These primary sourced reports are kindly provided by Suzie Q. Those who wish to know who was the superior in them , or believe that Johnson was afraid of his black rival ,will have a hard time making a case for Jeannette from this first hand, contemporary evidence. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-34751.html Here is an appraisal of Jeannette's chances of meeting Jack Johnson in 1911 This was in the Pittsburgh Press Jan 11th 1911, just after Sam Langford had convincingly thrashed Jeannette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...AAIBAJ&pg=2987,2539609&dq=joe+jeannette&hl=en