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mcvey · 12-06-2012, 03:12 PM

In this letter to a friend , on Jan 1910 , the year of his title challenge to Jack Johnson , Jim Jeffries admits Jack Munroe did not deserve a title shot.

And that he was in no doubt it would be an easy nights work

" I never did think he had the right to be taken seriously"

"I hated to enter the ring that night, for I felt in my heart that Munroe could not give me a contest and the public would not get a run for its money in such a one-sided exhibition"

Jeffries also castigates Johnson calling him " not a true sportsman"

"I want to say that I will not, if I can help it, permit that negro to hold the heavyweight title . "

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/45102198

12-06-2012, 03:12 PM	#1
mcvey P4P King East Side VIP Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 17,716 vCash: 1000	Jeffries Admits Munroe Did Not Merit Title Chance In this letter to a friend , on Jan 1910 , the year of his title challenge to Jack Johnson , Jim Jeffries admits Jack Munroe did not deserve a title shot. And that he was in no doubt it would be an easy nights work " I never did think he had the right to be taken seriously" "I hated to enter the ring that night, for I felt in my heart that Munroe could not give me a contest and the public would not get a run for its money in such a one-sided exhibition" Jeffries also castigates Johnson calling him " not a true sportsman" "I want to say that I will not, if I can help it, permit that negro to hold the heavyweight title . " http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/45102198 Last edited by mcvey; 12-07-2012 at 12:59 PM.
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