Jim Jeffries v George Lawler - Undiscovered fight

Here is an interesting previously undiscovered (i think) fight i just found.

http://www.yournewspaperarchive.com...true&src=search&currentResult=4&currentPage=0

Presumably this was an exhibition fight only (though not necessarilly). Another interesting part is that he had intended to fight three guys the night earlier. And this fight appears to have been in Chicago. Plus, if you look at the dates, it looks like Jeffries fought George Lawler (anyone have any info on him? i havent checked boxrec yet), a day after he was scheduled to fight three guys, and then jumped on a (train?) to Detroit to defend his World Title against Jack Finnegan (I think i have dates and places right). If this is the case, it kind of makes the Finnegan defence a little more impressive than it seems on the face, doesnt it?

 

Thanks McVey. That fight is also on CBZ as well, i see. Lawler was considered not to be in Jeffries class, which I am sure he wasnt. I dare say, he would have been a decent match for Finnegan.

Thinking about the Lawlor fight, it was probably a No Decision fight, but i dont think it was an exhibition. This is because the reason it occurred was apparently because jeffries wanted to fight to opponents, but it fell over because laws of the time would only allow each fighter to fight 6 rounds in a single night. I doubt this would apply to sparring sessions or exhibitions (but it might). If this is the case, then it is pretty impressive to fight two live fights one day after the other, in cities which are probably about 12 hours or possibly more (actually i am only guessing and have no idea) apart, by train.

 

Bump, not much talk about this fight, i thought Mendoza, at the very least, would have got a lot of mileage out of Jeffries fighting the day before a World title fight.

 

This is very interesting. It is pretty amazing really. At 6 3, jeffries was likely the smaller man, in this fight! It is a shame we dont know the result, although it is safe to assume that Lawler didnt post any danger to Jeffries as otherwise he would have got a Munroe style hyped title shot. I wonder whether Jeffries Knocked him out.

The Irish Giant is totally unknown by most today, but to be honest, by the sounds of things, if he were around today, he would have a padded record until he was found out, and then he would stick around a bit. It isnt totally out of the question for him to be a Chris Areola type of fighter, or an Albert Sosnowski or one of those types.

 

No matt,

sorry if i have mislead. The link isnt anything special or exciting to read. Just an acknowledgement that the fight was scheduled (the same report was in several papers), so i have no idea how it went (would love to see something turn up, but i dont think that is likely), but i think it is safe to say that it is unlikely that Jeffries was Kod or troubled seriously as that would have found its way into print, i think. I was just speculating a bit.

Of course, there is also a slight possibility that the fight never took place at all, but i do not think that this is too plausible because of the dates of the fight report.

 

Does the reference to 10 guys appear in Appollack's books or somewhere else?