Jack Johnson not as great as they told you, the video

I'm usually too busy on the weekends but will reply here for those who were waiting:

1 ) Papers at ring size said Johnson was dazed from the punch! They were there. Are you saying they were wrong?

2 ) Johnson's own testimonial was he was hit hard! Are you calling him a liar? Wasn't the story of a fix made up after Ketchel's death? How convenient. Also, Ketchel took a beating but managed to produce a visible lump on Johnson head/face from a blow. It sure doesn't sound like a fixed fight!

3 ) Johnson often like to disrespect and play around with over matched people. See Fylnn or Burns. If you are using this as evidence of a fix, were the others fixed too? Of Course not!

4 ) Johnson goes down, rolling over and had to brace himself to get up. This is a sign he was hurt. He was embarrassed for sure, and those embarrassed get up as fast as they can. To add balance was a strength of Johnson game. He lost his and fell down while Knocking Ketchel out. You never see him off balance in any films. A fighter off balance that falls down is a sign of a guy who is buzzed.

5 ) If Choynski below 170 could KO Johnson, why can Ketchel come close too?

6 ) When he gets up, he holds on to the ropes. Johnson was a gloating type, but here he's holding on, likely because he isn't fully recovered.

7 ) A punch to the back of the head can disorient a person and it does not need to land solidly to do so.

8 ) If you are certain this was a fake, which other of Johnson's fights were also fake?


"The whole climax of the fight was crowded into thirty-four seconds. At the beginning of the last round, there was little to judge from preceding rounds to pick the winner. They met in the center, clashed and wrestled to Johnson's corner. The negro broke, and poising himself, dashed at Ketchel, who shrank to meet him. Ketchel drove his right to the black's lowered head. Johnson ducked and received the blow behind the ear and rolled to the floor. Johnson arose slowly and leaped toward the white man, landing a terrific blow on Ketchel's jaw; with his left he struck for the stomach and with his right swung again, catching Ketchel's head as it rolled from the onslaught. Ketchel dropped in a heap while Johnson sprawled across the beaten rival's legs. Johnson arose still dazed and clung to the ropes." (Associated Press)


JOHNSON DAZED AS KETCHEL GOES OUT; Black Champion Finishes White Fighter in Twelfth Round. LAST SECONDS SENSATIONAL Negro Rises from a Fall and Piles Into Ketchel with Crashing Blows -- $40,000 Taken In.

 

Yes, I agree and so does the press that was at ringside also said the punch landed near the ear region.

Johnson might have anticipated the easy to read Ketchel and started to duck a bit before the punch caught him.

The press also says Johnson was dazed, and Johnson said something close to it was the hardest punch he took to date.

A legit Knockdown.