Peter Jackson - Revision history

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	'''Managers''': [[Larry Foley]], [[Charles Edward (Parson) Davies]]<br>		'''Managers:''' [[Larry Foley]], [[Charles Edward (Parson) Davies]]<br>
	'''Trainer''': [[Henry (Pop) Blanken]]<br>		'''Trainer:''' [[Henry (Pop) Blanken]]<br>
	[[:Image:Peter.jpg\|Photo #2]]		[[:File:Peter Jackson.jpeg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:Peter.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:File:Peter Jackson 1899 513422711.jpg\|Photo #4]], [[:File:Peter Jackson 1899.jpg\|Photo #5]]
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	Although '''Peter Jackson''' never fought for the heavyweight crown, he is generally regarded as an all time great. Jackson was a top contender of his day, but was kept from challenging champion [[John L. Sullivan]] because of his race. In response to a statement made of defending against a black man, Sullivan stated, "I will not fight a Negro. I never have and I never shall." Despite Sullivan's decision to not fight Jackson, another contender in [[James J. Corbett]] fought Jackson in an epic encounter in 1891. The two fought on even terms before a no contest was called after 61 rounds. Corbett would cgo on to defeat Sullivan for the title the following year.

	~~Over the next few years,~~ Jackson ~~fought sparingly~~, ~~operated a boxing gym in London~~, and ~~acted in plays, including performing in Harriet Beecher Stowe~~'s "~~Uncle Tom's Cabin~~." Jackson ~~died following~~ a ~~long bout with tuberculosis on July 13, 1901. Jackson learned his trade in Australia and is thus generally regarded as an Australian fighter~~.		'''Peter Jackson''', nicknamed the Black Prince, was one of the top heavyweights of the late 1880s and early 1890s. The [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia\|''Cyber Boxing Zone'']] called him "one of the greatest boxers who ever fought in the ring." However, Jackson was never given a chance to fight for the world title because he was black.

	~~Inducted into~~ the:		"Jackson was more scientific than [[Jack Johnson]], was faster and smoother than [[Joe Louis]] but hit just as hard, and possessed footwork similar to [[Muhammad Ali]]," stated boxing historian [[Tracy Callis]]. "In the opinion of this writer, Jackson was one of the greatest fighters in the history of the heavyweight division and deserves to be ranked among the all-time best men in this weight class."

	* [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in its ~~initial~~ year ~~(1990~~)		Jackson was born on a sugar plantation near the town of Christiansted on the island of St. Croix, one of the main islands comprising the Danish West Indies (now the United States Virgin Islands). His date of birth is usually listed as July 3, 1861, but it has also been listed as July 6 and July 16. Jackson biographer Bob Petersen claims Jackson was born on September 23, 1860. "Dr. George Tyson [president of the Virgin Islands Social History Associates] has a photocopy of the baptismal register, where Peter's name and details were entered in the clergyman's neat handwriting, his birth date being written as September 23," Petersen stated.
	* [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] (1999)
	* [[Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame]] (2004)		Jackson started boxing in Australia. There are different stories as to how he arrived in the Land Down Under. Jackson told the ''Louisville Commercial'' in 1890 that he moved to Australia with his family in 1866. Bob Peterson claims that is not true, as census records show that Jackson and his family were still living in the Danish West Indies in 1870. Petersen wrote that Jackson arrived in Australia on February 19, 1879, via a cargo ship, on which he had been working as a seaman.

			Jackson's first professional fight was in 1882. He fought for the Australian Heavyweight Championship two years later and lost to [[Bill Farnan]] by a fourth-round knockout. Jackson challenged for the title again on September 25, 1886, and stopped [[Human:39896\|Tom Lees]] in 30 rounds to become the Australian Heavyweight Champion.

			In 1888, Jackson left Australia for the United States. On August 24, 1888, he stopped [[George (Old Chocolate) Godfrey\|George Godfrey]] in 19 rounds to win the [[World Colored Heavyweight Championship]] in San Francisco, California. Jackson hoped to challenge [[John L. Sullivan]] for the [[World Heavyweight Champion\|World Heavyweight Championship]], but Sullivan refused to fight him. "I will not fight a Negro," Sullivan said. "I never have and I never will."

			Jackson set sail for Great Britain in 1889 for a series of bouts. He returned to the United States in 1890 and won several bouts before heading back to Australia. While there, he successfully defended the Australian Heavyweight Championship with an eight-round draw against [[Joe Goddard]] on October 20, 1890.

			On May 21, 1891, Jackson fought future World Heavyweight Champion [[Jim Corbett]] to a [[James J. Corbett vs. Peter Jackson\|61-round no contest]] in San Francisco, California. Tracy Callis called it "one of the ring’s greatest battles." Corbett, who would knock out John L. Sullivan in [[John L. Sullivan vs. James J. Corbett\|21 rounds]] to win the World Heavyweight Championship on September 7, 1892, later said Jackson was one of the most intelligent pugilists that ever stepped into the ring. He often said Jackson could defeat any fighter he had ever seen.

			On May 30, 1892, Jackson knocked out [[Frank Slavin]], a bitter rival from Australia, in [[Peter Jackson vs. Frank Paddy Slavin\|10 rounds]] to win the Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Championship in London, England. Slavin later said Jackson was "unbeatable . . . the greatest of all masters."

			Jackson toured the United States during 1893 and 1894, portraying Uncle Tom in a play of Harriet Beecher Stowe's ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' and boxing exhibitions with [[Joe Choynski]] between acts. Jim Corbett said Choynski couldn't lay a glove on Jackson.

			In July 1896, Jackson boxed an exhibition with future World Heavyweight Champion [[Bob Fitzsimmons]] in London, England. Jim Corbett said it was like a professor giving a pupil a lesson. In his 1938 book ''Black Dynamite'', [[Nat Fleischer]] wrote that Fitzsimmons called Jackson the greatest fighter who ever breathed and refused to meet him in an official fight.

			Jackson opened a boxing gym in London, England, in 1897.

			On March 22, 1898, Jackson fought future World Heavyweight Champion [[Jim Jeffries]] in San Francisco, California. It was Jackson's first proper fight since he battled Frank Slavin six years earlier. In the meantime, drink and indulgence had taken a toll on him. "I will allow that since my contest with Slavin I have enjoyed myself," he told the ''San Francisco Call'' five days before the bout. A shell of his former self, Jackson was stopped in [[James J. Jeffries vs. Peter Jackson\|three rounds]] by Jeffries.

			Jackson returned to Australia in 1900 and was diagnosed as having tuberculosis shortly afterward. He died at a sanitarium in Roma, Australia, on July 13, 1901.

			Jackson was inducted into [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame\|''The Ring'' Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1957, the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990 (its inaugural year), the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1999 and the [[Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2004.

	== Titles ==		== Titles ==
	Australian Heavyweight (1886)<br>		Australian Heavyweight Championship (1886)<br>
	Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight (1892)		World Colored Heavyweight Championship (1888)<br>
			Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Championship (1892)

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/Article-PeterJackson.htm ~~Tracy Callis Bio]~~		*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/Article-PeterJackson.htm "Peter Jackson . . . 'Faster and Smoother Than Joe Louis' " By Tracy Callis]
	*[http://www.~~antekprizering~~.~~com/jacksonarticle~~.~~html Tony deBolfo Article~~]		*[https://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/the_drama_review/v044/44.1clark.html "Up Against the Ropes: Peter Jackson as 'Uncle Tom' in America" By Susan F. Clark]
	*[~~http~~://~~mitpress~~.~~mit~~.edu/journals/~~DRAM~~/44~~-1/pdf/clark~~.~~pdf~~ "Up Against the Ropes: Peter Jackson as 'Uncle Tom' in America"]		*[http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1985/JSH1202/jsh1202d.pdf "Peter Jackson and the Elusive Heavyweight Championship: A Black Athlete’s Struggle Against the Late Nineteenth Century Color-Line" By David K. Wiggins]
	*[http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1985/JSH1202/jsh1202d.pdf "Peter Jackson and the Elusive Heavyweight Championship"]		*[https://books.google.com/books?id=NM67TaIvgjUC&pg=PA303&lpg=PA303&dq=peter+jackson++tuberculosis+jeffries&source=bl&ots=O1T8Z_Uczu&sig=WsrGvaE62B-H0RBzmcJvfljMMg4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBWoVChMIia_ssJjexwIVR6seCh1eCQbO#v=onepage&q=peter%20jackson%20%20tuberculosis%20jeffries&f=false ''A Question of Manhood: A Reader in U.S. Black Men's History and Masculinity, Volume 2'' By Darlene Clark Hine and Earnestine Jenkins]
			*[https://books.google.com/books?id=z5iMals-Cj0C&pg=PA33&dq=peter+jackson+h.j.+libby&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAWoVChMIspOPqN3cxwIViZANCh3X_QVc#v=onepage&q=peter%20jackson%20h.j.%20libby&f=false ''The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s'' By Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott]
			*[https://books.google.com/books?id=8Jl23AofMNMC&pg=PA5&dq=peter+jackson+dr.+george+tyson&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAGoVChMI86jei_DWxwIVQRo-Ch0SwQiI#v=onepage&q=peter%20jackson%20dr.%20george%20tyson&f=false ''Peter Jackson: A Biography of the Australian Heavyweight Champion, 1860-1901'' By Bob Petersen]
			*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jackson.htm Peter Jackson's ''Cyber Boxing Zone'' page]
			*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7365587 Peter Jackson's ''Find A Grave'' page]

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Sweetscientist at 20:38, 1 June 2014

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John at 14:17, 13 October 2009

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	Although '''Peter Jackson''' never fought for the heavyweight crown, he is generally regarded as an all time great. Jackson was a top contender of his day, but was kept from challenging champion [[John L. Sullivan]] because of his race. In response to a statement made of defending against a black man, Sullivan stated, "I will not fight a Negro. I never have and I never shall." Despite Sullivan's decision to not fight Jackson, another contender in [[James J. Corbett]] fought Jackson in an epic encounter in 1891. The two fought on even terms before a no contest was called after 61 rounds. Corbett would cgo on to defeat Sullivan for the title the following year.		Although '''Peter Jackson''' never fought for the heavyweight crown, he is generally regarded as an all time great. Jackson was a top contender of his day, but was kept from challenging champion [[John L. Sullivan]] because of his race. In response to a statement made of defending against a black man, Sullivan stated, "I will not fight a Negro. I never have and I never shall." Despite Sullivan's decision to not fight Jackson, another contender in [[James J. Corbett]] fought Jackson in an epic encounter in 1891. The two fought on even terms before a no contest was called after 61 rounds. Corbett would cgo on to defeat Sullivan for the title the following year.

John at 14:15, 13 October 2009

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John: fixed ext link

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	* [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] (1999)		* [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] (1999)
	* [[Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame]] (2004)		* [[Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame]] (2004)


	== Titles ==		== Titles ==
	Australian Heavyweight (1886)<br>		Australian Heavyweight (1886)<br>
	Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight (1892)		Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight (1892)


	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/~~box9~~-99.htm~~#tracy~~ Tracy Callis Bio]		*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/Article-PeterJackson.htm Tracy Callis Bio]
	*[http://www.antekprizering.com/jacksonarticle.html Tony deBolfo Article]		*[http://www.antekprizering.com/jacksonarticle.html Tony deBolfo Article]
	*[http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/DRAM/44-1/pdf/clark.pdf "Up Against the Ropes: Peter Jackson as 'Uncle Tom' in America"]		*[http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/DRAM/44-1/pdf/clark.pdf "Up Against the Ropes: Peter Jackson as 'Uncle Tom' in America"]

Wouter at 11:40, 17 July 2009

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Reenthelawman: Adding Commonwealth champions category

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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	*[http://www.ibhof.com/jackson.htm IBHOF Bio]
	*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/box9-99.htm#tracy Tracy Callis Bio]		*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/box9-99.htm#tracy Tracy Callis Bio]
	*[http://www.antekprizering.com/jacksonarticle.html Tony deBolfo Article]		*[http://www.antekprizering.com/jacksonarticle.html Tony deBolfo Article]
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	*[http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1985/JSH1202/jsh1202d.pdf "Peter Jackson and the Elusive Heavyweight Championship"]		*[http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1985/JSH1202/jsh1202d.pdf "Peter Jackson and the Elusive Heavyweight Championship"]

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