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HW retirements
James Jeffries retires at 42-12 with 416pp Most likely a HOF'er if he stays retired (will have a 60% chance of returning next year, 30% the year after that). Jeffries was one of the orginals and he started out strong winning his first 8 fights. He lost his 9th fight in a title bout against Peter Jackson.
He then won 15 in a row to run his record to 23-1 before losing again, this time to Dominic McCaffrey. He beat McCaffrey 10 months later in May of 1906 to win his first title. He defended it once then lost 3 straight bouts. Losing the title to John Sullivan, losing another title bout to Jack Johnson, then losing to Tom Sharkey. He'd go on to lose two more title bouts. His last fight was a loss to John Sullivan on 12/1. His biggest win was probably a KO2 over Peter Jackson in 1905.
He was knocked down 11 times in 54 fights, stopped only 3 times. He was cut 6 times. He knocked down his opponent 76 times with 38 ko's in 42 wins. He was less accurate getting hit with an astounding 55% of the punches thrown at him through out his career. But he threw and landed more than his opponents. His fights lasted only and average of 6.8 rounds.
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