JOHNSON BEAT TWO MEN CALIFORNIA HEAVYWEIGHT HAD FAST SIX ROUNDS JANETTE STAYED LIMIT New Yorker Put Up Game Contest And Made The Westerner Hustle- Walter Johnson Was Knocked Out PHILADELPHIA RECORD (5/9/05) Jack Johnson added a couple more scalps yo his collection last night at the Knickerbocker A.C. (Philadelphia)by defeating Joe Janette, of New York, and Walter Johnson, late of Boston. in three rounds each.Janette lasted the full three rounds and while he made quite a good showing at times carried the big crowd with him by rushing Johnson, yet it was easily seen that Johnson was his master as a boxer. Johnson towered over the New York man as they shook hands and he appeared to be cosiderably heavier than Janette. Janette was well coached to keep close to Johnson and by so doing the big fellow could not use his great long arms to such a good advantage. Johnson alternated his attack from face to body, using his left more than his right. Johnson tried two or three times for a right hand punch to the jaw in the first round, but could not connect. In one of Johnson's rushes Jenette went down.. Janette landed several blows, one right-hander making Johnson blink. Janette started the second round with a rush. There was a hot mix which ended in a clinch. Then Johnson landed three left-handed blows to the stomach in quick succession. Janette stood up gamely and landed several hard blows. Johnson dropped Janette with a punch on the head and he took the count. Janette clinched considerably and Johnson pounded his kidneys. The crowd did not like this and hooted him for it. Johnson missed two lefts in the third. Janette got in a hard one to the jaw. A good mix-up followed. Johnson got in several body punches, Janette missed a swing to the jaw. Later he slipped to the floor. Johnson rushed Janette and he was forced to cover up. Johnson tried hard for the jaw but missed. Janette got one to the body.Johnson rushed Janette to his knees and just as he got to his feet the [final] bell rang. Walter Johnson did not show up as well as janette. He spent most of his time tin-canning and clinching and seldom landed a blow during the first two rounds They shook hands as the third started and Jack, feinting with his left, put the right to Walter's jaw and the latter went down and although he tried hard to get up he was counted out. 05/19/05 No report 11/25/05 JOHNSON BEATS JEANETTE Negro Champion, However, Was Disqualified on an Alleged Foul 11/25/05-PHILADELPHIA LEDGER After outclassing Joe Jeanette for a round and a half, Jack Johnson, The Negro Heavyweight Champion of the World, lost the bout at the National Athletic Club [Phila.] last night on an alleged foul. Jeanette, after being thumped in lively fashion in the first round, assumed a crouching pose in the secondround. He undertook to run in and clinch, ducking a vicious right hand swing. Johnson ripped a right hand hook up for Jeanette's jaw. The latter dropped to the floor,writhing in apparent agony. He claimed to have been struck a foul blow. He was removed to the dressing room and the club physician substantiated his claim. Johnson was promtly disqualified. Jeanettte professed to be in great pain and lay in his dressing room in apparent agony. It is understood that the police proposed to keep Johnson to keep Johnson, Jeanette and the club officialunder surveillance. 12/02/05 PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 4.Stirred into action by the. yells of disgust from the spectators. Jack Johnson made things lively for Joe Jeannctte in the last two rounds at tlie National A. C. Saturday night. In the fifth round Johnson knocked his opponent down once and in the last round he sent Joe to the mat hwicn. Nearly all the hard punching was concentrated in those two rounds. Johnson f r i e d to knock out his opponent in the sixth round. He rushed and sent Jeancite to the ropes with body blows. Johnson then floored Jeannette with a right swing on the jaw. The bell rang before Johnson could get started again 01/16/06 Jack Johnson,; the colored heiavyweight. who challenged Jim Jeffries at different times, made his New York debut in the ring ;in a three-round bout at the Sharkey A. C. Monday night with Joe Jeanette, and the negro Johnson, as usual, showed his skill as, a boxer and had no trouble In outpointing Jeanette. 09/20/06 Daily Kennebec Journal, 9/22/06 Stayed the limit but Jeanette Had the Worst Of Bout. With Jack Johnson. Philadelphia Sept 2 Joe Jean- nette of New York by clever defensive work for five round and by clinching in the final managed to last the six rounds limit with Jack Johnson at the Broadway A C Thursday night. Johnson had every advantage over Joe being 20 pounds heavier and con- siderably taller. The men mixed it up the first two rounds - The next was in Johnsons favor his left frequently reachings Early In the second round Jeannette cut Johnson over his eye w i t h a long left swing Johnson rushed haid but was wild, and Jeannette three times reached his eye before the bell rang. After that the fight was pretty much all Johnson's although owlng to Jean- nette's clever blocking Jack never had his opponent in dlstress except for a moment In the sixth. 11/26/06 No report It would be great to get the missing reports! This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
Philadelphia Inquirer didn't report on May 15, 1905 show, even though it advertised that show the previous day. It didn't report on 1905-11-25 and 1905-12-02 shows either. 1905-05-10 Philadelphia Inquirer. BOXED TWO MEN --- Jack Johnson Caught Tartar in One, But a Mark in the Other The double stunt tried by Jack Johnson, colored heavy-weight champion of the world, in meeting two men for three rounds each in the wind-up at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club last night proved to be more of a surprise than the champion was looking for. Joe Jeanette, of New York, went on first, and although greatly handicapped in weight and height and eclipsed in experience, he gave Johnson as hard a three-round reception that the latter has run accross while in this city. Jeanette not only held his own, but actually forced the milling in two of the rounds. He repeatedly got home to Johnson's body and face with a good left jab and landed a few right-hand wallops which caused the crowd to yell its approval. Jeanette was not any too gallus, however, by his success and he invariably cleverly covered up whenever the big fellow came rushing in after being stung by some of Joe's punches. Johnson seemed unable to get to Jeanette with any of his blows effectively, although the New Yorker took the count more than once to gather his wits about him when the milling got a bit warm. Johnson did not seem to try very hard in the first round, but after Jeanette had made himself solid with the crowd Johnson sailed in for the second round like a hurricane. For a time things went badly for Joe, but before the round was over he was giving just as good as he received. The third he easily held his own, despite Johnson's desperate efforts to land the "ender" punch. The crowd went wild when the bell ended the bout with Jeanette fighting Johnson savagely. 1906-09-21 Philadelphia Inquirer. JOHNSON SHADES JANETTE. --- Big Jack Caught Tough Customer in New Yorker Through his clever covering up and ability to stand punishment enabled Joe Janette, of New York, to almost even up matters with Jack Johnson at the Broadway A. C. last night. Janette advanced to Jack in the first and was met by a hard right to the heart. He retaliated by landing on Johnson's head. Johnson played for the heart and body continously. In the second Joe opened up an ugly cut over Jack's eye and this flow of gore rather blinded Johnson. Neither contestant was in apparent danger during the bout. Janette clinched to evade in the third. Johnson's close-range work was good and landed on Jack's jaw in the rush. The last round was a continuation of clinches with neither man able to do any damage. Johnson had a shade.
Wow, so he went even with someone he easily outweighed, had a ton of experience over and ducked for 7 years as a champion.
BIG DEE HERE= The thing your not telling about the first encounter between Jack Johnson and Joe Jeanette is Johnson was in his 12th yr as a pro fighter and his 56th bout and Joe Jeanette was a pro for 7mos. and his 3rd bout as a pro. Kinda one sided don`t you think brainiac.
No chris, Johnson beat Jeanette 5 out of 6 times, with the only loss being disqualification. johnson whupped his butt pretty good
This is how I see it.A This content is protected Jeanette held his own with a prime version of Jack Johnson.
held his own? did you not read the articles that showed jack johnson clearly beat joe jeanette every time?
I have a question for mendoza aka dr. Z, in late 1906 Jack Johnson BEAT joe jeanette in a 6 round bout. That was jeanettes 20th pro bout, and jeanette was coming off a knockout win over sam langford. do you still believe jeanette was grassy green? take note jeanette had 6 more bouts when he lost to johnson, than witherspoon did when he lost(or should i say beat) to holmes
Did you read what Seyna posted? In the DQ match, Jeanette was hammering Johnson until the low blow foul. My points are thus. Jeanette had no amateur career at all. He had about a .500 record, and less than 10 fights....yet he lasted the distance in all the fights, and had his share of moments vs a prime Johnson in 1905-1906. It makes one wonder what a more experienced Jeanette would do.
