Jim Corbett vs Billy Conn

If you want to go into this ,I suggest you read the thread about Jackson .
The National Sporting Club in Convent Garden were initially keen to put this fight on and offered good terms to do so ,Corbett refused ,he wanted the fight in the South .
After Jackson was safely back in Australia ,Corbett challenged him to a fight at the Sporting Club, aware that The Club had withdrawn their offer after Corbett's procrastinating.
Corbett also rubbed salt into the wound by calling Jackson a craven cur and a rank coward.Nice man, Gentleman Jim.
Fact , Jackson waited nearly 3 years trying to get a fight with Sullivan, John L could at least say he was past his best .in excuse.Likely Jackson would have stopped him and probably quicker than Corbett, as reports say he was a harder puncher than the Bank Clerk.
Fact, Jackson pursued Corbett for 3 years without result .Corbett DID NOT WANT A RETURN GO WITH THE BLACK PRINCE.
After Corbett and Jackson's 61 rd stalemate, Corbett had a meaningless 4 rounder against Ed Kinney whose record was 0-0-0, he had qualified to meet Sullivan by virtue of his fight with Jackson.
Jackson who had lost but once in 43 fights ,for the Australian Title in his second year, was shunted aside, first by Sullivan and then by Corbett,and everyone knows it , even you.

 

You might want to put a few spaces between your sentences, and ponder the fact that boxing back then was all about the live gate. Fights were not easy to make in those days, and mixed race matches on the championship level were even harder to make.

Corbett was famous in New Orleans for his Sullivan match, and Jacksonville for his Mitchell match. Why should the champion be forced to fight in an area where he won't draw as well? The challenger does not dictate terms.

The bottom line is Jackson and Corbett meet in the same room to discuss negotiations. Jackson was offered TWO locations and balked. All he had to do was pick one location, then show up in shape.

 

That's all I need ,you attempting to give me lessons in punctuation.
All about the live gate ? You mean Corbett Jackson wasn't filmed?atsch
How come Corbett, the defending Champion ,fought Fitz in Carson City Nevada?
Was he famous there too?
You have the arrogance to tell me my grammar / punctuation is at fault?
Some examples culled from your posts on this thread

1st post stamaina [stamina]
2nd post referred [refereed]
5th post soruces [sources]
6th post ascertains [asserts] Not a spellling error, wrong use of word. Ascertains ,means determines, asserts means declares ,affirms ,maintains.

I would not point these out to anyone else ,but you are such a pompous piece of work.
Are you on the ceiling now ?
Because I just punctured your smug balloon!

 

Would the crowd be for Corbett? Sure. But that would be the case in most towns anyway.

Since most title fights were well over 15 rounds back then, the judging meant less.

There were no attacks on fighters in the ring, or in towns. Fighters often had an entourage, and law men were present. In addition, the gamblers on the fight wanted two healthy combatants.

Again, my point is Jackson had a chance for the title and the re-match. While the venue wasn't the best for him, it still was a chance at the title and a huge pay day.

 

The voice of reason.:yep

 

Jack Johnson was shot at 2 days before his fight with Jeffries, I suppose thats a minor inconvenience

 

Since there was some question as to their historical placements I took the liberty of finding the International Boxing Research Org. lists

I find it interesting that in each list Billy Conn and Jim Corbett are next to the same man

IBRO all time rankings last posted 2005
Heavyweight
Joe Louis
Muhammad Ali
Jack Johnson
Jack Dempsey
Rocky Marciano
Larry Holmes
James J. Jeffries
George Foreman
Sonny Liston
Joe Frazier
Gene Tunney
Lennox Lewis
Mike Tyson
Evander Holyfield
Sam Langford
Jersey Joe Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Harry Wills
James J. Corbett
Bob Fitzsimmons

Lightheavyweight
Ezzard Charles
Sam Langford
Gene Tunney
Bob Foster
Tommy Loughran
Michael Spinks
Bob Fitzsimmons
Billy Conn
Roy Jones, Jr.
Maxie Rosenbloom
John Henry Lewis
Harry Greb
Tommy Gibbons
Philadelphia Jack O’Brien
Jack Dillon
Harold Johnson
Jimmy Bivins
Georges Carpentier
Battling Levinsky



I think it would be great fight!

 

As understand it then Corbett is rated no19th Heavyweight
and Conn no 8th Light heavy.
I wonder how many of the light heavies rated above Conn ,Corbett would defeat?