Had Jeannette Been Champion Would he Have Defended Against Johnson?

Possibly but he would probably of made Johnson wait as long possible as he and his backers would of wanted to cash in on the title as other champions through the years had

 

Probably not, look how long it took the boxing establishment to let another black fighter fight for the heavyweight title

the people in charge of boxing just were not interested in having two black fighters fight for the heavyweight championship

only way i could see it happen is in a different country

The only ****** wrench in my thinking is maybe Jeannette would not have pissed off the establishment as much as Johnson did and maybe that would have made people more interested in two black fighters fighting for the title

 

If the money was there, yes.

 

Yes, but Johnson did not truly want the fight. As champion Johnson could have selected any venue in the world. He simply did not want to risk his title with Jeannette. The offers were out there, some of which from well known promoters.

Johnson's singing to meet Jeanette is equivalent to Dempsey's signing to meet Wills.

 

KO KIDD,

Johnson did fight another black fighter for a title shot. It was Battling Jim Johnson, and some feel Johnson escaped with a lucky draw! Read the link below, which was sent via cable to the NY Times.

[url]http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70C10F73B5B13738DDDA90A94DA415B838DF1D3[/url]

 

Yes the French wanted to strip Johnson of his belt.

You could say both Langford and Gunboat Smith were #1's for a while. Joe was more of a #2, but most certainly worthy of a title shot, particularly after his TKO in 49 rounds over McVey.