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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
To make it clear for you I will post my view in two parts.
My view is based on the same thing as anyone else's - my reading of historical sources
1 - John L Sullivan stated on a few occasions at the time of Jack Johnson's ascendancy that he wouldnt fight a black man
2 - In my opinion this isnt true, and John L did and was prepared to fight black men. He fought Slade (a Maori,) and went after a fight with Godfrey (a black American)
When he was touring the country he fought black and white fighters.
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Not according to his own words, your OPINION means shit in comparison to what the man himself wrote which is a FACT.
Maori doesn't equal black, are you seriously this dense or just trolling again?
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Even if it was accepted (which I do not accept) that he never fought a black man (I agree he didnt defend his title against black men, especially Peter Jackson who was deserving of a shot) - this alone would only make him a bigot and a racist, not a coward.
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Doesn't matter if you accept it or not, he still said it, in print, in the NY Times, what you think is only OPINION, what he said is FACT, deal with it.
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John L used to walk into a bar and declare himself the toughest man in the room and challenge any man to disprove it,....
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I don't accept this, it's nothing but a lie, I believe he went into the bar and sat in the corner like a little bitch and drank his beer and kept his mouth shut.
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I doubt any of the people calling him such would have taken up the bet he used to offer of 1000 USD if anyone could go past 4 rounds with him.
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You've called MMA fighters cowards and I doubt you have the sack to get in a cage or a ring with any of them, even a featherweight.