Bruns broke Johnson's ribs and was ill when they meet? This book says so

You,sarcastic? Impossible!:nono

 

You have embraced this , sloppily researched ,hash of a book because it suits your hate agenda regarding Jack Johnson.
Very well , here are some more extracts from it.
HUgh D McIntosh had never refereed a fight before the Burns/Johnson title bout`Page 205.
McIntosh refereed the Burns /Lang fight for Burns title in Melbourne, less than 3 months before the Burns Johnson fight a fight incidentally, in which Burns weighed 174lbs only 5 .5lbs more than he did for the Johnson match.
McIntosh was a former fighter himself, and fully cognisant with the rules of the game .

Jim Jeffries warned Burns not to fight either Sam Langford or Jack Johnson, he openly admitted he had avoided them because he did not want a black man to become heavyweight champion.Page147.


While I have no doubt Jeffries avoided Johnson in his last 2 years as champ,when Jeffries retired in 1905, Langford weighed 150lbs.

Jack Johnson's first fight was against Klondike Haynes in 1897 it was a 7 round draw. Page 150.
I have Johnson fighting twice in 1895 several times in 1896 and , a total of 10 fights before he ever met Klondike which was in 1899 by the way, not 1897, and resulted in a tko loss for Johnson ,,in 5 rds.

Jim Jeffries stated I've got no use for any living n****r . Page 4
Care to comment ?
Regarding the Burns /O Brien first fight, the book states Burns broke O Brien's nose and closed his eye, winning the 20 rds easily.
There seems little doubt Jim Jeffries the referee was biased in favour of his buddy O Brien .Page 131.

Bob Edgren, reporting for the New York World stated, "Jeffries is a lobster of a referee for not handing Burns the decision"
Comments?

These are just a few easily spotted mistakes that I found in a ten minutes trawl through this mish mash of fairytales.

Mr McCaffery states he first heard about Burns in 1974 although he says he was then making his living as a sports writer and ,is himself a Canadian , he was not only unaware that Johnson took the title off of Burns he did not know of Burns existence.:huh

I submit he hasn't got much further along the road at the present

 

I wouldn't call it a book ,but please respond to my inital comments on it above.

 

Would you say going 10 rounds with a broken arm constitutes intestinal fortitude?
How about going 26 rds at 37 against a giant, and being in front after 20rds, does that qualify?
Going 15rds to win a decision over a 6'3.5 ,225lbs fringe contender at the age of 52, after having been out of the ring for 2 years,does that qualify?

How does this compare with 28years old Vitali Klitschko retiring ,whilst being in front against the powder puff hitting Chris Byrd.

A fight which he was winning comfortably ,and only had to waltz through another 9 minutes of action .
A fight in which he was 34lbs heavier ,and 8 inches taller ,than his opponent ?
Thoughts please?

 

Cut the crap.

You had time to post this excuse.
Are you going to respond to the innacuracies I found in this book or not?
You posted excerpts, I posted excerpts that show up glaring mistakes caused by sloppy/lazy research,[ I found the mistakes inside ten minutes]

.Now address the question,and while you are at it ,respond to my thread ,regarding the Ryan /Jeffries footage, that has your name emblazoned on the title, so that you cannot fail to see it.

 

The N Y Times did not have a reporter present at the fight, first hand reporters indicated that the injury happened in the 2nd round.NEXT!

 

I don't understand?

You're saying early in his career he displayed questional heart. All that does is further increase the legend of defeating a world champion whilst having a broken rib.

Like how vitali received shed loads of credit for the heart he displayed against lewis, ortiz received shedloads for the heart he displayed against berto etc.

If a fighter had previously shown weak mentality then it makes any display of fortitude that more impressive.

To summarise, based on your conclusions we have the following scenario: johnson was a skilled fighter who lacked heart but when he finally got his championship shot he overcame a broken rib to dominate the champion.

Seriously you're improving the way I see johnson all the time and perhaps I need to reevaluate him now.

 

McGrain,

This thread almost beats Mendoza's claims of Joe Louis doing a back flip when hit by a Buddy Bear left hook