Jack Johnson: crossing the white line

[MightyWarrior]

This "Scandal" doc starts on Sky History +1 hour at midnight tonight.

[bennie]

This "Scandal" doc starts on Sky History +1 hour at midnight tonight.

That's a good documentary (not pure boxing). Shows some brilliant footage of Johnson beating Tommy Burns.

[mrbassie]

big thanks to telewest for not providing that channel

[neil r]

This "Scandal" doc starts on Sky History +1 hour at midnight tonight.

That's a good documentary (not pure boxing). Shows some brilliant footage of Johnson beating Tommy Burns.

ive got the burns fight on tape, along with the ketchel and jim flynn bouts, and of course the famous fight against james jefferies who came out of retirement to "reclaim the title for the white man". This of course is the fight which spurred the phrase "the great white hope."

Johnson was a tremendous looking fighter,with a superlative defence, though obviously its difficult to judge how he would do today given the fact that the film is almost 100 years old, and an amazing character. his life is one of the most interesting of all boxers i have ever read about.