Jack Johnson 2 title reigns puts him in top 10

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1902

Oct 21

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Los Angeles,Ca TK 12

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1903

Feb 3

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Los Angeles, Ca W 20

Feb 27

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Los Angeles, Ca W 20

May 11

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Philadelphia, Pa KO 3

Oct 27

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Los Angeles, Ca W 20

1904 Feb 16

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Philadelphia, Pa NW 6

Apr 22

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San Francisco, Ca KO 20

Jun 2

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Chicago, Il W 6

Oct 18

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Los Angeles, Ca KO 2

1905 May 3

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Philadelphia, Pa KO 4

May 9 Walter Johnson Philadelphia, Pa KO 3

Nov 25

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Philadelphia, Pa LF 2

Dec 1

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Baltimore, Md D 12

Dec 2

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Philadelphia, Pa NW 6

1906Jan 16

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New York, NY W 3

Mar 14

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Baltimore, Md W 15

Apr 19

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Wilkes-Barre, Pa KO 6

Apr 26

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Chelsea, Ma W 15

1907Feb 19

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Sydney, NSW, Aus KO 1

Now excluding the Jenette Foul TKO loss, thats an amazing 17 title defenses!!! The coloured heavyweight championship at the time was arguebably tougher than the linear belt which was being passed around by midget white dudes. Johnson managing 17 title defenses against the best the division had to offer is nothing short of astounding. Combine his 8 linear heavyweight title defenses and you have a total of 23 total defenses!!! The coloure heavyweight title is where johnson did all his work. the linear heavyweight title though a bit unimpressive, was only the icing on the cake.

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Part II


I hear that some of his opposition has been critisized for fighting inexperienced smaller foes during his coloured reign...lets take a look



- Joe Jenette. Johnson fought him many times, fight reports show even has jenette got more experienced the more times they fought, johnson continued to get the better of jenette. in 1906 jenette sported a 8-7-1 record...johnson got a decision over him. Now larry holmes is often praised for beating tim witherspoon. but at 8-7-1 jenette sported one more pro fight going into the johnson fight than spoon had going into the holmes fight.



- Sam Mcvea, he was young around 18-20 years old during the years they fought but johnson was young and at 185lb had not physically reached his peak either and was sporting mcvea 25lb!!! but 210lb Mcvea proved he was an early bloomer by blasting away top contender denver ed martin. at 8-2 he was a novice, but no one other than johnson could beat him at the time. mcvea didnt just lose, johnson DOMINATED him...gave him 3 one sided beatings so badly mcvea REFUSED to ever get in the ring with jack again.



- Denver Ed Martin was a top rated heavyweight contender. At 6'6 200lb with a very long reach, he was the ernie terell of his era. There is film of him sparring gus ruhlin who was training to fight jeffries, and martin toyed with him handled ruhlin with ease. it made you wonder why ruhlin was getting to fight jeff instead of martin. Martin recorded alot of very good wins during his career and had the best footwork of his era, with top notch jab and defensive skills. Jack Johnson dominated martin each time they met.



- Sam Langford. Yes we all know he weighed 156lb. but jack johnson only weighed 185lb.....thats a 31lb advantage. James Jeffries gets huge credit for beating Bob Fitzimmons....but Jeffries sported 33lb and 45lb advantages over fitzimmons!!! Jeffries also sported 32lb advantage over tom sharkey who is viewed as a top win, and jeffries sported 52lb weight advantage on joe choynski!! So johnson deserves alot more credit than he gets. take note johnson DOMINATED langford, knocked him down twice...langford admitted it was the only fight in his long career he was ever thoroughly beaten.







Here is a fact for you



Jack Johnson has the best NAMES of two different eras on his resume, whether they were in there prime or not, fact of the matter is HE FOUGHT AND BEAT them, its better to have them on your resume than not.



Jeffries/Fitzimmons two best names different era


Jenette/Langford/Mcvey best during his era



Johnsons record against the following men? 9-0!!!!!!

 

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