One last piece of FACT from an interview with the man himself, I know facts don't matter to you SF because you're the be all know all of boxing and of course you know John L better han he knew himself so to you he was probably 'joking' when he made these comments:
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Originally Posted by John L Sullivan
In his own words expressed to an Australian newspaper about why he would not engage Jackson in the ring, Sullivan said the following:
“I vowed before the public years ago that I would never fight a colored man, because I thought, and still think, a white man is lowering himself too much when he faces a nigger. Why, God had a view in making them black, and I earnestly believe it was because they were always doomed to be our inferiors. Leaving this aside, if I ever lower myself so much as to step into the ring with this man Jackson, his aspirations will be cut short.”
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Boston Strong Boy Series Part III The Color Line and Peter Jackson
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