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The sparring partners of Jack Johnson
Posted: 20 Dec 2017, 14:06
by Caractacus
Who did he use to get ready for some of his big fights?
( and for his not-so-big fights too)
Re: The sparring partners of Jack Johnson
Posted: 20 Dec 2017, 14:09
by Caractacus
In 1910 .
Johnson had sparred with:
( for his upcoming fight with Jim J. Jeffries
Denver Jack Geyer
George "Kid" Cotton
Walter Monahan
Monte(Marty) Cutler
Al Kaufmann
Dave Mills
Re: The sparring partners of Jack Johnson
Posted: 20 Dec 2017, 14:12
by Caractacus
In 1912 for his fight with Fireman Jim Flynn.
Johnson had as sparring partners:
Calvin Respress
Monte(Marty) Cutler
George DeBray
Harry Wills
Re: The sparring partners of Jack Johnson
Posted: 20 Dec 2017, 14:26
by Caractacus
I think in his 1927 autobiography,Jack Johnson mentioned while in Australia training for the title fight with Tommy Burns,
he had in his corner or trained or sparred with.
Rudolph Unholz ( a South African HW)
Jack and George Walker (the Walker Bros.)
he also mentions 2 other individuals in his corner
but I havent been able to find out yet if they were boxers.
Bobby Bryant
Leo O'Donnell
(anyone know if these last two were boxers?)
Re: The sparring partners of Jack Johnson
Posted: 22 Dec 2017, 17:03
by Caractacus
Jack Johnson also had sparred with;
Joe Walcott (1896-in Boston for 2 months)
Frank Childs-c.1898
Tom Sharkey-1901
Kid Carter-1901
Re: The sparring partners of Jack Johnson
Posted: 22 Dec 2017, 17:11
by Ambling Alp II
Gunboat Smith for the Ketchel fight.
Re: The sparring partners of Jack Johnson
Posted: 22 Dec 2017, 18:01
by Caractacus
also for the Ketchel fight was Denver Jack O'Keefe (who later claimed Johnson was practicing being knocked-down.)
and I think Bob Armstrong may have possibly been one or at least in Johnson's corner.
although of course Armstrong was in Jim J. jeffries corner for the Reno fight.
Re: The sparring partners of Jack Johnson
Posted: 22 Dec 2017, 18:03
by Caractacus
Caractacus wrote: ↑20 Dec 2017, 14:26
I think in his 1927 autobiography,Jack Johnson mentioned while in Australia training for the title fight with Tommy Burns,
he had in his corner or trained or sparred with.
Rudolph Unholz ( a South African HW)
Jack and George Walker (the Walker Bros.)
he also mentions 2 other individuals in his corner
but I havent been able to find out yet if they were boxers.
Bobby Bryant
Leo O'Donnell
(anyone know if these last two were boxers?)
I found out who Bobby Bryant was.
He wasn't a boxer but a friend and a Horse-trainer that Jack Johnson knew
from his earlier days in Boston.
He also ran off with Johnson's second wife,
which Jack Johnson talks about in his autobiography.