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**BattlingNelson** · 12-01-2008, 05:17 PM

Thanks for all those great vids. I really love seeing tho old stuff and the one about the heavies below was really good.

I especially loved the Jack Johnson part which had several clips I had never seen before. I had actually never before seen more than maybe 5 sec.'s of the Jeffries fight so it was awesome to get to see some more. From the film it's quite evident why Johnson was such a hated figure in the white community in how he plays with the boilermaker and grins trhough the fight. Also a prolonged sequence of the Ketchel-fight was good stuff.

Keep up your fine work Themanchine. It's very much appreciated!

Originally posted by TheManchine View Post

A video tribute to the world heavyweight champions of the late 1800's and early 1900's, John L. Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeffries, Tommy Burns, Jack Johnson, Jess Willard, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, Jack Sharkey, Primo Carnera, Max Baer and Jim Braddock.

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Not sure if I'll make a part 2 but it would include Joe Louis and the champions after him until the 70's.

**TheGreatA** · 12-01-2008, 05:38 PM

Originally posted by BatTheMan View Post

Thanks for all those great vids. I really love seeing tho old stuff and the one about the heavies below was really good.

I especially loved the Jack Johnson part which had several clips I had never seen before. I had actually never before seen more than maybe 5 sec.'s of the Jeffries fight so it was awesome to get to see some more. From the film it's quite evident why Johnson was such a hated figure in the white community in how he plays with the boilermaker and grins trhough the fight. Also a prolonged sequence of the Ketchel-fight was good stuff.

Keep up your fine work Themanchine. It's very much appreciated!

Here's a good document to watch for some old school footage:

The narrator of the document is actually wrong at the start of the above video, there is existing film of Ketchel's third fight with Billy Papke.

**BattlingNelson** · 12-01-2008, 05:51 PM

Originally posted by TheManchine View Post

Here's a good document to watch for some old school footage:

The narrator of the document is actually wrong at the start of the above video, there is existing film of Ketchel's third fight with Billy Papke.

Pretty good stuff on the Burns fight including some nice anecdotes I've never heard before.

It's amazing how Johnson seems such a giant in comparison to his foes (untill Willard that is).