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James Jackson Jeffries (April 15, 1875 – March 3, 1953) was an American professional boxer and world heavyweight champion. He was known for his enormous strength and stamina. Using a technique taught to him by his trainer, former welterweight and middleweight Champion Tommy Ryan , Jeffries fought out of a crouch with his left arm extended ...
Below is a list of world heavyweight boxing championship records and statistics. Championship recognition ... James J. Jeffries: October 29, 1895: June 9, 1899: 13 ...
The Fight of the Century or the Johnson–Jeffries Prize Fight was a boxing match between the first African American world heavyweight champion of boxing Jack Johnson and the previously undefeated world heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries on July 4, 1910, U.S. Independence Day.
James J. Jeffries: World: June 9, 1899: May 15, 1905 2,166 def. Tom Sharkey on November 3, 1899 def. John Finnegan on April 6, 1900 def. James J. Corbett on May 11, 1900 def. Gus Ruhlin on November 15, 1901 def. Bob Fitzsimmons on July 25, 1902 def. James J. Corbett on August 14, 1903 def. Jack Munroe on August 26, 1904: 2, 6 [5] 5 Marvin Hart ...
After winning the “Fight of the Century” against James J. Jeffries — more of a battle to protect ideas of white superiority during Jim Crow — Johnson further created controversy and became ...
Sharkey's headstone. Thomas "Sailor Tom" Sharkey (November 26, 1873 – April 17, 1953) was a boxer who fought two fights with heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries.Sharkey's recorded ring career spanned from 1893 to 1904.
Smith was arrested Oct. 22 along with Jeffries and a third man, James Jacobson, on charges of luring men into drug-fueled sex parties by dangling the promise of modeling jobs with the trend ...
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries and two others were arrested Tuesday as part of a criminal investigation into the alleged sex trafficking of more than a dozen victims, according to ...