Jess Willard vrs Jack Johnson April.05.1915-(26 rounds)

[Brutu]

Do all 26 rounds still survive on film footage?
I dont think I have seen more then 5 rounds in any of the documentaries about
Jack Johnson.
How and where did Bill Cayton locate the print for his collection Bigfights,inc?
Does only one print survive?

[dempseyfire]

Cayton bought all 26 rounds of the fight sometime in the 1960s. The entire fight has yt to be released in any kind of public form however. But yes the full fight does exist.

[Brutu]

How did that footage survive on nitrate stock up until the 1960's?
From whom and where did Bill Cayton find it, in Australia?

ESPN(or Disney rather) missed a good opportunity to released all 26 rounds
on DVD due to the new popularity of Jack Johnson from the PBS show and the well publized movement for the President to pardon him for violating the Mann act.
Maybe they will released the enitre historic fight on the 100th anniversary in 2015.
(will we still be interested then?)

[dan1030]

What's the most of this fight that any of you have seen? Myself, I've only ever seen a few highlights and still photos of it.

[Brutu]

Myself,Ive only seen the ESPN show on Jack Johnson,the championship years.
They showed highlights from rounds, 1,10,17 and 26.
Someone said on the recent PBS show on Jack Johnson,the 25th round was shown,which is were Willard hit Johnson with a punch to the heart,and thats what really hurt Johnson and knocked the fight out of him.