Sport & Note

James J. Jeffries

Male

"The Boilermaker"
(aka Jim Jeffires)
(James Jackson Jeffries)
Heavyweight, USA
Born: April 15, 1875, Carroll, Ohio, USA
Died: March 3, 1953, Burbank, California, USA
Height: 6ft, mt 1,83
Weight: 210 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1896
+ July 2	Dan Long	San Francisco, USA	KO 2
+ Dec. 1	Hank Griffin	Los Angeles, USA	KO 14
1897
+ Apr. 9	Theodore Van Buskirk	San Francisco, USA	KO 2
+ May 18	Henry Baker	San Francisco, USA	TKO 9
= July 16	Gus Ruhlin	San Francisco, USA	Draw 20
= Nov. 30	Joe Choynski	San Francisco, USA	Draw 20
1898
+ Feb. 28	Joe Goddard	Los Angeles, USA	TKO 4
+ Mar. 22	Peter Jackson	San Francisco, USA	TKO 3
+ Apr. 22	Mexican Pete Everett	San Francisco, USA	TKO 3
+ May 6	Tom Sharkey	San Francisco, USA	W 20
+ Aug. 5	Bob Armstrong	New York, USA	W 10
1899
+ June 9	Bob Fitzsimmons	Brooklyn, USA	KO 11
(Won World Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 3	Tom Sharkey	Brooklyn, USA	W 25
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
1900
+ Apr. 6	Jack Finnegan	Detroit, USA	KO 1
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ May 11	James J. Corbett	Coney Island, USA	KO 23
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
1901
^ Sept. 17	Hank Griffin	Los Angeles, USA	Exh 4
^ Sept. 24	Joe Kennedy	Oakland, USA	Exh KO 2
+ Nov. 15	Gus Ruhlin	San Francisco, USA	TKO 5
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
1902
+ July 25	Bob Fitzsimmons	San Francisco, USA	KO 8
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
1903
+ Aug. 14	James J. Corbett	San Francisco, USA	TKO 10
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
^ Dec. 19	Jack Munroe	Butte, USA	Exh 4
1904
+ Aug. 26	Jack Munroe	San Francisco, USA	TKO 2
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
1905-1909 Inactive
1910
- July 4	Jack Johnson	Reno, USA	TKO by 15
(For World Heavyweight Title)

Summary

Total bouts: 20, Won: 17 (14 inside the limit), Lost: 1 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0