No it was mostly important to Louis. I think the BIGGEST match in terms of effect was the fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries. It was the world famous writer jack London who cointed the term "white hope" and encouraged the search, and they dragged poor Jeffries out of comfortable retirement, made him lose over 200lbs in 6 months, and got him half killed.
There were riots all over the boxing world, PARTICULARLY in the US, where about 15 or more black people were actually killed, and thousands injured. This fight caused the US Government to become actively involved in getting rid of Johnson, and they trumped up the infamous "Mann Act, so as to be able to charge him with bringing a woman across a State line.
He was forced t0 skip bail escaping through Canada, but after about 6-7 years gave himself up and did a year in jail.
There were riots all over the boxing world, PARTICULARLY in the US, where about 15 or more black people were actually killed, and thousands injured. This fight caused the US Government to become actively involved in getting rid of Johnson, and they trumped up the infamous "Mann Act, so as to be able to charge him with bringing a woman across a State line.
He was forced t0 skip bail escaping through Canada, but after about 6-7 years gave himself up and did a year in jail.
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