Mendoza has often stated that big money offers were made to Johnson to defend against Langford,McVey ,and Jeannette. He had quoted figures up to $100,00 being offered. Yet in the link provided Tex Rickard, the premier promoter of the day denies some of the big purses supposedly offered by himself, and states that some fights for such prizes would not be financially viable. http://news.google.com.au/newspaper...6827,6145064&dq=jack+johnson+life+story&hl=en
I never believed the size of the purses some claim were offered. Nice newspaper article thanx for posting it up.