Max Baer v.s James Jeffries

I would pick Jeffries. Pysically, he was stronger, and he can survive Baer´s murderous right hands. And than, after 13 rounds, Baer would getting tired, which would be the advantage for the great conditioned Jeffries to TKO Max...


Jeffries TKO 14 Baer

 

I rate his chin very high, 9´5 out of 10, you know, he took some many bombs from Sharkey, Johnson, Fitzsimmons and was never hurt, so I doubt if Baer could do it...


how do you rate it, Bad_Intentions?

 

Bear was a poor boxer. I'm serious. He had joruneyman skills, a clownish nature in the ring that lacked effort, and a world class punch. This is why he lost many fights on points. Jeffries wins via easy UD, or late TKO.

 

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Exactly.

 

I think so too. Even he himself said after the fight he would have never beaten Johnson, but after a beating like that it´s normal that you psychical have reached the zero point, his self-confidence and his ego were too much hurt to give a honest and realistic answer. For me, prime4prime, Jeffries takes it via late TKO...

 

7 or 8 in his own era. He took some huge shots from Johnson, but he was never tested against a massive puncher his own size.

8 or 9 in this era. The shots he took with tiny gloves were worse than the bigger shots he'd take with heavier gloves today.

 

I think so, too. That the Willard- fight was fixed ( because Johnson guard his face from the sun, on the other side he didn´know after the KO what day is, that´s illogical, etc.), is IMO only a cheap alibi. Johnson is one of the most overrated fighters ever.

 

But in his times, 6´2 was very big, measured by the today standards ca. 6´4 or so. Sharkey and Fitzsimmons were very hardhitting HW´s who KO´d even much bigger men... IMO better facing fighters of this calibres who are smaller than fighters who are big but nothing special (I know you said big AND hardhitting good fighters)