The 100 Year Anniversary Celebration
-Article Courtesy of Eastside Boxing
The Fight of the Century is underway...
Round One
"...they continued to stand breast to breast, trying for inside blows."
-Charlie White. The Police Gazette
"...Jeffries hooked a left to the kneck..."
-Charlie White. The Police Gazette
Round Two
"...Jeff crouched and waited for Johnson, but he was not willing.."
-Charlie White. The Police Gazette
"...They came together without a blow and Johnson tried his uppercut but missed."
-Charlie White. The Police Gazette
Round Nine
"Jeff got inside of it and put his head against Jack's chest and shoved the black fellow back to the ropes...It was Jeff's round."
-Charlie White. The Police Gazette
"Jeff seemed to be slow. He could not solve Johnson's defence..."
-Charlie White. The Police Gazette
Round 14
"Jeff's eye was almost closed..."How do you feel, Jim, said Jack" How you like 'em" He took three more hits. "They don't hurt," said Jeff.
-Charlie White. The Police Gazette
"...His face was puffed and bleeding from the punishing lefts and rights he had received..."
-Charlie White. The Police Gazette
"...a left, a right and another left, short, snappy, powerful blows found their mark on Jeff's chin and he went down for the third time."
-Charlie White. The Police Gazette
"Rickard walked between the fallen man and the negro champion."
-Baltimore American
"I lost my fight this afternoon but did not have the snap of youth I used to have."
-James Jeffries. Baltimore- American
"I guess it's all my own fault. I was getting along nicely and living peacefully...but when they started calling for me and mentioning me as 'the white man's hope', I guess my pride got the better of my judgment."
James Jeffries. Baltimore- American