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This is one of Jack Johnson when he was in France evidentially and fought Arthur Craven at the PLAZA OF THE MONUMENTAL BULLS SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1916 3:00PM.

The Jeffries-Sharkey fight, first battle between the two I believe.

It was the second; the first wasn't filmed. The film is lost. We have snippets now from a bootleg film, not that film.

Its a shame the Biograph film was lost. Most of the beautifully clear pictures we have of Jeffries-Sharkey II were stills taken from that film.

Its also a shame because it was, by all accounts, a great fight. Fans who saw it and who lived into the Joe Louis era frequently called it the greatest, most action packed heavyweight fight they'd ever seen.

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^^^Arthur Cravan

According to the fight poster I posted in the first post, it states that Cravan was the European champion at Heavyweight. Yet BoxRec only has 3 losses listed as Cravan's record.

HomicideHenry wrote:http://www.rare-maps.com/details.cfm?ty ... key=100003

This is one of Jack Johnson when he was in France evidentially and fought Arthur Craven at the PLAZA OF THE MONUMENTAL BULLS SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1916 3:00PM.

- Sweet, but that was Mexico. Johnson was literally booed out of Mexico across the Rio Grande into the welcoming hands of the FBI after his act got old. Looks like a still from Ruiz/EHField bout.

BroughtonRulesRefuge wrote:

HomicideHenry wrote:http://www.rare-maps.com/details.cfm?ty ... key=100003

This is one of Jack Johnson when he was in France evidentially and fought Arthur Craven at the PLAZA OF THE MONUMENTAL BULLS SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1916 3:00PM.

- Sweet, but that was Mexico. Johnson was literally booed out of Mexico across the Rio Grande into the welcoming hands of the FBI after his act got old. Looks like a still from Ruiz/EHField bout.

Actually, it was Madrid. Craven - a Dada-ist sytle poet, drunk and nephew (by marriage) of Oscar Wilde - was the self-proclaimed champion of France. He vanished at sea while sailing alone to Venezuela.

Love them old time shots.
Quality.

HomicideHenry wrote:http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hu ... &cat=boxer

^^^Arthur Cravan

According to the fight poster I posted in the first post, it states that Cravan was the European champion at Heavyweight. Yet BoxRec only has 3 losses listed as Cravan's record.

Actually, the poster states that Jack Johnson is the European champion.

raylawpc wrote:

BroughtonRulesRefuge wrote:

HomicideHenry wrote:http://www.rare-maps.com/details.cfm?ty ... key=100003

This is one of Jack Johnson when he was in France evidentially and fought Arthur Craven at the PLAZA OF THE MONUMENTAL BULLS SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1916 3:00PM.

- Sweet, but that was Mexico. Johnson was literally booed out of Mexico across the Rio Grande into the welcoming hands of the FBI after his act got old. Looks like a still from Ruiz/EHField bout.

Actually, it was Madrid. Craven - a Dada-ist sytle poet, drunk and nephew (by marriage) of Oscar Wilde - was the self-proclaimed champion of France. He vanished at sea while sailing alone to Venezuela.

- OK, I stand down. Always heard of the Craven fights, but never knew Johnson was officially credited with wins over him.

Assumed he went to Mexico straight away after the Willard fight and had all those exibitions. Must've had more money than reported to end up in Spain.

BroughtonRulesRefuge wrote:

raylawpc wrote:

BroughtonRulesRefuge wrote:
- Sweet, but that was Mexico. Johnson was literally booed out of Mexico across the Rio Grande into the welcoming hands of the FBI after his act got old. Looks like a still from Ruiz/EHField bout.

Actually, it was Madrid. Craven - a Dada-ist sytle poet, drunk and nephew (by marriage) of Oscar Wilde - was the self-proclaimed champion of France. He vanished at sea while sailing alone to Venezuela.

- OK, I stand down. Always heard of the Craven fights, but never knew Johnson was officially credited with wins over him.

Assumed he went to Mexico straight away after the Willard fight and had all those exibitions. Must've had more money than reported to end up in Spain.

Johnson spent three years in Spain following the Willard loss.