Monte Munn-Forgotten HW of the 1920's

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anyone here remember him? at one time he was Jack Johnson's own protege and "Great White Hope".( i.e $$$)

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I think there used to be a photograph on-line of Jack Johnson and Monte Munn where Johnson was training him in the 1920's.
I was gathering info for a thread on the "PROTEGES OF JACK JOHNSON" but I misplaced all the info I gathered somewhere.
Jack Johnson helped train Abe Simon (at least for his fight with Joe Louis).
Jack Johnson also had been a sparring partner to Luis Firpo when Firpo was preparing to fight Jack Dempsey.

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Supposedly Johnson toyed with Firpo and Tex Rickard made sure Johnson didn't spar with him again. Of course there are always stories like this from sparring sessions; who knows what the truth is.

He had a another "protege: named Walter Monahan. He was sparring partner of Johnson and Johnson tried to give him a push while he was champion. Apparently, he was not as good as Johnson thought.

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some other fighters that Jack Johnson trained or coached were
Floyd Johnson
LeRoy Haynes
Harry Bobo