Legendary boxing history: It happened here July 4, 1910 - Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries 0 21 13 Jul 2021 13:48 MaxBoxing.com Several years later I was back in Reno. I again visited the fight location but this time I had another place I was determined to find. Johnson had trained for the Jeffries bout at a place called Rick’s Resort, a few miles from downtown Reno.