This was 105 years ago....holy shit

@tammybrown7133

7 жыл бұрын

zok310 lool

@Mel-bw1zu

6 жыл бұрын

That's right. And I saw the whole thing live.

@TOTCD

6 жыл бұрын

Hahaha you were there.

@rama2453

6 жыл бұрын

how

@classicsurvivor

3 жыл бұрын

110 now

Look at the size of that crowd. Do you see a single black face- anywhere? Johnson had a lot of brass- probably more guts than any athlete in the history of any sport, to enter the ring on that day. At least Jackie Robinson was part of a team. Johnson was alone amidst a crowd that was 99% against him. His white wife, Etta, was also in the crowd-cheering him on. Amazing!

@martinderry6728

5 жыл бұрын

.. People are oh so stupid, they still are, not realizing that they were not born with Racism inbred etc, they were made to be like that by Idiots before them and it´ll never change, the only hope is to wait till they´re all gone one by one and we´ll have a cleaner place to live in ...

@skincityrecords

5 жыл бұрын

Yea man, gutsy! His last wife said that she loved him because he didn't fear anyone or anything. It's amazing considering the era.

@rolandbessiewells7667

5 жыл бұрын

Stuart Perry yetis

@scrapplepig

5 жыл бұрын

@@martinderry6728 Dream on.

@krishnaaj5162

5 жыл бұрын

Etta should be praised for her courage to be. What a courage !

45 rounds in 110 degree heat? That's a whole different deal than 12-15 rounds in an air controlled arena. Damn.

@cfddffigiftyui1986

3 жыл бұрын

My grandpa is 102 and he can walk pretty fast without getting tired so people back then were bred different

@victorpena3129

3 жыл бұрын

Fighting in the heat produces more sweat which actually helps

@scottkessel952

2 жыл бұрын

How do you even score that lol

@ennuiii

2 жыл бұрын

@@cfddffigiftyui1986 wars and real struggle will do it do ya, but nothing to be ashamed of, cavemen would probably drag their balls across all our faces

@jakedorman6358

2 жыл бұрын

It was 15 rounds. But still.

How time flies because I remember watching this fight live.

@masterred8958

Жыл бұрын

Haha lol

@dirtyjew1974

Жыл бұрын

Me too, I was young then, only 34 years old lol

@projectg408

Жыл бұрын

So dumb 😂

@juanmonster6232

Жыл бұрын

My grandma said she heard u were there......

@sarasonsalas3472

Жыл бұрын

Was there too, using time machine 😂😂😊

Lets also not forget that this was the era where it was common for Boxers to fight on a weekly basis for an entire year. The polar opposite of modern fighters. Who only fight once or if we are lucky twice a year. Saying these athletes were not conditioned is beyond stupid.

Johnson angered tf out of the US after this😂

@Realafricangeneral

3 жыл бұрын

Yep race riots everywhere and they tried to lynch him

@deathtrooper2048

3 жыл бұрын

It was everyone, not just the US

@restk8569

3 жыл бұрын

@@Realafricangeneral race riots? You mean white mob attacks?

@Realafricangeneral

3 жыл бұрын

@@restk8569 blacks fought back self defense

@criticalthought4910

3 жыл бұрын

@@restk8569 Racial terrorism is a more accurate term.

Scheduled for 45, 3 minute rounds, HOLY SHIT.

@mr12aT

Жыл бұрын

Actually it was scheduled for 45 or more rounds, until there was a loser. If you’re interested in this fight I suggest that you read this: www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/ECM_PRO_066938.pdf It’s a very engaging read.

45 rounds! holy fuck...some badass dudes

@eb1247

4 жыл бұрын

The bare-knuckle champion in the video went 75 rounds

@jakedorman6358

2 жыл бұрын

15 not 45

@viralvideo9392

2 жыл бұрын

Hi

Fighting under the conditions of 1910 Reno Nevada would be hard for modern day fighters and fans to comprehend. The temperature at ringside went way over 100-degrees, yet the fans, as far as the eye could see, wore suits with a white straw hat. This was an outdoor arena and everyone was exposed to the sun. Jeffries was past his prime and 5-years out from his last pro fight. He was fit, even though at 36, he was fit. Jack looked hard and sharp and ready. He wanted this fight as well as Big Jeff. The early rounds were even and during the i-minute intervals between rounds, the cornermen would wave a big towel in front of their fighter in an effort to cool him off. The heat and Jack's sharp punching began to make themselves felt from the 8th round on for Big Jeff. The pace of the fight was measured because of it's length. Damn, it was a 45-round fight, you better pace yourself under the 100+degree ringside temp. Jack wore Jeffries down by his sharp punches, Jeff's age, the blazing hot sun, and Jack's superior boxing skills. Big Jeff had nothing to be ashamed of. He fought, fought well in the early rounds, and fought with great courage, despite things going bad for him in the latter fans. Could Jeff have beat Jack when he was in his prime? I don't know for sure, but I suspect that Jack would have had a tougher time, but that's all. Jack would have won in the late rounds of a 45-round title fight. Damn, what tough men they were back then. The fans suffered from the heat just like the fighters did!

@daviddavis3389

Жыл бұрын

Very good commentary sir! Quite enlightening and educational...I enjoyed the way that you painted a vivid, clear image of the scenario..Johnson was certainly as great Boxer and very Brave man just like you stated...Nonetheless, that was more than 120 years ago...Somebody like Charles"sonny" Liston would have destroyed Jeffries and Johnson in the same night!

@davidabney7700

Жыл бұрын

@@daviddavis3389 Thank you David for your kind words. I'm not so sure about Liston taking Jeffries and Johnson any night, much less together. If fighting under the times of Liston (1950's-60's), and fighting the faster paced fights of those times, and in a controlled atmosphere of a enclosed stadium Liston would have had a slight chance against Jeffries, against Jack Johnson, no way, as Jack would have adapted to the faster shorter fights of modern times and beat Liston by ko late in the 15-round fight. Now if Liston was fighting in Big Jeff's time (early 1900's) outdoor arena, 100+degrees at ringside, a blazing sun overhead, as championship fights back in the day were fought in the summer, usually a July 4th date. Not a 15-round fight but a 45-round fight. Big Jeff would have outlasted Sonny's early round danger period, and the heat, sun, and Jeff's sledgehammer blows would have combined to stop Sonny. He would have laid down like he did with Ali once the tide turned. Against Jack Johnson, under the same conditions as Big Jeff's, Jack would have done the same exact thing as Jeff. Jack was such a great boxer, master thinker, master tactician, and did I fail to mention durable. By the 12th round, if Liston was still in the fight, one oe two rounds longer, maybe, then all the factors mentioned would have worked against Sonny in this fight also. Sonny was an awesome, dangerous, powerful hitter that could hold his own with any of the past greats for the first 6-rounds. After then, had Sonny not already knocked out his opponent, it was all she wrote, with a great from the past. Thanks again David for your input, it shows you are a student of boxing history also. Not enough fans like you sir, and thanks again!

4:45 - "Sam Langford, affectionately called the 'Boston Tar Baby'" ; I don't know about "affectionate", but okay.

@ronmailloux9370

4 жыл бұрын

@cjwoot he was from newbrunswick canada

@oleskool61

3 жыл бұрын

No shit,...affectionate my ass.

@carboardpickaxe6615

2 жыл бұрын

He was also know as The Boston Bonecrusher

@FurianFlame129

2 жыл бұрын

He used it as well. Boston terror, Boston tar baby, Boston crusher, etc

Just noted a huge, likely accidental headbutt from Jeffries when they clash at 7:38. Johnson didn't seem to care.

@FusionComet

6 жыл бұрын

MrRoyalFatness Might be intentional

@TheBatugan77

6 ай бұрын

​@@FusionComet So what?

Imagine if they would’ve heard that coolio beat in 1910 😂😂🤣🤣

Change the speed to .75. Sounds funny but looks natural.

Came here after listening to the second episode (of three) of podcast about Jack Johnson on History on Fire. What a great man.

This is a damn time machine. They say we can't invent time machines but in a way WE ALREADY HAVE! We can look back at the past but not the future.

@primesuspect8198

10 ай бұрын

I can Look in the Future. I know exactly how. But i keep in Secret

Watching these old fights, all I can focus on is how LOW they held their guard! Their hands were down at their waist most of the time.

Reading accounts of this fight and the fight against Burns, I have come to the conclusion Johnson was toying with them and couldve knocked them both out much sooner if he didn't want to humiliate them. Given the BS Johnson had to put up with, I don't blame him

@curryinahurry3730

7 жыл бұрын

Given the tensions of the time, he was probably also aware that if he simply floored them in the first round, there likely would have been a riot in the stadium.

@Sassy8utube

6 жыл бұрын

Generic UsernameHere right...but also if every fight was that fast people would get bored.. just like Tyson (before the ear thing)

@DC-js4gk

5 жыл бұрын

@@Sassy8utube And before the Buster thing when he got owned

@user-yp3oj5se1i

4 жыл бұрын

It's exactly like Tyson Fury nowadays especially with the anti 'white' racism that's allowed from governments and other media businesses. They know racism worked back then, nowadays they simply switch which group/race that is to be more oppressed racially. It slows society down for the establishment. The more groups that are taught to identify with their race or gender or political ideology can be used to fight against each other and things are kept as they are. The most rigged looking fake fight was Wilder v Fury's first fight which was like an over acted boxing movie rather than a real looking fight and resulted in a 'Draw' with many people saying Fury was robbed. The anti 'black' media against Johnson has been replaced by anti 'white' media nowadays. They put Obomba in the white house, replace 'white' people in jobs including acting jobs which were originally written for 'white' people with 'black' people instead, 'black' people. Anthony Joshua gets spoken about as if he's the next Ali yet he bet an old Klitchko and got badly beaten by Ruiz. He's clearly not as good as the media claim. Ruiz instead of loosing weight for their second fight actually gained weight and claimed after the fight he didn't train as well as he could and would train properly for their 3rd fight??? Both Ruiz and Fury get more money for loosing or drawing and then they get to fight again with another pay day. Boxing has no Frazier Foreman, Lyle, Norton nowadays but they do have Fury who is like our generations Ali so if Fury beats Joshua and Wilder easily which he clearly can (just like you said Johnson could with other 'white' opponents) he'd have no big pay days left and the Boxing business has no Ali, Foreman, Frazier type money fights. The boxing hierarchy are definitely positioning Wilder Fury Joshua to be like Foreman Ali Frazier even though they know Wilder and Joshua are not as good as Foreman Frazier. Therefore to make the most money, to give it longevity, Fury has to take a dive or two just like Willard v Johnson, history repeats itself. Fury will definitely want to fight properly and win the titles/belts in the end. I wonder how many fake/fixed fights he be part of until then.

@davewebdesign1

3 жыл бұрын

He used to grab their arms and tire them out. When they were really tired he'd pounce quickly and finish them, don't forget Johnson had a suspect chin and he knew this. Tactical. To add to this, his opponents were really bad. Dempsey nearly finished Willard in 1 round! Why did Dempsey and Johnson never meet. I think alot about Johnson was media hype.

60 thousand $$ in 1900s is 60 million today. Wow

It's huge bullshit that I didn't learn about this in highschool. Especially since I grew up about an hour away from his hometown.

@adidasaddict2023

3 жыл бұрын

You dont learn anything in schools you are forced taught books are the best knowledge. Knowledge is the greatest power

So many legends have came since endless list but these 2 were the originals

110 years ago today.

What documentary series is this from? I've seen several fights with this format and narrator, and I'm curious where it comes from.

I still can't believe Jack Johnson gave a paycheck to Fireman Jim Flynn after what he did when they fought a few years before: Flynn headbutted Johnson numerous times on his way to a DQ.

The physiques of old boxers were not built out of the sport, they were built out of their daily lives. You could say they were "functionally strong". Nowadays you have boxer's who are physical specimens, backed up with their physique amd power. But could they survive 45 3 minute rounds like those boxers? Hell no. These guys were absolutely tough as nails (everyone back in the day was) and they never really got through easy back then. It's like those wiry and skinny farmers you sometimes see. They don't look like it but they could probably outlift many gym rats with little effort. Nowadays we don't need to do everything ourselves as we have progressed enough that we have developed sedentary lifestyles. If he could fight anyone today, Jack Johnson could probably outlast anyone in the ring during the golden age of boxing.

@eliholland8909

8 жыл бұрын

Donga Dunderson I don't know about that, I work on a farm doing vigorous work 10+ hours a day, 5 days a week. I used to lift a lot too, and I can't lift nearly as much as I could anymore. Don't get me wrong, I'm still pretty rugged as far as physical condition, but I am not as strong as I used to be.

@akbargreat4289

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, these guys aren't gym rats.... These guys had wisdom strength which meant it was functional and can still be used if they were 60 years old. Real strong men!

@MikeyMcCrashCap

7 жыл бұрын

In addition, these old matches were either fought outdoors, under the hot, blazing, insufferable sunlight, or in some up fitted old shack, with no air conditioning, under burning hot overhead lighting. A fight that comes to mind was the 20-round Jeffries/Sharkey fight on May 6th, 1898. This fight, being one of the first ever to be filmed, went the full 20 rounds, and countless overhead lights, used in such an absurd capacity, were installed specifically for that purpose. The heat from the overhead lights was so severe that Jeffries had lost 20 pounds of his body weight, and the referee had to wear a hat to protect himself. Sharkey had suffered severe facial cuts, and Jeffries had dislocated an elbow. I wouldn't be surprised if both fighters had also suffered broken ribs.

@MikeyMcCrashCap

7 жыл бұрын

Jack Johnson had continued to fight well into his 60s before dying in a car crash. He was that good.

@darimiwamubarak

7 жыл бұрын

ダニ社会の Jeffries weigh 300 pounds before entering this fight though. Not really functional.

This was 116 years ago....holyshit

@timw.5030

3 жыл бұрын

Ok 5 1/2.

Amazing Video.

Love these old boxing reels, today's boxers are all money money an treated like Kings with fancy arena's etc. In those days the guys boxed to see who was the best, trained with next to nothing gear. Modern day boxers in the same situation........wouldn't last half the time if they fought back then. Totally different breed of fighter

Como ha evolucionado el boxeo más de un siglo después!!!!!

Black Power 💯🖤👊🏿

I lived about 100 feet from where this fight was fought, it's an empty lot now

@masterred8958

Жыл бұрын

Oh

@taejon4370

Жыл бұрын

They should build statues there

@TheBatugan77

9 ай бұрын

You sleep on park benches?

@daydaybrown741

9 ай бұрын

@@TheBatugan77 It's not a park it's a recycling lot now.

@AzizSherverzian

3 ай бұрын

Cap

The biggest middle finger that a racist could ever take

@carlmurray1781

13 күн бұрын

Jeffries was old and came out of a 6 year retirement and still went 15 rounds. If you look at Johnson's record he almost always had a height, weight and reach advantage over his opponent and found out against Willard what that means.

"Affectionately called the Boston tar baby" holy shit

this fight was scheduled for 45 - 3 minute rounds in 110 degree heat?

To think that all these people are dead and we are next.

@lukejeffrey1501

3 жыл бұрын

bro.... thats deep

One quick correction on the description of this video. Despite what the Internet says when you Google "Who was the first black boxing champion", Jack Johnson was NOT it. Johnson was the first black HEAVYWEIGHT boxing champion. However, Joe Gans was world lightweight champion 1902. And, as far as i know, the first ever black boxing champ EVER was Barbados Joe Walcott who won the welterweight boxing championship in 1901. If anyone knows of earlier black WORLD champions, please comment with their names; however, this was right around the time they started letting blacks compete with whites, so I am doubtful of earlier world champions.

@fredgaspar1944

9 ай бұрын

George Dixon was the first.

@jimmygravitt1048

9 ай бұрын

@@fredgaspar1944 Thanks for that. For those wondering, Dixon became world bantamweight championship in 1890, more than a decade before Gans and Walcott.

4:37 i love the introductions

@imac846 this fight was scheduled for 45 3min rounds, w the temp. 110 degrees. . yea id be clinching as much as possible in the first round, lmao. . thats fuckin crazy,

Jack Johnson greatest ever

@MrRrehberg

5 жыл бұрын

LOL I DONT EVER THINK SO LOL ''NOT'' A BUM

@martinamicflyy2618

4 жыл бұрын

Bo Rood Wow!!............... kzread.info/dash/bejne/paCpsNePoJXFhKg.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/dI2osZmigM_IZcY.html

@extremeking425

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRrehberg that bum beat your great grandfather? LOL

@Dempsey1873

5 ай бұрын

Absolute not

@borood1188

5 ай бұрын

@@Dempsey1873 If he fought in any modern era he would have adapted to the skill level. He was mentally strongest and that cannot be taught

This got banned by congress.

he was such a bad ass fighter

every type of athlete in any sport is getting physically larger throughout the generations.

"How many clinches can you get into in a boxing match?" Jefferies and Johnson: "Y E S".

@Alberto_Salva

7 ай бұрын

When your perspective is 45 rounds... 😊

If this interests you, please listen to the History On Fire podcast series about Jack Johnson, it’s great!

Back then you could see boxers used his palms to try and stop punches and jabs from coming, this is what George Foreman would do as well in the 60s.

@nixon9346

Жыл бұрын

Scared of what?Nothing to be scared off.

Crowd helping Jeffries to his feet 🤯

@extremeking425

3 жыл бұрын

fuck the crowd

@Spongebrain97

3 жыл бұрын

@@extremeking425 bunch o soft racist bitches

@earthsurgery1237

3 жыл бұрын

@ForeverTired2000 You like white people?

@WiseyMikey

Жыл бұрын

@@earthsurgery1237 I don’t

@earthsurgery1237

Жыл бұрын

@@WiseyMikey that's because you're a communist. Lol. Black lives madder

75 round fight?

Great Piece of History, A Book entitled The Obstacle is The Way by Ryan Holliday lead me here

I live there. Pretty cool.

dün gibi hatırlıyorum 1910 yılında evde 160 ekran samsung qled televizyonumuzdan izlemiştim tvyi o yillarda yeni almıştık

what year was this commentated

The fourth of july has a new celebration now!

this is 110 years old , 8 months and 6 days ago as of today current date: Wednesday 10th march 2021

Excelente vídeo. Eternizou um marco no esporte e um duro golpe no racismo americano.

@ws90ninety

Жыл бұрын

Qui non c'è razzismo. È la televisione che ti mente per farti arrabbiare.

@monta247

9 ай бұрын

Get lying: if you are not being raped : rape must not exist. It's in her head.

@chrispfeiffer6905

4 ай бұрын

@@ws90ninetyThere was literally race riots after Johnson won. White folks couldnt handle it.

the commentary added later?

@stikupartist3698

4 жыл бұрын

The original is better. The announcers call the great white hope a traitor to his race when he lost.

Must of been extremely liberating for jack johnson, to show the whip masters of the time who the real man was.

Btw 125usd now is 4022.25 as of 24 August 2023

How does anyone fight 45 rounds?

10:20 great refereeing there guy

@78Richardab

4 жыл бұрын

That was the rule then. If you're up and on your feet....you can be hit.

Just listened to the history on fire podcast episode on this topic and had to see the video. Just goes to show how futile it is to try and justify beliefs that make no sense (racial superiority) it would be in everyones best interest to judge people as individuals and not groups.

They had motion picture in 1910??

@DC-js4gk

5 жыл бұрын

Yes they did. Boxing suited fiming because it didn't move. So it could be set up with several cameras as each only filmed a few minutes. 7 I think before a reload. And they were hand cranked. A simple spring was later used and then a small motor by the 20s. These boxing movies were very popular and would tour the world and screen on sportsmans nights.

@MrSuicidal69

5 жыл бұрын

Very proud that Australia produced the first ever feature length film in 1906! I think the original went for over sixty minutes but unfortunately much of it lost over time. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y3Vq0MuTnd3cn8Y.html

I twitch stream as jack johnson in fight night champion. I’m currently 20-0 let’s go. Bravest champ. Him and joe Louis who fought against the nazis favorite fighter. Epic stuff

@Danmasonnnn

Жыл бұрын

Max Schmeling hid Jews from the police though

@ricomajestic

10 ай бұрын

@@Danmasonnnn And paid for Joe Louis' funeral!

I totally diagree with you. Modern fighters haved died int he ring as well. But how many modern fighters are fit enough to go 25 or 45 rounds? How many of the top 20 heavyweights today could do that? Zero I would say. JIm Corbett and Peter Jackson fought 61 3 minute rounds. I would say they were in great condition.

@verginiamatevossian2406

2 жыл бұрын

Well if fighting in those conditions didn't have any bad consequences. then no one would change the rules:-) but yes people also kinda "weaker"

"Sam Langford, affectionately called 'The Boston Tar Baby.'" 🤦‍♂️

@mmuku8655

3 жыл бұрын

🌚🌚🌚

@fifi24hgf

3 жыл бұрын

I know right 🤮

KZread tagged same video of this as INAPPROPRIATE. A short sports documentary. Not sure why.

i hate when people say that. lol. that was their PROFESSION. if we would have grown up with that system we could def take a punch

Who would win between Jeffries and Louis in their primes? Johnson and Marciano in their primes?

@polymath7

8 жыл бұрын

+sj t Okay, I'll venture a couple guesses: Jeffries floors Louis early like Galento did, but Louis recovers and systematically pics apart Jeffris to win a grueling decision. Jeffries is not knocked down but his face is cut to ribbons (confidince: 60%) Johnson is to crafty for Marciano, and it goes a lot like Marciano Walcott, only Rocky probably doesn't land the hail Mary right. (confidence: ~80%)

@sjt6979

8 жыл бұрын

+polymath7 I like your predictions; they seem quite sound. Try these: 1) The Roy Jones who beat Ruiz vs. a prime-time Schmelling. 2) The Jack Dempsey who beat Willard vs. the Ali who lost to Spinks.

@polymath7

8 жыл бұрын

I don't know a lot about Schmelling, but I can't think of anything that suggests he'd have a strong chance against Jones. I'd be more curious about Gene Tunney, who I suspect would outpoint Jones at ~190. Probably close like the Tunney-Greb fights. I could actually see Dempsey taking out Lewis or the Klitschkos of they fought under 1919 rules with 1919 gloves, but he has to either knock out Ali early or outpoint him, and those both seem pretty unlikely to me. I think Dempsey would take out Joe Frazier, maybe even faster than Foreman did.

@sjt6979

8 жыл бұрын

+polymath7 Very interesting points. Gene Tunney is somewhat underrated in my opinion. I think that Tunney vs Floyd Patterson would be a very entertaining, evenly matched bout.

@MikeyMcCrashCap

7 жыл бұрын

Would Jack Johnson have beaten Mike Tyson? Maybe. Would he have beaten Ali? That is something we will never know.

The fight was reported by Jack London and Bat Masterson!

Holy shit 45 rounds 😯😯

@ascendediam

7 ай бұрын

Why is that shocking no one ever finished it sounds silly,just like when they lock people prison and say 100 or more years it sounds more dramatic to say that,then to say the real number

45 3 minute rounds? Damn!

They really asked the president of the United States to be the ref...

@str8kronic

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

Does it hurt much Mr. Jeffries?

Baitiful

7:03 Tex Rickard: "Well, the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES and a WORLD RENOWNED AUTHOR can't referee this historic fight. I tried my best. I suppose that I, Tex Rickard -- who has never refereed a fight before--has no choice but to reluctantly take on this critically important responsibility. What can I do, contact an actual referee?" That's some infallible logic there my man.

@masterred8958

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@TheBatugan77

6 ай бұрын

You done? Good. Zip it pinhead.

Ali comes back after retiring for two years loses badly no luster from his rep lost. Sugar ray comes back gets demolished still a legend. Jeffries undefeated champ. Retired six years comes back loses. Now is a total bum. According to armchair experts.

Wow !! Legendary times. The crowd actually got up and helped Jeffries get back up.

'Affectionately' called "The Boston Tar Baby"?! Are you fucking kidding me?

What was jeffries chewing?

@phantomforester9337

2 жыл бұрын

Old-time fighters used to chew pine gum or pine tar gum or pieces of leather to toughen up their jaw muscles to better take punches.

Vejo mais abraços que pancadaria

Jack London reported this fight

Johnson was fighting 2 fights here his opponent, and the crowd throwing racial slurs at him, the idea that a black man could hold the heavyweight world title really undermined the belief of white superiority

this is 1910?... is it even legal for the black guy to win lol

@MisterH1984

9 жыл бұрын

LOOOOOOOOL

@xZEUSo

8 жыл бұрын

wildboy789789 Actually, it wasnt. Thats why they banned all showings of boxing matches in movie theaters. All because Jack was dominating his white opponents and of course the white public couldnt stomach that.....

@Wildboy789789

8 жыл бұрын

xZEUSo wow interesting

@notthatjesus7443

8 жыл бұрын

+wildboy789789 Actually in the middle of reading a book(Papa Jack) on Jack Johnson for a class, the whole story is incredibly interesting to read about. From the book: "The issues in this fight were literally black and white. Rickard felt no qualms about exploiting the race issue. Jeffries became the 'Hope of the White Race' and Johnson the 'Negroe's Deliverer.' Seen as a battle for racial superiority everything about the fight was treated as having momentous importance." "In an age when a laborer still might earn only a dollar a day, the amount Jeffries and Johnson stood to make struck some observers as disgraceful. . . Either way the amounts were staggering. 'A new era is at hand in pugilism,' wrote Moss. 'These horny-fisted survivals of the Stone Age are . . . the real moneymakers. Primitive Nature seems to reward her followers handsomely, despite civilization's boasted triumphs.'" "In reform they sought to establish the world as they believed it once existed, a world of Christian morality and puritanical virtues. ... In Johnson and prizefighting these reformers saw the incarnation of everything they opposed, feared, and hated. ... Professional boxing was viewed as an immigrant sport that attracted Irish and Polish Catholics, Russian Jews, and other undesirable sorts, which in fact it did." "[When the fight was announced initially to be in San Francisco] It was an affront to civilization, they said. In Cincinnati a million post cards were distributed among the faithful for signing and posting. They were addressed to the governor of California and contained the simple message: 'STOP THE FIGHT. THIS IS THE 20TH CENTURY.' ... Congressman William S. Bennett of New York, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Relations and a good churchman, wired the president of the San Francisco Board of Trade that the 'prospective fight' stood in the way of congressional efforts to secure the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1913 for San Francisco." "After some soul-searching he[Gov. Gillett of California] concluded that the Johnson-Jeffries contest would not be a boxing exhibition, which California law permitted, but a prizefight, which state statutes forbade."

@MysticNinjaJay

8 жыл бұрын

+William Brovelli Johnson didn't fight Jeffries in his prime because Jeffries ducked him. Jeffries admitted in newspapers that Johnson would have beaten him in his prime. Johnson wasn't undefeated coming in to this fight but he was a very dominant champion. His success affected the psyche of White Supremacists around the world who couldn't stand to have a Black Heavyweight Boxing champion. They rioted after Johnson knocked out Jeffries. White Supremacists have fragile egos. They see combat sports as a test of manhood and absolutely hate to see White fighters lose. Even today they have their Great White Hope fighters, the latest of which in MMA is Conor McGregor taking on the dominant Jose Aldo, a Black Brazilian who hasn't been beaten in 10 years. That should be a classic.

Let's go Jack Johnson!!

@stevetatten9422

10 ай бұрын

Let's go Tyson Fury.

Here after watching the Ken Burns dox on Jack Johnson.

If you check out the 1907 Burns vs Squire title fight, Jeffries was the referee & you'll get an idea how out of shape he was & how much weight he needed to lose. I read he dieted & trained for 1 year before the fight was even signed 9 months before the Johnson fight. But regardless should of fought 2 tuneup fights at least. Which shows me it was just a payday and nothing else, if he had won he was rt back to retirement and no doubt 2 hand picked white heavyweights would fight for the belt. Thoughts?

Wow esto fue hace 112 años

5:02 ..... 75 rounds in a barenuckle fight 😮😮 who the fook are those guys !!!

DAZN lives quality be like:

Me too, I'm the tall black guy wearing a $500.00 dollar suite, drinking a tall glass of Beer in tow 3...I was sitting with Abraham Lincoln and discussing reperatipns for pass injustices during Slavery!

Jack Johnson was to me the greatest heavyweight and rates number on my list wth Muhammed Ali very close behind.Joe Louis would come closest third Jack Dempsey the fourth Larry Holmes the fifth George Foreman right there in the sixth Joe Frazier the seventh Evander Holyfield there in position eight Rocky Marciano position nine and John Sullivan the tenth.Back to Johnson one would say his opposition was as weak as Marcianos. I would not go along with that in a sense that the crowd hateful white spectators were the order of the day for the champion.Others spirits amongst the listed ten would break with exception of Ali of course but Johnson did not care but gave back as bad as he received. He was great and nothing seemed to intimidate him.

@Klukanty

10 ай бұрын

Why Rocky Marciano is only ninth? Unlike the others, he was undefeated, and - I believe you are wrong at this point - he won against all the most important competitors of his time. Including his friend the Great Wizzard - oh, sorry - Ezzard Charles. Also, what about the intellectuals of the ring, Gene Tunney and "Gentleman Jim"? By the way, look at the fight between Tunney and Tommy Gibbons (another artist). Just after knocking Gibbons out, Tunney came to see whether his opponent is all right. Compare this to Johnson's behavior in the movie above. Not to mention the "stars" of today. :-(

@ronsmac

10 ай бұрын

I’d make Fury number 1 , Louis 2 , Ali 3, Holmes 4, Lewis 5, Dempsey 6 Vladamir 7 ,marciano 8, tyson 9, Johnson 10.

@DavidBumerBoxHilite this was when boxing was great when it was about real fighting non of that tappy shit nowadays where the boxers try to play tag n get a judges decision

lol a punch? hell, he couldn't take a shoulder feint from either of these great men!

113'yrs ago

Jim got his ass kick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jasona9

3 жыл бұрын

And, he took the "ass kick" like a man! After the fight, Jim Jeffries admitted that he never could have beat Jack Johnson, not even in his prime.

45 rounds? Are you freaking kidding me?

@mariutunio

5 жыл бұрын

Still nothing compared to Jack Burke vs Andy Bowen 110 rounds marathon.

@xavierpaul49

5 жыл бұрын

That's how they used to do it. Sometimes there were no judges no rounds. They would keep going until the fighter gives up.

don't retire for 6 years and come back to fight a fighter in his prime. Big mistake.. it was like Joe Lewis and Rocky Marciano.. Joe Lewis was way out of his prime.. age takes its toll..

@crazy32people55

4 жыл бұрын

DARRELL COOKE he retired because he didn’t want this fight in the first place

@Dempsey1873

4 ай бұрын

While i agree, many always leave out the fact that rocky only started training at 23 and went pro at 25

James J. Jeffries. We have Triple G… They had Triple J.

60k in 1910 😮

Of course you do.

WTF??? 45 3 minutes rounds!??!?!

@hunterweedman9602

4 жыл бұрын

Back in the day boxing matches could go up to 45+ rounds. If you didn’t hear, one of the guys the narrator mentions fought a 70 something round fight. Insane.

@carboardpickaxe6615

2 жыл бұрын

The longest fight under gloved rules was 111 rounds. Over 6 hrs of fighting.

45 3 minute rounds in 110 degree heat....what the actual fuck

@azenh

Жыл бұрын

right

@GreatMewtwo

9 ай бұрын

It's hard for me to believe at times as well, just as I didn't realize that distances of 12 rounds were a relatively new idea until I read more into the history of boxing. The fact that they scheduled this for 45 rounds brings credence to people's bragging about when they went 10 rounds in a fight.