Jim Jeffries

 

his record

 

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Born April 15, 1875, Carroll, OH
Died March 3, 1953, Burbank, CA

Record: 18-1-2 (15 kayoes)

1896
Jan     Hank Griffin            Los Angeles, Ca         KO 14
Feb     Jim Barber              Los Angeles, Ca         KO  2
Jul  2  Dan Long                San Francisco, Ca       KO  2

1897
Feb     "Soldier" James Walker  San Francisco, Ca       Exh   
Apr  8  Billy Woods             Oakland, Ca             Exh 3
Apr  9  Theodore Van Buskirk    San Francisco, Ca       KO  2
May 19  Henry Baker             San Francisco, Ca       KO  9
Jul 17  Gus Ruhlin              San Francisco, Ca       D 20
Nov 30  Joe Choynski            San Francisco, Ca       D 20

1898
Feb 28  Joe Goddard             Los Angeles, Ca         KO  4
Mar 22  Peter Jackson           San Francisco, Ca       KO  3
Apr 22  Pete Everett            San Francisco, Ca       KO  3
May  6  Tom Sharkey             San Francisco, Ca       W 20
Jul     Tom Conroy                                           
        -This bout was scheduled but cancelled;
         Conroy was ill   
Aug  5  Bob Armstrong           New York, NY            W 10
Aug  5  Steve O'Donnell         New York, NY                 
        -This bout was scheduled but cancelled
 
1899
Jun  9  Bob Fitzsimmons        Brooklyn, NY            KO 11
        -Heavyweight Championship of the World
Jun 10  Jim Daly                Philadelphia, Pa        SCH
        -This Exhhibition bout was scheduled;
         The outcome is not known

-- --- Exhibition Tour in England
        Jack Jeffries           London, Eng             Exh 4
        George Crisp            London, Eng             Exh 2
        Jack Jeffries           London, Eng             Exh 2
        Arthur Morris           London, Eng             Exh 2
        Jack Jeffries           London, Eng             Exh 2
Aug  7  Ed Dunkhorst            London, Eng             Exh   
        -Jeffries knocked out six other men in England
        Jack Jeffries           Paris, Fr               Exh 4
        M. LaBlah               Paris, Fr               Exh   
        Jack Scales             Paris, Fr               Exh 4
        -Jeffries took on all-comers in Scotland and Ireland
Oct 24  Tommy Ryan              Asbury Park, NJ         Exh 6
Nov  3  Tom Sharkey             Brooklyn, NY            W 25
        -Heavyweight Championship of the World

1899-1900
        -Jeffries toured the United States and took on all-comers;
         He also gave theatrical performances in a play called
         "The Man from the West"

1900
Apr  6  Jack Finnegan           Detroit, Mi             KO  1
        -Heavyweight Championship of the World
May 11  Jim Corbett             Brooklyn, NY            KO 23
        -Heavyweight Championship of the World

May 17  Jack McCormick          Reading, Pa             Exh  4
Jul 30  Charles "Kid" McCoy     New York, NY            
        -This bout was scheduled but fell through
Sep     John L. Sullivan        New York, NY            Exh 3

1901
Sep 17  Hank Griffin            Los Angeles, Ca         Exh  4
Sep 24  Joe Kennedy             Los Angeles, Ca         Exh  2
Nov 15  Gus Ruhlin              San Francisco, Ca       KO  5
        -Heavyweight Championship of the World

1902
Jul 25  Bob Fitzsimmons         San Francisco, Ca       KO  8
        -Heavyweight Championship of the World

        -Jeffries toured the western United States with 
         Bob Fitzsimmons and took on all-comers

Dec 19  Jack Munroe             Butte, Mt               Exh  4

1903
Feb 12  Bob Fitzsimmons         Evansville, In          Exh   
Mar  2  Bob Fitzsimmons        Philadelphia, Pa        Exh  3
Mar  3  Bob Fitzsimmons         Chester, Pa             Exh  3
Aug 14  Jim Corbett            San Francisco, Ca       KO 10
        -Heavyweight Championship of the World

Nov     -Jeffries and Joe Kennedy went on an exhibition tour
         during November and December

1904
---     Joe Choynski            San Francisco, Ca       Exh   
Aug 26  Jack Munroe             San Francisco, Ca       KO  2
        -Heavyweight Championship of the World

1905
May 13  -Jeffries retired from boxing and relinquished the
         World Heavyweight Championship

Jul  3  -Jeffries refereed the Marvin Hart vs. Jack Root
         World Heavyweight Championship bout in Reno, Nv

1907
Jan 18  -Jeffries refereed the Abe Attell-Harry Baker
         World Featherweight Championship bout in Los Angeles, Ca

Jul  4  -Jeffries refereed the Tommy Burns vs. Bill Squires
         World Heavyweight Championship bout in Colma, Ca

Sep     Bill Squires            Ely, Nv               
        -This bout was tentatively scheduled as a Heavyweight
         Championship contest but fell through

Sep 27  -Jeffries refereed the Joe Gans-George Memsic
         World Lightweight Championship bout in Los Angeles, Ca

1908
Jan  1  -Jeffries refereed the Abe Attell-Owen Moran
         World Featherweight Championship bout in Colma, Ca

Apr 23  -Jeffries refereed the Mike "Twin" Sullivan-Jimmy Gardner
         World Welterweight Championship bout in Vernon, Ca

Sep  7  -Jeffries refereed the Stanley Ketchell-Billy Papke
         World Middleweight Championship bout in Vernon, Ca

1909
Jun 15  Sam Berger              Pittsburgh, Pa          Exh  6
Jun 16  Sam Berger              Philadelphia, Pa        Exh  3
Jun 22  Sam Berger              Troy, NY                Exh  4
Jun 24  Sam Berger              Albany, NY              Exh  6

1910
Apr 14  Bob Armstrong           Ben Lomond, Ca          Exh   
Jun     Sam Berger              San Francisco, Ca       Exh 
Jul --  Joe Choynski            Reno, Nv                Exh  
Jul  4  Jack Johnson           Reno, Nv                LT 15
        -Heavyweight Championship of the World

1921
May  3  Jack Jeffries           Los Angeles, Ca         Exh  3

1927
May  3  Tom Sharkey             San Francisco, Ca       Exh  1

1920-1930
        -Jeffries and Tom Sharkey toured the United States
         and gave boxing exhibitions; They also gave vaudeville
         performances

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