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Caractacus wrote:Shortly after loosing the Heavyweight Championship to Jess Willard in April 1915,
Jack Johnson went back to England and told the newspaper JOHN BULL,
that he had "laid Down" for the amount of 50 grand(American money)
to loose to Jess Willard.
My question is did Jack Johnson ever make a retraction and or an apology
in besmerching the reputation and also tainted the ligetemcy of "Big Wheeler'
when all Jess Willard was doing was trying to make a living?

Where does a man go to get his reputation back?

Caractacus wrote:Why should he apologise?
How about,
For claiming to have thrown the fight
and not admitting that Jess Willard had vanqushed him in the ring there.

Caractacus wrote:So and nobody can prove that Tommy Burns didnt throw his fight with Jack Johnson,
because maybe Tommy Burns just didnt feel like"Doin his best" that afternoon in 1908?

Caractacus wrote:read this link to a newspaper article published in 1968.
The fable that Jack Johnson perpetuated that he threw the fight with Willard,
haunted Willard to his last days.
(and a lot of dopey assed people still believed it)


http://www.news.google.com/newspapers?n ... 4645&hl=en

Caractacus wrote:You know why it was that Jack Johnson was able to continue that mistruth for so many years?

Caractacus wrote:Shortly after loosing the Heavyweight Championship to Jess Willard in April 1915,
Jack Johnson went back to England and told the newspaper JOHN BULL,
that he had "laid Down" for the amount of 50 grand(American money)
to loose to Jess Willard.
My question is did Jack Johnson ever make a retraction and or an apology
in besmerching the reputation and also tainted the ligetemcy of "Big Wheeler'
when all Jess Willard was doing was trying to make a living?

Where does a man go to get his reputation back?

Caractacus wrote:You forgot Jim J. Jeffries claiming that he was drugged a few days before the bout with Jack Johnson,
and his handlers couldnt even hardly wake him up to get out of bed the morning of July 4th 1910.
also he had the "squirts" too
but no one ever really believed Jim Jeffries claim back then,
however there are still people who believe that Johnson threw the Willard fight.

Cap wrote:It happens to every champion if he hangs around long enough or tries to come back. Sooner or later someone younger comes along and "puts the boots to 'im". Johnson was no different.

ClivePatrickLyons wrote:

Caractacus wrote:Shortly after loosing the Heavyweight Championship to Jess Willard in April 1915,
Jack Johnson went back to England and told the newspaper JOHN BULL,
that he had "laid Down" for the amount of 50 grand(American money)
to loose to Jess Willard.
My question is did Jack Johnson ever make a retraction and or an apology
in besmerching the reputation and also tainted the ligetemcy of "Big Wheeler'
when all Jess Willard was doing was trying to make a living?

Where does a man go to get his reputation back?

Mate your kidding aint ya Jack Johnson was treated worse then a DOG.

Caractacus wrote:

ClivePatrickLyons wrote:

Caractacus wrote:Shortly after loosing the Heavyweight Championship to Jess Willard in April 1915,
Jack Johnson went back to England and told the newspaper JOHN BULL,
that he had "laid Down" for the amount of 50 grand(American money)
to loose to Jess Willard.
My question is did Jack Johnson ever make a retraction and or an apology
in besmerching the reputation and also tainted the ligetemcy of "Big Wheeler'
when all Jess Willard was doing was trying to make a living?

Where does a man go to get his reputation back?

Mate your kidding aint ya Jack Johnson was treated worse then a DOG.

If you were to ask me it was Jess Willard who was treated like a dog.
show me a photograph with him (Willard)and his "adoring" fans then.