Jim Jeffries v Mike Dokes 15rds?

Modern rules ,whom do you like?

 

I see a gradual overwhelming of Dokes over the 15 rounds...a slow catching up process by JJ after being outsped & out boxed over the first 10. A 15 round decision, close as can be for Jeffies. I never was all that impressed by Dokes...sort of a front runner type IMO.

 

Dokes activity and accuracy compels a mercy stoppage by the end of the 5th.

 

Along with modern rules are they fighting with modern equipment? If so then I'll pick Dokes. Modern wraps and gloves enable a fighter to be more free with his hands since they are better protected and Dokes' hand speed and accuracy would benefit from this. If they are using the gloves from Jeffries day I'm more inclined to pick Jeffries since the hands were not as well protected which resulted in the need for more patience in delivering a punch. Modern rules would also favor Dokes as there wouldn't be as much wrestling/clinching allowed. Big Jim would have to pick up the pace so to speak as a result and wouldn't have 25 rounds or so to win a battle of attrition. He'd have to get to work from the get go. Modern rules....Dokes.

 

Hard to say how good Jeffries was but he was the best of his day, Dokes was decent and had some good speed and combo's but Jeffries after 5 years of and losing 80 lbs at the age of 35 still got in the ring with Johnson. A prime Jeffries would outwork Dokes over 15 rds but Dokes movement and combo's keep him alive

 

Dokes by UD.

 

Holyfield stopped Doles with a body shot, so I doubt that he would have liked Jeffries sustained body attack.

 

Jeffries wouldn't see the 7th round… let alone the 10th. His cautious, static approach would make him a sponge for the punishment Dokes would be doling out. I don't even see this as being very competitive.

 

Are we not assuming the More aggressive Jeffries of the Munro fight here?

 

Dokes has one signature win over Weaver. He also drew with Weaver. Who else did he beat in the top ten?

Tex Cobb via Majority decision might be his next best win, and Cobb wasn't exactly skilled. If you look at Dokes Record, he was Ko'd five times.

Bowe Ko1 over Dokes
Ruddock KO 4 over Dokes
Cotezee KO 10 over Dokes
Holyfield KO 10 over Dokes

Dokes was fast but didn't have the durability to last vs Jeffries.

Jeffries stop him inside 10 rounds.

 

I assuming the era where almost all fighters looked like dogsh!t on film... Gans, Johnson and Langford excepted

 

That's every era.
Sturgeon's Law applies.

 

A good point. Jeffries had quick feet and a great body attack. The best way to slow down a faster fighter is to go to the body. Dokes would not last.

 

Dokes was tough, and a warrior, and Jeffries would find that out real quick.

 

I would bet my house on this one.