Burns v Squires heavyweight boxing in 1907

Squires was a stiff,it shows how poor boxing was in Australia was then(With Squires having such a great record)

Packolorentay, the ref was James J Jeffries – former heavyweight champ who came out of retirement to get soundly beaten by Jack Johnson 3 years later (1910).

Jeffries retired in 1905 and pretty much ballooned in weight to 300lbs.

wow….tanx 4 uploading,thats a treasure!!!!them boxers were big enough but whats the story with the ref???he’s like andre the giant…he must’ve loved his bacon and cabbage