Jack Johnson is continually accused of ducking his black contemporaries ,once he had won the title, there is substance to him being extremely reluctant to fight Langford again, but I fail to see that he ducked Jeannette , he signed to fight him on several occasions and the fights fell through due to outside influences. http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AAIBAJ&pg=2215,3439258&dq=joe+jeannette&hl=en http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AAIBAJ&pg=5985,2548254&dq=joe+jeannette&hl=en http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/698608342.html?dids=698608342:698608342&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Aug+20%2C+1912&author=&pub=Boston+Daily+Globe&desc=%245000+FORFEIT+TO+STAGE+BOUT&pqatl=google http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AAIBAJ&pg=4912,4443607&dq=joe+jeannette&hl=en Below is a report of Johnson's Jan 1906 fight with Jeannette. Johnson is described as too fast for Jeannette ,and as having wings on his shoes. http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AAAIBAJ&pg=3873,150459&dq=joe+jeannette&hl=en Here is a report of their December 1905 fight. 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 t 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. Below. A report of one of their 1906 fights. Jack Johnson,; the colored heavyweight. 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
