**** Kirk's ESB Championships 2011 ****

You are the Pac of the league :bbb:yep

 

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Peter "The Black Prince" Jackson
47-3-4 (33)

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This man was, imo, the first great coloured fighter in heavyweight history. It was because of him the colour line was so famously drawn by John L Sullivan and again by the following champions. Outside the ring he carried himself like a model gentleman but inside the ring he was a force of nature


Jackson was, even by todays standards, a natural heavyweight with one of the most devastating 1-2's in recorded history. He bested George Godfrey for the "Coloured Championship" and then went on a great winning streak that saw him unoffically declared the best HW on the planet for a period of about 4 years.


He fought the best of his time (bar the HW champ who refused to defend against him) and shared the ring with peers such as Lees (x2), Dooley, O’Donnell, Godfrey, McCauliffe, Cardiff, Maher, Smith, Goddard, Corbett and Slavin going unbeaten against them all going 10-0-2 (8 by way of knockout). He suffered his first defeat very early in his career after only a handful of fights and he wouldn't taste defeat again until he fought the late great James Jeffries, by this time, however, Jackson was on death's door and would often be seen using a cane to help him walk.


His best opponents were arguably Godfrey and Corbett, the best fighters on either side of the colour line and he proved his greatness by destroying Godfrey and fighting to a 61 round draw against Corbett.

After breaking his arm against Patsy Cardiff, Sullivan became increasingly more inactive and ineffective and it was during these years that Jackson was on his best run against the above named fighters. after beating Slavin, Jackson himself was aging and went inactive whilst his former foe, James Corbett, went to outlast Sullivan and knock him out over 21 rounds.


We can never be certain how Jackson would have fared had he been granted his much deserved title shot, but one thing is clear, the man proved his greatness despite being shunned and now 123 years later he is being appreciated as he deserved.


Without sounding too political, the IBOH themselves sum it up best with their opening statement about this great warrior


"Racial prejudice was the only thing that kept Peter Jackson from his chance to win the world heavyweight crown"

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Peter Jackson: a true champion of the people.

http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/jacksonpeter.html

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:10543

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jackson.htm

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/BookReview-PeterJackson-BobPetersen.htm

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- Roberto Duran

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- Thomas 'The Hitman' Hearns

 

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FIGHT PURSE -

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(how much winners will get for picking it right)

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BONUS (For getting a KO)


Mayweather vs Ortiz

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K gents, im heading to bed.... thanks to everyone this weekend and hope everyone enjoyed the fights.

Martinez really scared me.... I was starting to think he might actually lose that fight, so glad he pulled it together and came out with a stoppage. Hopefully he can get a big fight soon.

Ill be doing the rankings tomorrow... big thanks to Robney and IB for the updates, really helps out. Thank you to LUF for that awesome spotlight, never even knew of that fighter before. And thanks to all the regulars for always injecting your life into the league, you guys crack me up half the time with your gifs and images And we just had a 44 to 1 beatdown in the featured fight, gonna see where that ranks with our others....

ok gang goodnight n see you all tomorrow :good

Then we get to see how close BigBone got to overtaking Tackle for this years champion :bbb

 

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