I too am not knowledgeable on Jack, so much so that I created a thread of my own: https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...uliffe-compared-to-the-proceeding-era.723870/ Seamus cited some good quotes comparing him to Gans, Gans said watching McAuliffe and Nonpareil Dempsey helped him significantly in developing his skill; 1898-11-07 The Sun (Baltimore, MD) (page 8) "I never had an instructor in boxing, but learned the game from observation. Of course, I learned considerable in my many fights. When I was almost seventeen years of age I took much interest in the game and used to study the movements of such great boxers as Jack Dempsey and Jack McAuliffe. I was then working for Mr. Caleb Bond in the fish business. Mr. Bond liked boxing, and the first time I ever put on gloves was with him, so you see I began out of school one might say.” He was also quite the eccentric character, he threatened Fitzsimmons with a dagger from Dempsey’s corner, and was bawling his eyes out while John L. Sullivan was losing throughout his fight with Corbett. At an older age, he even got into a fight with a police officer; http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cd...=-------en--20--1--txt-IN-jack+mcauliffe----#
