"Pollack mentions the flash but does not say anything about Johnson being staggered." I was quoting (and mentioned) Unforgivable Blackness by...
Hard to accept that Johnson didn't know. I think it was discussed in the papers before the fight. His corner was quoted warning him about his...
*Two points were made by those who favored Hart. He was the aggressor. And he fought three minute rounds while Johnson seems to have stalled...
I will try to get a hold of it. I am always open to more evidence. Pollack is certainly about the best source around. What bothers me about...
I actually haven't read it. I got my quotes from the papers themselves at the SF library. They are on microfilm now, but back in the old days...
"a severely depleted version of Jackson" True. But what does this have to do with Jeffries being a legit champion? He proved he was better than...
Except the mixed matches in the Jeff era from 1896 to 1905 did not favor the black fighters. Nor were any of them between Jackson and Johnson...
"Jeffries and Dempsey were bound by the American tradition of barring blacks" Yes, but didn't they and earlier Sullivan create that tradition?...
Well, they weren't the top contenders. No doubt Jeff didn't fight all the top ten guys, but then how many champions do? Johnson is the one who...
"Not a robbery, a controversial decision." This seems to be fair. The SF Call has been quoted on the Jeff-Corbett and Jeff-Fitz fights. Here is...
No one is pumping Jeff on the basis of the Finnegan or Munroe fights. It has been pointed out that he blew a chance to really cement a top all...
I was talking about Maher when he fought O'Dennell. That was his record then. His record on 3-21-1902 when he fought Ruhlin was 122-8-4. I...
My comment would be that the irony here is that drawing the color line impacts Jeff less than it does Johnson and Dempsey. Only Johnson in 1903...
Now to Dempsey 1919 Wills Fulton* 1920 Wills Fulton* 1921 Wills Fulton* 1922 Wills Greb 1923 Wills Firpo** 1924 Wills Gibbons** 1925 Wills...
Now to Johnson 1909 Langford* Kaufman** 1910 Langford* Jeannette* 1911 McVey* Langford* 1912 Langford* Jeannette* 1913 Smith Langford* 1914...
