Jim Jeffries training

Former Heavyweight Champion James J Jeffries training for Gus Ruhlin, 1901.

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• Jeffries
• Boxing
• Ruhlin

[Swazi4]

Any boxer from the days of Jefferies, Johnson, and Dempsey could beat the fighters of today. And if it were rules set back then, it definitely wouldn't even be close.

[gqmighty]

lol....and im sure if we had a time machine..and put you in the ring with him on the day this was filmed..you would get your ass kicked.....

[1899sharkey]

@jackiejackie44 - " theres millions more fighting today" Without a doubt, the most uninformed opinion i've ever read on youtube.

[jackiejackie44]

@1899sharkey 2 . . . Really? You believe the desperates of the underground fight scene of the 50's were boxers? They were people who were willing to enter a ring with anything (including clawless bears) to make ends meet; very often for the promise of a hot meal. Not boxers, people who enter rings and there's still millions more today by that standard. I do agree participation makes sport evolve and that's my argument, there's millions more fighting today, hence new 'greatests' continually. lol.

[jackiejackie44]

The other frustrating argument is the "My generation's musicians/athletes/geniuses/po­liticians were/are better than yours are/were. If Jeffries was the best because he had it harder than todays fighters (and he had running water/coffee/a house), imagine how tough the spanish Conquistadors had it, they must have had a tougher fighter, or the Trojans (much harder and more primitive life), or Egyptian slaves? Todays athletes eat far better and have hgh and testosterone, no competition.

[jackiejackie44]

Why can't people comprehend that he may have been an outstanding individual . . just like every other outstanding individual. Statistical outliers occur every now and then and statistically we should have the best athletes/academics of all time today, due to the sheer number able to participate. These arguments are always waged from emotion (of fans) and blurred performance stats, his/her best vs his/her best in any field. Respect people's accomplishments and leave it at that.

[1899sharkey]

@LSDarthMaul - He was probably the best athlete of any hvywt. champion. They say he could run the 100yd. dash in under 11 seconds and high jump over 6ft. He had grizzly bear strength and 25 rd. endurance. He was one hell of a fighter.

[LSDarthMaul]

Damm Jeffries seems James Toney dodging those punches,and to think that Jeffries had the phisical abilities of a Brock Lesnar (but smaller and faster) thats just to show how good heavyweights were back then!

[AnnihilatingAngel]

@goonodeath Fair enough.

[goonodeath]

@AnnihilatingAngel Probably. But I was just saying that dude isn't completely bullshitting trying to argue that. He has some basis to claim it...whether it is heresay or not.

I honestly have no idea who would win between prime jeffries and prime johnson...I would like to think it was jeffries...but we will never know cause by the time they fought jeffries was waaay out of his prime.

Oh well. Let's just enjoy the clips and not argue lol.

[AnnihilatingAngel]

@goonodeath It's all apocryphal, which usually means cooked up by bullshitters with an agenda.