Luther McCarty vs Jack Johnson, 1913

After McCarty [no H,] beat Moran in1913, Johnson cabled Tommy Burns who was then promoting fights, and Arthur Pelkey in particular.Burns had an arena in Canada.

Exiled Johnson offered to defend his title against McCarty in Canada it made all the papers.
Burns dismissed the idea saying Johnson was not a proper person. What he really wanted was McCarty to fight his protégé Pelkey which he duly did and the rest is history.

 

I know what killed McCarty. I have a photo of him lying on the grass after the fight .
Johnson beats McCarty easily by decision.

 

I have Luther tabbed at 6-1 1/2, 75 1/2 reach and don't think he was a massive puncher except for a good right uppercut.

 

Here's a particularly unsavoury racist rant about Luther.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1913-01-19/ed-1/seq-36/

 

The article I posted on him while exaggerated and glowing did not think so, it said in a few years time. Moran, when he fought McCarty had beaten no one.Neither had 9-2-0 Willard, both improved significantly.
After losing to Johnson in1912 Flynn went into terminal decline, he had 70 more fights and won just 21 of them.

 

Seems a level-headed assessment of the situation. I'm sure the author had plenty of black friends.

 

You mean servants don't you?

 

Certainly no grey areas!

 

So McCarty could’ve been in the ring with Johnson instead of Pelkey on that fated day? How unfortunate

 

Pelkey was devastated by the tragedy,and financially ruined.He kept fighting to alleviate legal expenses ,but was never any good afterwards,not that he was anything special before the fight with the Cowboy.

 

I dont Think Luther Mccarthy was quite developed enough to beat Johnson at that point. He was still in the development stage. If he lived I do think he would have done well by the year 1915 against Johnson. I am of the belief he had more talent than Willard.

Another year or 2 he would have really ascended to a much better boxer. It appears he had the most natural talent among many of the heavyweights.

He just had not hit peak form when he passed away in my option.