Great photo, not seen this before. I'd take the same guess - if it's 1910, George 'Kid' Cotton, who was his most regular sparring partner before...
Gardner had been claiming the middleweight title before that. The story has always been that Lou Houseman, who managed Jack Root, promoted fights...
Difficult to know what was in Johnson's head. I understand your logic but I'm not sure ordinary sports fans would have paid much attention to the...
No other reference as far as I know to this being recognised as a title fight at any weight. Nothing I've seen has showed this to be anything more...
The story at the time of the Mississippi tournament referred to early in this thread was that Savage, who claimed 42 wins, all by knockout, in...
Sorry, have been told this one's not going to air tonight. Some kind of a problem I'm not party to, but thought it right to let you know.
