#james j. Jeffries

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Jack Johnson nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). His 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries was dubbed the "fight of the century." Johnson defeated Jeffries, who was white, triggering dozens of race riots across the U.S.

Born John Arthur Johnson on March 31, 1878, in Galveston, Texas, and died June 10, 1946, in Franklinton, North Carolina, at the age of 68.

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Liste der 97 besten X-Comics-Charaktere

Rogue (Anna Marie LeBeau) (1981)

Kitty Pryde (Shadowkat) (1980)

Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (1990)

Laura Kinney (Wolverine) (2004)

Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) (1967)

Dani Moonstar (Mirage) (1982)

Illyana Rasputin (Magik) (1975)

Magneto (Max Eisenhart) (1963)

Alex Summers (Havok) (1969)

Jean Grey (Phoenix) (1963)

Scott Summers (Cylops) (1963)

Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane) (1982)

Lorna Dane (Polaris) (1968)

Doug Ramsey (Cypher) (1984)

Storm (Ororo Munroe) (1975)

Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (1975)

Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (1967)

 Siryn (Theresa Rourke) (1981)

Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (1982)

Sunspot (Roberto DaCosta) (1982)

Rictor (Julio Esteban Richter) (1987)

Northstar (Jean Paul Beaubier) (1979)

Husk (Paige Guthrie) (1986)

Blink (Exiles) (Clarice Ferguson) (1994)

Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) (1974)

Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (1964)

Rachel Summers (Askani) (1981)

Mimic (Exiles) (Calvin Rankin) (2001)

Hellion (Julian Keller) (2003)

Elixir (Josh Foley) (2003)

Mercury (Cessily Kincaid) (2003)

Warren Worthington III (Archangel) (1963)

Iceman (Bobby Drake) (1963)

Logan (Wolverine, James Howlett) (1974)

Tabby (Tabitha Smith, Boom Boom) (1985)

Karma (Shi’an McCoy) (1980)

M (Monet St. Croix) (1994)

Alison Blair (Dazzler) (1980)

Strong Guy (Guido Carosella) (1985)

Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (1965)

Nocturne (T. J. Wagner) (2001)

Betsy Braddock (Captain Britain) (1976)

Brian Braddock (Captain Avalon) (1976)

Mystique (Raven Darkholm) (1978)

Maddie Pryor (Goblin Queen) (1983)

Madison Jeffries (1983)

Jay Guthrie (Icarus) (1984)

Lila Cheney (1984)

Rusty Collins (1986)

Skids (Sally Belvins) (1986)

Domino (Neena Thurman) (1992)

Nate Grey (X-Man) (1995)

Pete Wisdom (1995)

Dust (Sooraya Qadir)(2002)

Noriko Ashida (Surge) (2004)

Heather Mac Daniel Hudson (Sasquatch) (Exiles) (2002)

Quentin Quire (Kid Omega) (2003)

Laurie Collins (Wallflower) (2003)

Santo Vaccarro (Rockslide) (2003)

Pixie (Meggan Gwyn) (2004)

Amor (Hisako Ichiki) (2004)

Layla Miller (2006)

Gabby Kinney (Scout) ((2015)

Hope Summers (2007)

Magma (Amara Aquilla) (1983)

Warlock (1984)

Mindee Cuckoo (2001)

Longshot (1985)

Chamber (Jonathan Starsmore) (1994)

Destiny (Irene Adler) (1981)

Empath (Manuel Alfonzo Rodrigo de la Rocha)(1984)

Emma Frost (White Queen) (1980)

Cecilia Reyes (1997)

Callisto (1983)

Caliban (1981)

Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (1964)

Snowbird (Naya Eason) (1979)

Oya (Idie Okonkwo) 2010)

Vulcan (Gabriel Summer) (2006)

Eva Bell (2012)

Goldballs (Fabio Medina, Egg) (2013)

Christopher Summers (Corsair) (1977)

Hepzibah (1977)

Moira MacTaggert (1975)

Mac (James Hudson, Guardian) (1978)

Heather McDonalds (Nemesis) (1980)

Aurora (Jeanne Marie Beaubier) (1979)

Daken (Akihiro, Fang) (2006)

Eyeboy (Trevor Hawkins) (2012)

Phoebe Cuckoo (2001)

Celeste Cuckoo (2001)

Trance (Hope Abbot) (2005)

Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (1991)

Gabriel Cohuelo (Velocidad) (2010)

Blindfold (Ruth Aldine) (2005)

Sabretooth (AoA) (Viktor Creed) (1994)

Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (1989)

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Peter Jackson (July 3, 1861 - July 13, 1901) professional bare-knuckle boxer known as the Black Prince and Peter the Great, was born in Water Gut, Christiansted, Danish West Indies to Peter Jackson Sr. Information regarding his mother is not available. His parents took him to Australia when he was 6 years old. In 1878, he for New York City searching for his eldest brother, James Jackson, whom he never located.

He returned to Australia and began his fighting career. He won the Australian heavyweight, knocking out Tom Lees in the 30th round. He went to Dublin and won a match against Ireland’s best fighter, Peter Maher, in three rounds. He went to San Francisco and defeated George Godfrey to become the champion in the World Colored Heavyweight Championship.

He could not hold the title of World Heavyweight Champion, he collected $3,000 for beating Joe McAuliffe, a white boxer at the California Athletic Club. John L. Sullivan, World Heavyweight Champion, refused to fight him because he was Black even though the two men had fought in earlier matches before Sullivan won the title.

He traveled to London, where he fought several matches, including one against the legendary Jem Smith at the New Pelican Club Gym. He defeated all opponents.

One of the most brutal fights was with James Corbett. That match continued for 61 rounds and ended with no winner when both boxers collapsed. He fought Frank Slavin, knocking him out in the 10th round. He retired after that bout. He had fought 28 of the best fighters in the world and remained undefeated.

He toured with the theatrical production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. He was the second Black man to perform the role of Uncle Tom. He returned to the ring, losing to future champion James J. Jeffries on a fourth-round knockout.

His overall professional boxing record included 45 fights that were won, 28 no contests, 27 not calculated as a win, loss, or draw five losses, and three draws.

He was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He was added to the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in the Pioneers category. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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By Santul Nerkar

May 2, 2025

Michael S. Jeffries, the former chief executive of Abercrombie and Fitch who was charged with running an international sex-trafficking ring, on Friday was found unfit to stand trial because of an Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

In a three-page order, Judge Nusrat J. Choudhury of the Eastern District of New York, wrote that Mr. Jeffries was “suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him mentally incompetent.” Judge Choudhury also ordered that Mr. Jeffries be hospitalized for four months to observe whether his condition improves.

The ruling followed a letter filed last month by Mr. Jeffries’s lawyers, Brian H. Bieber and Alek Ubieta. They wrote that, based on the independent evaluation of three doctors, Mr. Jeffries, 80, had severe dementia and Alzheimer’s, which “ensures continued decline over time.” The condition meant Mr. Jeffries could not understand the charges he was facing, his lawyers wrote.

Mr. Jeffries was indicted last October on charges that, from 2008 to 2015, he coerced dozens of men into sex with him, using his position as the clothing retailer’s chief executive to sexually exploit models who were motivated to advance their careers. He had pleaded not guilty.

Working with his romantic partner, Matthew Smith, and a third person, James Jacobson, Mr. Jeffries lured the men to secret sex parties with the possibility that they’d receive modeling jobs, federal prosecutors said. Mr. Smith and Mr. Jacobson have also been charged with sex trafficking, and, like Mr. Jeffries, have pleaded not guilty.

According to prosecutors, the men that Mr. Jeffries and his co-defendants coerced were not allowed to leave the sex parties. Along with being forced into sex, they were made to consume alcohol, drugs and Viagra. The charges echoed claims made in a class-action lawsuit brought against Abercrombie in 2023 and reported on in a BBC investigation.

The defendants “used their money and influence to prey on vulnerable men for their own sexual gratification,” Breon Peace, the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District, said in a statement last October.

Though Mr. Jeffries was credited with saving Abercrombie from bankruptcy in the early 1990s, the company faced a variety of crises under his stewardship, well before last year’s criminal indictment.

When Mr. Jeffries left the company in 2014, the company was facing backlash over what many customers saw as its hypersexualized imagery of young models, and it had been enduring sliding sales.

In 2004, Abercrombie agreed to pay $40 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of favoring white employees over Black, Hispanic and Asian workers. In 2012, it faced an age-discrimination lawsuit that claimed that employees on Abercrombie’s Gulfstream jet were required to respond to any of Mr. Jeffries’s requests with “no problem.”

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Tuesday (04/29) = new releases! I have a thread of romance novels below that caught my eye this week. Happy shopping! 🤓📖❤️

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New Release

The Payback Plan by Amy Andrews

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Petals and Playlists by Lacey Baker

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Ms. V's Hot Girl Summer by A.H. Cunningham

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Paging Dr. Breakup by Jillian David

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Bad Boy In Her Bed by Katja Desjarlais

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All Fired Up by M. K. England

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Work Trip by Chloe Ford

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New Release

Their Surprise Reunion by Shelley Shepard Gray

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Up Close & Personal by Ana Holguin

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New Release

Once Upon You & Me by Timothy Janovsky

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Royal Bride Demand by LaQuette

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How to Win Back a Royal by Justine Lewis

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New Release

Nav's Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love by Jessica Lewis

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New Release

The Cosy Croissant Café by Jane Linfoot

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New Release

Gold Coast Dilemma by Nana Malone

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Lilac Time by Fern Michaels; Carolyn Brown; Lori Foster

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Falling on a Duke by Stefany Nunes

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The Best Wrong Move by Lily Parker

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Summer in a Bottle by Annie Rains

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New Release

A Summer to Start Over by Sera Taíno

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New Release

My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

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New Release

Situationship by E.M. Wilson

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The Outsider by Maisey Yates

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Sloth by Christi Caldwell

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Marriage Bargain with the Comte by Parker J. Cole

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The Lady's Great Escape by Allison B. Hanson

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The Devil's Own Duke by Anna Harrington

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Hardly a Gentleman by Eloisa James

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Hazardous to a Duke’s Heart by Sabrina Jeffries

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The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod

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New Release

Two by Kristin Cast and Gina L. Maxwell

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New Release

Personal Security by Lisa Childs

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New Release

Forbidden Ice by Cynthia Eden

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Septembre MMXXIV

Films

L'Homme au pistolet d'or (The Man with the Golden Gun) (1974) de Guy Hamilton avec Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Hervé Villechaize, Clifton James, Richard Loo et Soon-Tek Oh

La Panthère rose (The Pink Panther) (1963) de Blake Edwards avec Claudia Cardinale, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Brenda De Banzie et Fran Jeffries

Le Masque de Zorro (The Mask of Zorro) (1998) de Martin Campbell avec Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stuart Wilson, Matt Letscher, Victor Rivers et Tony Amendola

La Classe américaine : Le Grand Détournement (1993) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Christine Delaroche, Evelyne Grandjean, Marc Cassot, Patrick Guillemin, Raymond Loyer, Joël Martineau, Jean-Claude Montalban et Roger Rudel

Les Sept Mercenaires (The Magnificent Seven) (1960) de John Sturges avec Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, Horst Buchholz, Eli Wallach, Jorge Martínez Hoyos, Vladimir Sokoloff et Rosenda Monteros

Un homme est mort (1972) de Jacques Deray avec Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson, Umberto Orsini, Ted de Corsia, Alex Rocco, Felice Orlandi et Michel Constantin

Le Grand Pardon (1982) d'Alexandre Arcady avec Roger Hanin, Richard Berry, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gérard Darmon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Clio Goldsmith, Richard Bohringer, Lucien Layani et Anny Duperey

Luke la main froide (Cool Hand Luke) (1967) de Stuart Rosenberg avec Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J. D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Jo Van Fleet, Clifton James et Morgan Woodward

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) de Daniel Kwan et Daniel Scheinert avec Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tallie Medel, Jenny Slate et Harry Shum Jr

Le Tonnerre de Dieu (1965) de Denys de La Patellière avec Jean Gabin, Michèle Mercier, Lilli Palmer, Robert Hossein, Georges Géret, Paul Frankeur, Ellen Schwiers, Nino Vingelli, Louis Arbessier et Daniel Ceccaldi

La Pomme de son oeil (1970) de François Villiers avec Jean Pierre Aumont, Elisabeth Wiener, Sophie Desmarets, Carol Lixon, Jean Marc Thibault, Gabrielle Doulcet, Pierre Bertin, Gérard Depardieu et Edith Ker

Baiser mortel (A Kiss Before Dying) (1956) de Gerd Oswald avec Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, Mary Astor, George Macready et Robert Quarry

Arabesque (1966) de Stanley Donen avec Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore, Carl Duering, John Merivale, Duncan Lamont et George Coulouris

Séries

Nestor Burma Saison 5, 6

Drôle d'épreuve pour Nestor Burma - La Plus noble conquête de Nestor - Poupée russe - Les Affaires reprennent - En garde, Burma ! - Mise à prix pour Nestor Burma - Burma et la Belle de Paris - N’appelez pas la police

Castle Saison 7, 8

Planète hostile - Le Flic de Hong Kong - Dans la ligne de mire - L'Attaque du pitbull - En sommeil - Y a-t-il un enquêteur dans l'avion - La mort n'est pas une blague - Dans les bois - Disparition - Conspiration - Cinquante Nuances de vengeance - De pieux mensonges - Le Nez - Une vieille connaissance - Un homme à femmes

Affaires sensibles

Le tortueux destin des Inconnus - Le Parrain, les recettes d'un chef-d'œuvre - Lolo Ferrari, la chute de l'icône de silicone - Rocky : l'Amérique les poings levés - La chute de la IVème République en mai 1958 - Landru et le chemin des dames - Les révoltés du France - The Golden State killer, le plus froid des cold case - Rue des Rosiers : le lent chemin vers la vérité ?

Maguy Saison 8

Les délinquants sont éternels - Ennuis et héros - Tx-trol de drame - Crocodile Maguy - Tous les kalaniens, toutes les kalaniennes - Funérailles aïe aïe - Nomade's land - Sauce grand vanneur - L'entremêleur - Maguy, Georges, Pierre, Rose et les autres - Traitement de chic - Allô Maguy ici bébé - Roman à l'eau de rose - Le fiscopathe - Olé beaux jours - Cet obscur objet de Désiré - Hoquet sur place - Fenêtre sans cour - La guerre des canulars - Désastres et des astres - Legs à deux têtes - Une souris et des homme - Coût de peau - La bourse ou Maguy - N'oubliez pas le service - C'est pas sorcier - Drôle de squatt - L'espion qui venait d'en face - Bébé éprouvant - Crises de mères

Le Coffre à Catch

#183 : Bataille Royale + Hommage à Sid - #184 : Santino Show + Dusty supporte Uva - #185 : Le futur s'appelle Ezekiel Jackson - #186 : La ECW : c'est annulé !! - #187 : Yoshi Tatsu et Goldust champions pour la dernière?

Les Nouvelles Brigades du Tigre Saison 5

S.O.S. tour Eiffel - Le Temps des garçonnes - Le Vampire des Carpates - Made in U.S.A. - Le Réseau Brutus - Le Complot

Nautilus Saison 1

Évasion - Tic Tac Boum - La force du peuple - Sur une pente glissante - Hallucinations - L'Atlantide - Guerre froide - Le Point de bascule - La Chevauchée des Walkyries - Bouquet final

The Grand Tour Saison 6

Un dernier pour la route

MacGyver Saison 1

Pris au piège - Le Casse du casino - Cauchemars - La Taupe - Mission Afghanistan

Brokenwood Saison 9

Brokenwood: Le Musical - On ne choisit pas sa famille - Les Petites Soeurs de Sainte-Monica

Commissaire Dupin

Les secrets de Brocéliande

Brocéliande

Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Episode 4 - Episode 5 - Episode 6

Friends Saison 1

Celui qui déménage - Celui qui est perdu - Celui qui a un rôle - Celui avec George - Celui qui lave plus blanc - Celui qui est verni - Celui qui a du jus - Celui qui hallucine - Celui qui parle au ventre de sa femme - Celui qui singeait - Celui qui était comme les autres - Celui qui aimait les lasagnes - Celui qui fait des descentes dans les douches - Celui qui avait un cœur d'artichaut - Celui qui pète les plombs - Celui qui devient papa : première partie - Celui qui devient papa : deuxième partie - Celui qui gagnait au poker - Celui qui a perdu son singe - Celui qui a un dentiste carié

Spectacles

Gary Moore : Live at Montreux (2010)

Laurent Gerra flingue la télé (2006)

La Sainte famille (1976) de Georges Vitaly avec Dominique Paturel, Nelly Vignon, Frank Baugin, Erik Colin, Rodolphe Marin, Jose Luccioni, Jacques Balutin, Michèle Grellier, Max Desrau, Monique Delaroche, Madeleine Cheminat, Odile Mallet, Robert Party Frédérique Cernay, André Lambert, Xavier Renoult et Bertrand Gohaud

The Police : Certifiable: Live In Buenos Aires (2008)

The Doors : Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1968)

Livres

Zazie dans le métro de Raymond Queneau

Le boucher d'Alina Reyes

Effroyables jardins de Michel Quint

Kaamelott, tome 8 : L'antre du Basilic d'Alexandre Astier et Steven Dupré

Kaamelott, tome 9 : Les renforts maléfiques d'Alexandre Astier et Steven Dupré

Les secrets de Brocéliande de Jean-Luc Bannalec

Friends l'intégrale : Le livre officiel des dix ans ! de David Wild

Astérix, tome 16 : Astérix chez les Helvètes de René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo

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The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Susie Diamond: Michelle Pfeiffer Jack Baker: Jeff Bridges Frank Baker: Beau Bridges Monica Moran: Jennifer Tilly Girl in Bed: Terri Treas Nina: Ellie Raab Lloyd: Xander Berkeley Charlie: Dakin Matthews Ray: Ken Lerner Henry: Albert Hall Vince Nancy: Gregory Itzin Earl: Bradford English Kid at Vet: David Coburn Theo: Todd Jeffries Man with Cleaver: Del Zamora Bathroom Attendant: Howard Matthew Johnson Veterinarian: Stuart Nisbet Laughing Bar Patron: Nancy Fish Waitress: Beege Barkette Bad Singer: Martina Finch Bad Singer: Wendy Goldman Bad Singer: Lisa Raggio Bad Singer: Vickilyn Reynolds Background Voice (voice): Tina Lifford Background Voice (voice): John Lafayette Hotel Masseuse: Gregory James Doorman: Robert Henry Eddie: Drake Film Crew: Producer: Mark Rosenberg Original Music Composer: Dave Grusin Writer: Steve Kloves Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus Editor: William Steinkamp Producer: Paula Weinstein Production Design: Jeffrey Townsend Stunt Coordinator: Jon Conrad Pochron Executive Producer: Sydney Pollack Associate Producer: Robin Forman Unit Production Manager: Bill Finnegan Associate Producer: Julie Bergman Sender Casting Director: Wallis Nicita Costume Design: Lisa Jensen Executive Music Producer: Joel Sill Location Manager: Robin Citrin First Assistant Director: Charles Myers Second Assistant Director: Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom Key Grip: Steve Smith Set Decoration: Anne H. Ahrens Assistant Art Director: Michael Perry Hairdresser: Jeanne Van Phue Makeup Artist: Ronnie Specter Assistant Makeup Artist: Tammy Kusian Special Effects: Robert E. Worthington Sound Mixer: Stephan von Hase Supervising Sound Editor: J. Paul Huntsman Music Editor: Bunny Andrews Sound Effects Editor: John Haeny Stunts: Paul E. Short Movie Reviews:

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Algunas sugestiones al boxeo

Por Salvador Novo

Suele suceder que aquellas actividades que fueron un día parte de la vida y que la civilización ha borrado de su agenda, pasen ornamentadas, al dominio del arte. Así el “noble arte del ataque y de la defensa” caballeresca con lanza ha sido relegado por arte pistola y de mausser, a las fiestas patrias de México. Así también la horca, descartada por la prisión perpetua, por le fusilamiento y la silla eléctrica, se refugia, majestuosa y caduca, en las novelas.

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Asimismo el toreo, pálida sombra de los circos antiguos y de luchas trogloditas, adorna sus figuras, luce capas costosas y se exhibe cada otoño. Cosa igual sucede con el boxeo, cuyos orígenes son tan oscuros como los del hombre, que le ha acompañado siempre y que , reglamentado, cuesta cada ocho días dos pesos en ring general. Nada puedo decir de las pelas de gallos, porque los ovíparos, que yo sepa, no han evolucionado hasta aceptar códigos de honor. En algo, es claro, debían ser diferentes.

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Imagino que el primer conflicto jurídico de intereses y voluntades dio lugar y origen no sólo al derecho, sino también, al boxeo sin rounds. Pero el arte estaba en pañales. Cuando hubo otras maneras de aparecer legal-tribunales, inquisición, la diaria actividad devino cosa de los domingos y cosa pública. Detalle importantísimo, se inventaron los guantes. Los griegos los usaban ya, pero pesados y dañinos. Toca a los ingleses el haberlos inventado más razonables. Jack Broughton (1705-1789), padre del pugilismo inglés, al inventarlos, llegó a ser un famoso y querido profesor de la aristocracia de su tiempo y de su país.

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Lo siguió John Jackson (1769-1845) llamado “Gentleman Jackson”, profesor de Lord Byron y conocido de Tom Moore el poeta, que se quejaba, como recientemente el canónigo Chase, de que aquel boxeador ganara tanto dinero. A Jackson se le deben ciertas modificaciones de importancia, como el juego de piernas, la distancia adecuada, etc. Tal caballero era y tan buen profesor que cuando a Lord Byron le preguntaban por qué alternaba con aquella clase de gente, éste alegaba que tenía más finos modales que muchos de sus amigos nobles. Lo cita en sus “Hints from Horace”:

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“And men unpractised in exchanging knocks.

Must go to Jackson ere they dare to box.”

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El boxing moderno data de 1866, al fundarse, a iniciativa de John G. Chambers (1843-1883), el “Amateur Athletic Club”. Chambers y el señor Marqués de Queensberry redactaron juntos las reglas que aún rigen en Inglaterra, de Queensberry, estableciendo rounds, y rigieron en los Estados Unidos hasta la fundación del Amateur Athletic Club of America. En 1969 Lord Queensberry reconoció los pesos diferentes que hoy rigen.

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El knock out, ambición moderna de todo boxeador, resultado del “tine is money”, era despreciado por los antiguos, que se complacían en exhibir su fuerza y su agilidad el mayor tiempo posible. En Norteamérica el boxeo se empezó a popularizar a principio del siglo XX. Fue el primer campeón nacional Tom Hyer (1841-1848), y le siguió James Ambrose, alias “Yankee Sullivan”. Vinieron luego Tom Allen, Jem Mace, J. Kilrain, John L. Sullivan, John Morrisey, que después de boxeador famoso, fue electo diputado al Congreso de la Unión y se cuenta que sus votos tenían mucha fuerza. El encuentro de Jack Johnson, el negro, en 1910, con James J. Jeffries, en que éste resultó vencido, marcó una fecha dolorosa para los americanos.

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Los francesesm por su parte, han evolucionado también aunque muy lentamente en esta actividad natural. Su juego data, juego romántico, de 1830, y se acerca más al pugilismo griego, pancratics, que al box sajón. En la boxe francaise se ataca con los pies. El “chausson” o Jeu Marseillais fue durante largo tiempo diversión favorita de los soldados.

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Como Byron en Inglaterra, el voluminoso Dumas padre fue para Francia el lado atlético de la literatura. Por él sabemos que Charles Lecour combinó el primero las patadas francesas y el boxeo inglés y que abrió en París una Academia de Box en 1852, de regreso de Londres, a donde había ido a tomar lecciones de Adams y Smith. Lecour y un tal Vigneon dieron exhibiciones públicas que la policía suspendió. Francia no es para eso, Ya véis cómo un portero de restaurante puso knock out a Carpentier…

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México, si no atletas propiamente dichos, produce quienes admiren su maestría. Nos han visitado Jack Johnson y Firpo. El Frontón todos los sábados (desde hace poco todos los domingos; como las estaciones de radio, la empresa Carballido deja un día al aire), es punto implícito de reunión de México entero. Hace muy poco que los sabios consejos de amigos míos me decidieron a lo que a priori juzgaba fastidioso. Todo lo contrario, el boxeo es el más completo de los espectáculos descubiertos, porque hace un actor de cada espectador. Todos nuestros músculos siguen el dinamismo de los contrincantes, nos sentimos capaces de aconsejarlos, de competir con ellos y, ebrios de fuerza, de retar al vencedor. No pueden leerse sentados estos Pentateucos de rounds. Arrancan de la luneta, como los libros esenciales y he ahí la auténtica de su calidad. Pienso que, de seguir asistiendo, seré pronto un atleta, tanta es la gimnasia sueca que se hace con los brazos, que “al imán de sus golpes atractivo sirven los pobres de obediente acero”.

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Me dicen que para un buen aficionado son igualmente excitantes los toros y las carreras de caballos. Pero dudo que un buen aficionado pueda con éxito hacer segunda en las embestidas del de Atenco o prosperar en el galope. No hay ese obstáculo en el boxeo, en el cual se puede apostar a cualquiera de los contrincantes y seguir hipnóticamente sus gestos sin cambiar mucho de especie.

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Proposiciones honestas

Objetivamente paréceme, sin embargo, después de tres visitas que he hecho al Frontón, que el arte del boxeo necesita aún de algunas ligeras adiciones para merecer ese nombre. Aplaudo sin reservas la abolición de las patadas francesas, porque no son nada elegantes o visibles y además resultan ser coces contra el aguijón. Pero su juego de manos y sus brincos presenta un aire de familia con el baile que se acentúa en los clinch. En estos la música se impone. ¿Cuándo nacera el Wagner del box que escriba “la Hora del Ring”? Odiamos cordialmente al referee que se acerca, los separa y se va para verlos golpearse inmutable hasta que no se clinchan de nuevo o uno de ellos cae y, una vez que se puede extender el certificado médico, se une –¡traición!– al vencedor y se declara su aliado. En lugar de esto una orquesta oculta debería tocar un tempo de vals a cada clinch. La música, endulzando a los adversarios, los separaría después de la tercera figura y la música callaría hasta que, caído en el suelo, el vencido fuera declarado “out” tras la décima campanada de, digamos, la Danza de las Horas.

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El referee es figura odiosa. Con su traje blanco –como si fuera un día de campo–, se acaba de parecer a las naciones neutrales que dejan destrozarse a los otros, los separan en cuanto hay peligro de muerte mutua y se unen al triunfo, como si les correspondiera, del que se dio el bofetón mejor.

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De unir el box con el toreo, el referee debería reducirse a plantar sentadas banderillas en el costado de los contrincantes y retirarse a preparar los monosabios. Hay momentos en que un chorro de sangre sería más alivio que un “chicle pa las biles” que grita un vendedor. Desespera ver tan enteros y eludibles a los boxeadores. Lo más que les pasa es una hemorragia nasal, que muy bien puede ser de calor.

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Los descansos me parecen muy cortos y más fatigosos que la lucha. ¡Cómo les hacen tanto aire cuando sudan en esa forma! ¡Cómo les rocían la espalda con agua fría como a la ropa de almidón! ¿No hay peligro bronquial? Debería concedérseles, cuando menos el tiempo de fumar un cigarro y estirar las piernas. Paréceme, en resumen, que el boxeo tiene más posibilidades de ser una tienda de juguetes para el alma que el “chauve souris”. Pero que necesita ún de las reformas que me atrevo a proponerle.

1924

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Books I Read in 2023

Nonfiction:

"Why Fish Don't Exist" by Lulu Miller

"Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble" by Daniel Lyons

"Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us" by Daniel Lyons

"Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington" by James Kirchick

"Token Black Girl" by Danielle Prescod

"The Geography of Nowhere" by James Howard Kunstler

"Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II" by Liza Mundy

"The Devian's War: The Homosexual vs. The United States of America" by Eric Cervini

"The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and their Extraordinary Rescue" by John Glatt

"Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation" by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

"Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them" by Max Cutler

"Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs" by Jamie Loftus

"The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything" by Ruth Goodman

"How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England" by Ruth Goodman

"What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat" by Aubrey Gordon

"'You Just Need to Lose Weight' and 19 Other Myths About Fat People" by Aubrey Gordon

"Hollywood's Children: An Inside Account of the Child Star Era" by Diana Serra Cary

"Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult" by Bruce Handy

"The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" by Cory Doctorow

Fiction

"What Moves the Dead" by T Kingfisher

"Illuminations" by T Kingfisher

"Can't Spell Treason Without Tea" by Rebecca Thorne

"Coffee, Milk and Spider Silk" by Coyote JM Edwards

"Legends & Lattes" by Travis Baldree

"Unbury the Bones" by Coyote JM Edwards

"Chase: The Boy Who Hid" by Z Jeffries

"Encore in Death" by J. D. Robb

"Escape from Incel Island" by Margaret Killjoy

"The Bookshop and the Barbarian" by Morgan Stang

"A House With Good Bones" by T Kingfisher

"Sorcery & Scones" by S. R. Meadows

"Humans Wanted" edited by Vivian Caethe

"Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler

"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeline L'Engle

"Boneless" by Coyote JM Edwards

"Red White and Royal Blue" by Casey McQuiston

"Toad Words" by T Kingfisher

"Camp Damascus" by Chuck Tingle

"The Halcyon Fairy Book" by T Kingfisher

"Jackalope Wives and Other Stories" by T Kingfisher

"A Killer's Game" by Isabella Maldonado

"Payback in Death" by J. D. Robb

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James J. Jeffries was an American professional boxer who held the World Heavyweight Championship from 1899 to 1905. Known as "The Boilermaker," Jeffries was renowned for his enormous strength, stamina, and durable chin. He was one of the great heavyweight champions of his time and is often remembered for his remarkable comeback attempt in one of the most famous boxing matches in history, the "Fight of the Century" against Jack Johnson.

Born: James Jackson Jefferies on April 15, 1875, in Carroll, Ohio, and died March 3, 1953 in Burbank, California, at the age of 77

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Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk: History Beckons

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Published: November 27, 2023

WBC and Lineal champion Tyson "The Gypsy King" Fury and WBO/IBF/WBA unified champ Oleksandr Usyk will collide in a historic undisputed heavyweight showdown on Saturday, Feb. 17, at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

It was made official last week. WBC champion Tyson Fury will face Oleksandr Usyk, WBA, IBF and WBO champion, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 17 to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis achieved that feat against Evander Holyfield in 1999.

Fury can become only the second man in history, after Muhammad Ali, to win three Ring Magazine heavyweight championship titles. Usyk can become only the second man, after Terence Crawford, to become a two-weight undisputed champion in the four-belt era. This is the first undisputed heavyweight showdown in 25 years. Genuine history that will prevail through the test of time awaits.

Two of the best heavyweights of this era that would generationally hold their own are the worthy foes that have come together to battle for the throne from the long-retired Lewis. This makes it one of the most significant heavyweight fights in history.

Fury vs. Usyk may lack the cultural importance of Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries in 1910 or Joe Louis-Max Schmeling 2 in 1938. Still, it does mark the end of the longest period of frustration and confusion the division has ever seen.

Fights to determine the genuine No.1 heavyweight on the planet and brush aside any confusion are rare throughout history. Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali in 1971, Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks in ’88, when Tyson steamrolled Spinks to become the lone leader for the first time since Ali’s time at the top a decade earlier, and Lewis vs. Holyfield in ’99 are the only such noteworthy fights in recent history.

The Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, ruled the heavyweight division for a decade following Lewis’ retirement in 2004 but never unified to crown an undisputed champion, as they made a vow to their mother to never face one another in the ring. Genuine competition for the brothers was largely scarce as they dominated a quiet era.

For some time, with its peak year being 2018, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder were the undefeated, hard-hitting champions who had the chance to throw down and crown an undisputed champion but didn’t. Fury came along and conclusively dethroned Wilder in a classic trilogy, and Usyk ended Joshua’s reign with back-to-back victories. Joshua and Wilder did not seize their chance, and these two men, Fury and Usyk, have now taken over as the rightful champions vying for supremacy.

Skill-wise, this is as good as it gets in the heavyweight division. You have Fury, the 6ft9in giant with an 85inch reach, defying logic with how he moves in the ring for such a big man, with great ring IQ, a brilliant jab, footwork, underrated power, and he knows how to utilize his physical advantages, over every opponent.

Through the majority of his career, Fury has proven to be a highly adaptable fighter, with the ability to use whatever game plan necessary to achieve victory against each opponent. Then you have Usyk, the greatest southpaw heavyweight champion ever, with the kind of fleet-footedness, movement, angles, and footwork that is unusual to see amongst heavyweights. With an educated jab, feints, agility, terrific conditioning, speed, and ring IQ, Usyk is one of the best pound-for-pounders in boxing today.

The mental aspect and psychology are another interesting element heading into this showdown. Against opponents Fury knew would be a significant challenge in the past, such as Wladimir Klitschko and Wilder, Fury’s pre-fight mind-games, his constant rants and antics, belittling them while portraying himself as utterly unhinged, worked to Fury’s advantage heading into their fights.

The problem for Fury is that Usyk appears completely unfazed by Fury’s attempted mind games, whether in press conferences or anywhere. Usyk has often been dismissive and laughed off Fury’s insult-filled statements.

Tyson "The Gypsy King" Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will collide for the undisputed heavyweight championship

With English not being Usyk’s first language, the language barrier works in favor of the Ukrainian. There is no real back-and-forth between the pair, a scenario in which Fury usually thrives, and Fury appears frustrated at his inability to engage in his usual antics.

In terms of mental toughness, amidst the tensions between Russia and Ukraine, Usyk traveled to Moscow and completely out-classed Russia’s Murat Gassiev to become the undisputed cruiserweight champion.

In London, despite all the fireworks and a pro-Joshua crowd in a frenzy as their superstar made his way to the ring, and then amidst very loud, widespread boo’s as the Ukraine anthem was sung, Usyk proceeded to comprehensively out-box Joshua in front of an estimated 67,000 fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and dethrone the unified champion, silencing the crowd.

Make no mistake, Fury beat two long-reigning champions, Wladimir Klitschko and Wilder, on away territory to win his titles and is also psychologically strong when it comes to boxing, but Usyk appears as mentally rigid as one gets.

Both men have all the physical attributes to be tremendous heavyweights. In a division that historically largely relied upon brute force and power for success, Fury and Usyk are genuinely great boxers who can also display the sweet science. However, there are also the in-ring intangibles to consider. They have both proven to possess the heart that points to greatness.

During his trilogy with Wilder, Fury was dropped four times, being hit by Wilder’s best punches that have rendered previous opponents unconscious on numerous occasions. Fury rose, pushed Wilder back, and pulled out the win. During this trilogy, Fury showed some of the best recuperative powers shown by a heavyweight since Ali and Larry Holmes.

In the rematch against Joshua, Usyk was dragged into deep waters in the ninth round as Joshua had his most successful spell over their shared 24 rounds, with Usyk scrambling around the ring. Usyk showed the heart, courage, class, and adaptability to not only survive but also up the tempo, produced his own best round of the fight in the tenth, and won the last three rounds.

There are unanswered questions heading into this fight, which makes this undisputed showdown all the more fascinating.

Is Fury still as fleet of foot as he used to be? Do his recent performances point to a man who is now simply past his best? Whether Fury can reproduce his best form or not, is the puzzle of the majestic Usyk one which Fury, like his compatriots in the past, cannot solve? Fury has undoubtedly never faced a proposition like Usyk.

Likewise, Usyk has never faced an opponent like Fury. Has Usyk finally met his match in the Land of the Giants, and will the sheer size and bulk of Fury simply be too much of an uphill task to overcome for the Ukrainian?

Neither man has ever lost a professional fight. Both have held every single sanctioning body title and Ring Magazine belt at some point in their careers. Now, they face off for all the marbles in a showdown that will define an era of boxing. For the first time since Lewis ruled at the turn of the century, we will be able to recognize one world champion in the heavyweight division. It does not get any bigger than this.

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John Arthur “Jack” Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946) nicknamed the Galveston Giant, was a boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–15). Among the period’s most dominant champions, he remains a boxing legend, with his 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries dubbed the “fight of the century”. Transcending boxing, he became part of the culture and the history of racism in America.

In 1912, he opened a successful and luxurious “Black and Tan” restaurant and nightclub, which in part was run by his wife. Major newspapers of the time soon claimed that Johnson was attacked by the government only after he became famous as an African American man married to a white woman, and was linked to other white women. He was arrested on charges of violating the Mann Act, forbidding one to transport a woman across state lines for “immoral purposes” a racially motivated charge that embroiled him in controversy for his relationships, including marriages. Sentenced to a year in prison, he fled the country and fought boxing matches abroad for seven years until 1920, when he served his sentence at the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth.

He continued taking paying fights for many years and operated several other businesses, including lucrative endorsement deals. In 2018 he was formally pardoned by President Donald Trump.

He married Mary Austin. He married Etta Terry Duryea, a Brooklyn socialite (1911-12). He married Lucille Cameron (1912-24). He married Irene Pineau (1925-46). #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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It’s Boxing Day!

Yes, we know that Boxing Day is a shopping and gift-giving holiday primarily in British Commonwealth nations, and not a day of pugilistic engagement. Nevertheless, it has become our tradition to highlight the sport of boxing found in our collections every December 26. This year we present the page-spread on boxing from An Almanac of Twelve Sports, with illustrations by British artist, author, and printmaker William Nicholson and text by the famed Nobel Prize-winning English writer Rudyard Kipling. Our copy is the first American edition published in New York by R. H. Russell in 1898.  

The text had been issued separately in 1897 as Verses Written for Nicholson's "Almanac of Sports for 1898" and published in London by William Heinemann who also published the first illustrated edition in 1898. As an almanac, the publication, which was intended for young readers, is illustrated with 12 colored lithographs after Nicholson's hand-colored woodblocks, one for each month. Boxing is November’s entry -- clearly missing the obvious opportunity to represent December!

Kipling’s reference to “Prince” seems very likely to be the Australian boxer Peter Jackson “The Black Prince,” one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time (42 wins, 5 losses). The incident Kipling refers to may be to one of Jackson’s rare losses, a March 22 1898 bout against American boxer James J. Jeffries (who would later become famous as “The Great White Hope,” in the hope that he could to defeat another famed black boxer Jack Johnson). This assumption seems to be supported by Nicholson’s illustration, which bears strong resemblances to both boxers. We are uncertain of this, however, as we have not seen the original 1897 text which would need to have been altered for the 1898 edition.

To all our British Commonwealth friends, Happy Boxing Day!!

View our posts from Boxing Days past.

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“James J. Jeffries, Heavyweight Champion of the World.” Boxing, and how to train. 1904.