Jack Johnson thiab kev sib ntaus ntawm lub xyoo pua

Tom qab Jack Johnson pib tau tau zus ib, uas tsis muaj zog contenders los pej xeem siab rau mount rau James J. Jeffires, cov tau zus ib tus txijnkawm heavyweight, kom tas mus. nws laus thiab tua Johnson. Jeffries twb yog tus thawj thiab credible feem ntau ntawm cov “Vam cia dawb” contenders.

Nyob rau hauv nws cov prime, Jeffries tej zaum tsis tau tuav Johnson. Tom 35 xyoos thiab ze li ntawm 300 phaus ua ntej nws pib kawm, Jeffries txawm tso kev sib tw yeej ua.

Jeffries nyob hauv ntuj retired 1905 yog tom qab nws 30 xyoos. Nyob rau lub sij hawm raug lo lus teb, Jack London yog quoted li hais tias, “Jim Jeffries yuav tsum mam li tawm hauv nws cov alfalfa ua liaj ua teb thiab tshem qhov luag golden ntawm Jack Johnson lub ntsej muag.” Jack Johnson luag yuav tau nyob twj ywm, tiam sis muaj ntau nyob rau hauv lub tsev lag luam American puas yuav frowning.

Jack Johnson yog ib tug hero kom ntau zog African-American. Johnson tsis kam hneev rau racism lub hnub. Nws tab neeg tham thiab dawb tus poj niam tau sib yuav. Flashy sports tsheb tsav nws. Nws tau txib thiab txawm lig los plhws nws nyiaj in the face of muaj ntau nws critics.

Johnson seemed kom tau amused los Jeffries’ sib tw. Yog muaj koob npe kom yuav fend tawm ntawm tej boxers clinch Jeffries. Johnson bragged tias nws yuav pav Jeffries caj npab thiab pin lawv qab nraub qaum. Johnson tau true to nws lo lus thiab tied los Jeffries’ txhais tes rau hauv cov plaub kab.

Johnson-Jeffries kuj muaj tshwm sim rau lub Xya hli ntuj 4, 1910. Johnson mocked Jeffries txhua qhov kev sib ntaus. Tom qab los tsoo Jeffries, nws yuav hais, “Kuv ua tsaug vam tias kuv tsis ua rau koj.” Jeffries kaum tsev txawb rau txoj phuam tom qab lub fifteenth hloov. Johnson tau Nations lawv rau txim Jeffries tsis ntau kuj los ntawm cov fifth muab nyob rau.

 

 

Sib ntaus hauv lub ntaug los Johnson teeb meem rau xyoo. Rioting kuj muaj tshwm sim nyob rau tej lub zos ntawm ntsiab disgusted nrog rau lub sij hawm thiab backs elated nrog Johnson ntawd yeej. Tsoom fwv teb chaws cov raug txim Johnson ntawm txoj cai yim Horace rau nws noj nws tus poj niam yav tom ntej nyob hauv lub xeev Minnesota los kuj muaj kev cib nyeej. Cov ntaub ntawv no muaj ceev nrooj nqig, tiam sis lwm tus pojniam dawb tau tias nws mob relations nrog nws nyob hauv 1908. Txawm li cas los, qhov kev tshwm sim ua ntej tus zaj yim Horace Housing Act.

Johnson tau them rau cov kev ua txhaum lawm. Es xa mus yuav tsev rau txim, Johnson khiav los mus rau cov teb chaws Europe. Nws yuav tua ob peb lackluster fights ua ntej defending tiv thaiv Jess Willard nyob rau hauv teb chaws Cuba hauv 1915. Johnson nyob rau nws caij 30s succumbed rau sab nraud thiab ib tug hluas challenger. Nws yuav pab ib xyoos hauv tsev rau txim raws li qhov nws xa tuaj rau Mes Kas hauv 1920.

Johnson tseem yuav sib ntaus rau hauv nws 50s. Nws tuag rau hauv lub tsheb sib tsoo tsav ib yam ntawm nws lub tsheb cov kev ua si rau lub rau hli ntuj 10, 1946. Nws yog 68 xyoo. Jack Johnson yog ib tug txiv neej nyuab. Legendary Fighter. Tus txiv hais. Tus txiv neej zoo siab thiab loj nteev. Human flawed qab.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.

 

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