Jim Jeffries' Career Record

Jim Jeffries' Boxing record

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[jhs1958]

ernhutch187 We're on the Jeffries board but guys like you bring up Ali and other jokes. Then, you ask why we talk about Ali. Heck, with your logic, you probably voted for Obama.

[amensupremera]

@jhs1958 Every black boxer he "ducked" he had already beaten more than once. There was no money in fighting those guys again. People wanted him to fight white people. Black people wanted it b/c they had nothing else and white people wanted him to lose to a white man. And business wise it was the difference between 5k and 100k to fight

[crowley0312]

@jhs1958 Do you think Jeffries had many more fights than his record says? And that the articles about all these fights were lost in time? I think the small amount of fights on his record is a main reason why he's so overlooked.

[BLICKSTEINHUGHES]

@jhs1958 You are great. I am very Republican and James Jeffries is my great uncle.

[SHEBAMENDES]

Jeffries wasn't a racist. Unlike many white people of his time he counted several black men as his friends - his best friend was a pure native American. Besides, we should never judge people of the past by the social/cultural norms of today.

[dorsi68]

Langford was the greatest p4p ever. In my opinion, Johnson was the 3rd greatest heavyweight ever behind Louis and Jeffries and would have beaten Langford in a tough 15 or 20 round fight due to his size. Johnson did avoid after 1910 even the top white fighters as he did everything on his own terms and hand-picked his oponents. If you study his opponenets as champion other than Jeffries who was way past his prime, Johnson fought maybe 2 or 3 good heavyweights (including Ketchel).

[dorsi68]

@amensupremera Hi there, I am not 100% certain, but almost 100% certain that the only $100,000 on a fight he made was against Jeffries.  If Johnson fought Langford in the US, he would have made about $50,000 and possibly more in France (and elsewhere) in which France was fair to all fighters in the money they paid out in relation to the US. Johnson fought Willard as he was broke and thought Willard was an easy fighter and wanted an easy pay day.

[amensupremera]

@dorsi68 he only needed a few 100k fights. But he had beaten langford already so why fight him again. And there was something about fighting and beating white men in America that made a statement that fighting langford would not make. And with everything Johnson had to out up with I'm sure he really enjoyed making that statement. Theres merit in that but feel free to disagree

[dorsi68]

@madmax8903 What does your comment mean above ??? That Jeffries should not have fought Johnson in 1910 ??? If so, that is correct as Jeffries was a shell of himself. If your talking about 1904 or 1905, Johnson did not merit a title shot at that time in relation to 3 to 5 other fighters at the time.

[dorsi68]

@amensupremera Hi there, your comment in America is partially correct, but in England, France and Australia, Johnson was offered anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000 to fight Langford. Also, how many fights do you think Johnson made $100,000 ? When Johnson was wrongfully exiled from the US, he continued to avoid the top contenders. There is zero excuse for Johnson not to fight Langford. He beat Langford once when Langford was 3 years from his prime. Most of your comments made above have no merit

[madmax8903]

@jhs1958 According to a newspaper journalist of the time, Jeffries said before his meeting with Johnson that he was not pleased he had to get up early, do all the training and the roadwork, lose the pounds etc, "just for this nigger." Clearly it wasn't merely "social pressures" that prevented him from giving a shot to a black contender.