put him in the Hall Of Fame ! After one tough defeat by Greb in Yougstown, Ohio
The Telegram printed this." Greb without a doubt is the greatest FREAK of the boxing game, past or present. Greb has a style all his own. He hits from ANY and EVERY angle,
and off balance, and invariably hits his mark "...But Jeff vSmith Fought Greb hard seven
times, along with so many, many great fighters...Kudos to you S....

 

JEFF SMITH, BOXER, FOUGHT IN 600 BOUTS‎
$3.95 - New York Times - Feb 4, 1962

... ring name of Jeff Smith, drew a no-decision match against Gene Tunney in 1924 ... described Jefferds as "the craftiest boxer I ever fought," Jefferrls ...


*Smith was born under the name Jeffords, discribed as a name dating back to the founding fathers.
*Lester Bromberg

 

Thanks for shining the spotlight on this globetrotting wonder.
I learned a lot !:good