jack johnson v jim jeffries

[funso banjo baby]

ive heard that in the scramble to find a referee...both the US president and (check this ?) Sir arther Conan Doyle declined.

what on earth ?

apparently tex ricard reffed ?

what was all the hullabulloo about

werent there any refs at this time ?

[Robinson]

I am assuming that they needed a man of status and perceived
authority.

This was a big thing, especially in the USA.

Exciting, new times no doubt.

[raylawpc]

In those days, the fighters agreed on a referee. When Jeff and Johnson couldn't agree on an established referee, they chose Tex. Same thing happened in the Johnson-Burns fight. They couldn't agree, so they settled on Hugh McIntosh, the promoter.

[ManchesterMexican]

has anyone watched there remembral fight

when there were in their 60+

brang a tear to my eye

[funso banjo baby]

huh ?

[HomicideHenry]

http://forum.boxrec.com/viewtopic.php?f ... &sk=t&sd=a

^^^I am inclined to forward you to this particular thread, which went into almost every single spectrum of that particular fight and its participants, the after math and the build up to what was the single most biggest fight of all time