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				James J. Jeffries
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				"The Boilermaker"
				Heavyweight
				Male
  (aka Jim Jeffires) (James Jackson Jeffries)  USA Born: April 15, 1875, Carroll, Ohio, USA  Died: March 3, 1953, Burbank, California, USA  Height: 6ft, mt 1,83  Weight: 210 lbs 
  
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No amateur results
 
Professional record|   |  | 1896 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + July 2 | Dan Long | San Francisco, USA | KO 2 |  | + Dec. 1 | Hank Griffin | Los Angeles, USA | KO 14 |  |   |  | 1897 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + 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 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + 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 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + 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 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + 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 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | ^ 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 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + July 25 |     Bob  Fitzsimmons | San Francisco, USA | KO 8 |  | (Retained World Heavyweight Title) |  |   |  | 1903 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Aug. 14 |   James J. Corbett | San Francisco, USA | TKO 10 |  | (Retained World Heavyweight Title) |  | ^ Dec. 19 | Jack Munroe | Butte, USA |  Exh 4 |  |   |  | 1904 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Aug. 26 | Jack Munroe | San Francisco, USA | TKO 2 |  | (Retained World Heavyweight Title) |  |   |  |   |  1905-1909 Inactive |  |   |  | 1910 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - 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, ND: 0 
 
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