The July 4, 1910 title fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries led to riots, mayhem, murder — and the racially motivated ...

Sport: Gentleman Jim. 2 minute read. TIME. March 2, 1925 12:00 AM GMT-5. ... After that battle, Corbett made milk famous all over the world by drinking a glass of it to celebrate his victory.

Gentleman Jim Warner Bros has managed to turn out a good film based on the life of James J. Corbett. In doing so, however, the scenarists have sacrificed a good deal of one of the best reputations ...

*First was the late James John (“Gentleman Jim”) Corbett, son of a San Francisco livery-stable owner. First “Young Corbett” was George Green of San Francisco who thrashed Mysterious Billy ...

He could hit like a jackhammer and, in the words of Gentleman Jim Corbett, “couldn’t be hurt with an ax.” In 1899, when he was 24, he knocked out Bob Fitzsimmons in a fight at Coney Island ...