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Originally Posted by highthief
No he didn't.
I'm not sure if you are utterly clueless about the history of the sport you profess to love, or have simply gotten caught in a lie and are trying to duck out, but here is a link to an article written by John L Sullivan for the London Times on the eve of the Jack Johnson-Jim Jeffries fight where he reiterates, as I have already said, that he had never fought a black fighter.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...639C946196D6CF
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He fought Herbert Slade, a Maori from New Zealand, in1883.
There is a difference from the racist statements that Sullivan made to the reality. I dont deny he was a racist and in many ways not a likeable man, but he wasnt a coward.
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