Joe Gans by Colleen Aycock

Author:Colleen Aycock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2012-02-23T05:00:00+00:00

Gans Defeats Jack Blackburn, Future Teacher of Joe Louis

Gans fought Jack Blackburn three times. Gans won once, a decision on points in a 15-round bout, and he fought two no-decision bouts with the man who would one day make a great fighter of Joe Louis. Blackburn, described as a racehorse, was taller and bigger than Gans, weighing ten to fifteen pounds heavier than the lightweight. Blackburn could beat most middleweights and even heavyweights of his day. He respected Gans as a fighting master, but when his career was at its end, he became a bitter man. He would tell a young Joe Louis, “Every time you get in that ring, you got to let your right hand be your referee.”10 In other words, don’t trust the judging system that had deprived Blackburn of his due because of his color.

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