Show jeffries jef frie s and corbett I 1 11 compared P by delaney delane y billy delaney Dc laney who managed both jeffries Jef tries and corbett has the fo following allow to say in regard to the nieth methods of the th two men when they were champions james J jeffries ivas was never I 1 it a willing fighter what I 1 mean by this is rs that he lost no sleep worrying about his next match before he won the championship it was not such a job to got get him into the ring but after lie he got on top it was a terrible ordeal lie he fight this man and he fight that man and there were t imes when I 1 had to talk to him like a dutch uncle even when iain munroe was going about ut the country and boasting what he had done to joffries jeffries at dutte butte I 1 had my trouble matching jim with the big miner his excuse was oh im not going to fight again or walt a while I 1 may box later I 1 was waa always anxious to clinch the match on the iho spot jand and have it over with jeffries wanted to postpone matters he promised me that he would fight squires esquiro and then changed his mind milid over night would I 1 say that he be was a coward cowarde hardly t that at if he had been a coward ho he would not have gone up ull against fitzsimmons when he did jeff was only a novice e and fits was in his hie prime yet he showed no white feather and fought tough battles with bob james J corbett was more aggressive lie he bothered the life out of mo me about getting his matches let a man inan hit town and the first person I 1 would hear from would be corbett Cor bott say billy he would say cant you get me a match with that fellow im dead crazy to fight him dont be afraid I 1 cant beat him corbett was full of conceit and enthusiasm nobody could beat him according to his way of thinking after he defeated john L sullivan at new orleans ho he fought loss less and tor this reason cor bett belt was always a big card on tho the road ile he always packed the houses right after he be became cham champion plon lie ho was a tremendous success success cess on the s tage stage no fighter has hai ever made tho the money that lie ho has showing the fact that he was such a hit kept him out of the ring cot corbett bett fought foughty only ono one ag battle between the tim timer g ho he met sullivan Sull Tvan van and wag defeated b by y fitzsimmons and abat was alth charley I 1 remember a rather amusing incident that happened in connection with the mitchell fight when we were signing articles charley was worrying about what vba sort sont of Pan bandages dages tie lie should gho tild acar ho was w as afraid that a certain kind would hurt his hands when he landed a punch eh finally I 1 said to him charley donl fret over over the bandages wear any kind hind you wont hurt your hands for you are not going to hit corbett amy remark amused mitchell 11 for ho he I 1 laughed and replied bloody well bell said billy bloody good 1 arid and my prophecy came true Al matchell itchell Mt put a glove on corbett in reviewing vie pe world work of the great light fight cra of tuo th 0 ring f I 1 havo have noticed many underrate corbett if I 1 am a judge he ha ranks high up lip at tho the top he is entitled to sit in the same seat with sullivan jeffries jackson and fitzsimmons I 1 have often thought that there was no more accurate puncher than corbett if he cut loose a punch nine times out of ten it landed he hit accurately and he be hit quickly As a boxer ho he never had a a superior and ho he showed that lie ho would go a distance when he mot met jackson who was waa another great man corbett nevor never had the crushing punch of some other fighters but he be could hurt you when he fought jeffries Jef frios in new york ho be struck jeff a ax blow in the pit nit of the stomach which doubled him up I 1 have seen jeffries in n but I 1 have never seen him distressed more than lie he was that time I 1 returning to my statement that jer jef I 1 fries was hard to match after he h gained the top of tho the ladder it ap 1 i piles to most moat champions they are afraid of losing their laurels they are arc afraid that something will happen somebody will put over a lucky punch to bo be dethroned dethroner would be |