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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
Slade was not white (if you think that Maori consider themselves to be white ask some people of that race) - I guess if he isnt black either that leaves him somewhat stranded.
Both under London rules and Queensbury rules John L took on all comers.
But Sullivan ... was not a coward.
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He's not stranded, he's half-fucking Maori. The Maoris are a Polynesian people, descended from Asian peoples. He's about as black as you are.
Sullivan obviously did not take on all comers - Peter Jackson being the most notable, but also George Godfrey, the great Canadian black champ, being another notable that he refused to fight.
Of course he was a coward ... like I said, he might have been more of a moral coward than a physical coward, in as much that he might not have feared a beat down as much as the loss of prestige of losing to a black fighter, but he showed cowardice nonetheless.
Don't forget, other white fighters like Jim Corbett, Peter Maher and Jem Smith had the guts to face Jackson. So it's not like fighting a black fighter was unheard of. Sullivan ducked them.
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Originally Posted by silent_jay
There it is SF, no matter what excuses you make or what you claim to have read, the man himself said it and with your record of twisting facts in this thread I'll take John L. Sullivan's word over yours.
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No, no, no, jay - Strange knows Sullivan better than Sullivan knew himself. Haven't you learned the rules yet?
Words written by the man himself = inconvenient truth to be ignored.
Whatever Strange cooks up inside that melon sitting atop his neck = The TRUTH