Tom Sharkey Rates The Best Of His Time!

Sharkey used Johnson as a sparring partner so he had been in the ring with him.

 

I have heard this quote, and if it is accurate, it is telling, as I would expect him to have said Jeffries, given his own excellent performances against Jeff.

 

A source or a link here would be great, and please let's hope it isn't an author who wrote a love fest. Shareky said Johnson was great. He did not say he was the greatest.

And speaking of the greatest, Johnson in his own auto bio said Jeffires was the greatest. I bet a shiny silver dollar that Sailor Tom agrees.

 

You seem to think that there is a clear cut answer to whether Jeffries or Johnson was greater. There are certain factors that make their careers inherantly imposible to compare.

1. The film of both of them is inconclusive.

2. One had a short and consistent career while the other had a long and less consistent career fought under less favourable circumstances.

3. Their styles are completely diferent.

So how can you compare them directly?

 

Are you saying Jack's auto-bio says Sharkey called him the greatest?

 

Are you sure. The Cyber boxing zone reports:

Jeffries has been called the greatest heavyweight of all-time by numerous boxing people -- Jim Corbett, Jack Dempsey, Tommy Burns, Willie Ritchie, and Tom Sharkey to name five.

Jack Johnson, the first black Heavyweight Champion and the only man to beat Jeffries, also called Jim the greatest heavyweight of all-time.

>>It seems that both Sharkey and Johnson felt Jeffries was the greatest. Live with it.

 

Actually, everyone might be right. That's because these guys constatntly changed their opinions, often gave different opinions to different newspapers. Feelings and motivations changed over time. Tom Sharkey was one of the most full of b.s. fighters I've ever seen. This guy has zero credibility with me.

 

My book on Fitzsimmons will be coming out December. It will all be there.