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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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
His 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries was dubbed the "fight of the century". [4] Johnson defeated Jeffries, who was white, triggering dozens of race riots across the U.S. According to filmmaker Ken Burns, "for more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious African American on Earth".
Johnson dominated a series of “great white hopes” over the next two years before beating the undefeated former champion, James J. Jeffries. His life and his legend have been fodder for ...
Within a decade, men like James J. Jeffries became national sports heroes without having to dodge police to do it. What had been the province of criminals and thugs was now a profitable and legal ...