Some Photos Of Jack Johnson

mcvey · 02-06-2013, 01:32 PM

These are from that fine historian Hank Kaplan's archive.

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There is also revealing comments from Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey and the prospects of them boxing coloured fighters.

Sharkey in particular comes across as the dense Gorilla I've always believed him to be.

Seamus · 02-06-2013, 01:45 PM

So, what exactly Sharkey's position on fighting Black folks?

The quotes make it somewhat unclear.

mcvey · 02-06-2013, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Seamus

So, what exactly Sharkey's position on fighting Black folks?

The quotes make it somewhat unclear.

Well Tom was always careful not to offend anyone. Ridiculous as it sounds , I have a suspicion he was a closet racist.

brnxhands · 02-06-2013, 02:22 PM

Jeffries an sharkey were pieces of shit

apollack · 02-06-2013, 05:36 PM

Tom Sharkey was open about the fact that he drew the color line. He did use black fighters as sparring partners, though.

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mcvey P4P King East Side VIP Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 17,716 vCash: 1000	Some Photos Of Jack Johnson These are from that fine historian Hank Kaplan's archive. [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] There is also revealing comments from Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey and the prospects of them boxing coloured fighters. Sharkey in particular comes across as the dense Gorilla I've always believed him to be.
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Seamus Undisputed Champion East Side VIP Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lisboa, Portugal Posts: 10,112 vCash: 1000	Re: Some Photos Of Jack Johnson So, what exactly Sharkey's position on fighting Black folks? The quotes make it somewhat unclear.
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brnxhands Champion East Side Guru Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bronx ny Posts: 6,127 vCash: 0	Re: Some Photos Of Jack Johnson Jeffries an sharkey were pieces of shit
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apollack Contender ESB Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,402 vCash: 1000	Re: Some Photos Of Jack Johnson Tom Sharkey was open about the fact that he drew the color line. He did use black fighters as sparring partners, though.
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