Jeffries power

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  1. SuzieQ49

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    :lol::lol::lol::rofl:rofl:rofl


    Jeffries once carried a moose on his back while he sprinted 9 miles :good
     
  2. SuzieQ49

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    So why did he weigh in at 190lb against Maher in 1903?
     
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    looks about as fat as liston does in your pic.
     
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    If he was 190 lbs when he fought Maher.

    Remember that there were no enforced weigh ins back then. A fighter just said how heavy they were and it was taken at face value.

    Jeffries is prety much the only fighter of the era who seems to have been honest about his weight.

    Also, boxrec is not exactly the most reliable source.
     
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    As with most legends, there is an element of truth.

    Jeffries did lift a 500lb steer on to some weighing scales in front of a number of reporters.
     
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    Fighters back then often under reported their weights. The most reliable weight sources are when a newspaper reported fighter weighed in today at " x " amount. Given weights by the fighter are not reliable.
     
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    I agree, though this can drag them up a few pounds, because these weights were somtimes taken a couple of days before the face of a weigh in.
     
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    Swarmer,

    Liston has diesel pectoral muscles, and a cut frame. Munroe looks like he has never done a pushup in his life, and sucks down one too many brewskis.
     
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    Munro was teatotal!
     
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    But look at Munroe's well developed left buttock, the sinewy, languid, delicious buttock that escapes his fighting togs!
     
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    Yes, but whom would you rather give a reach around? And would Suzie feel any different in this regard?
     
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    :lol:
     
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    I dont know who susie is


    Based on reports, Liston apparently had an enormous schlong so I would probably have to say Liston.
     
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    i'm going to need a primary source to verify that big black ****. perhaps the boston gazette?
     
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