Muldoon Had to Escort Drunk Fitz Home, Night Before 1st Jeffries Fight

Was this unusual for Fitzsimmons ?

 

Great link. :good

Muldoon was an interesting character.

 

Well it seems so ridiculous that a man would do this on the eve of defending the championship. It makes me wonder if this was some sort of routine thing for him.
Such functioning alcoholics do exist.

 

Fitz's age, and the 2-year layoff suggest to me he was far from his best anyway.
But he was a special fighter.

 

great article thanks for posting, ive always been interested in Fitzsimmons dont know much about him though, u really learn alot through articles like these though

 

Yeah i know what he looks like haha, but i will surf boxingtreasures.com for sure, i always enjoy reading the old articles u post

 

interesting fact: over 56% of fitz's wins involve slapping his own knee before the knockout

 

really? sorry but, when u mean slapping the knee?

 

Fitzsimmons complacency is much easier to understand, when you look at the events leading up to the fight.

Jeffries had been pilloried for his lacklustre showing against Bob Armstrong, in his previous fight. The press said that he had been exposed as a hype job, didn't belong in the championship class. Of course his poor showing was caused in part by a broken thumb.

Remember that Armstrong was one of Fitzsimmons sparring partners, who he used to beat up on. Old Fitz probably thought "I can take this big stiff easily".

Of course the rest is history.

 

And yet he still laid a horrendous beating on Jeffries before wilting. Fitz was a monster.