Great fighter from my neighborhood that I didn't even know about

[Mr. Ryan]

In my little stretch of NJ, which goes from Jersey City to North Bergen, the only names that come up when boxing is mentioned are Arturo Gatti and Jimmy Braddock.

Imagine my surprise when I look through IBHOF's archives to find a genuine hall of famer in my own backyard. Joe Jeanette was from Union City, NJ where I'm from. I read more on this fighter, who was one of the great black fighters of the early 1900s that never got his shot at the title. Turns out I lived 2 blocks from a street that was named after him.

I'm endlessly fascinated by this guy, who beat Jack Johnson. To think I'm supposed to be up on my boxing and a HOFer went under my radar.

[aristotlemoses]

youf rom north im from south. good to serr other jersians in here. is anyone else from south jersey area or philly

[Mr. Ryan]

youf rom north im from south. good to serr other jersians in here. is anyone else from south jersey area or philly

Yeah, there are a few other Jersey cats here. SalvoDomincano is from Newark I believe.

[aristotlemoses]

true. thats all the way up north from me. im from camden atleast for the moment.

[Silencers]

I've heard of Joe Jeanette, never seen him fight, it's a shame there's little to no footage of these greats. Is there any footage from any of his fights?

[LondonRingRules]

I'm endlessly fascinated by this guy, who beat Jack Johnson. To think I'm supposed to be up on my boxing and a HOFer went under my radar.

** Kid, there's a gold mine under your radar.

For one thing, Jeannette was very successful outside of boxing and actually held the contract of Braddock and sparred with him, gave him some tricks.

You were just a little Manny Pac fanboy when I joined this site, and I fondly recall your little text messaging shorthand response to me, something on the order of "i h8 noobs," like a precocious 2 yr old.

Jeannette just a little gold trinket from the mine, but I ain't gonna bore you with what you don't know.

Here's a little clip of 67 and 71 yr old Johnson and Jeannette sparring at a war bonds rally. The younger Johnson is frail in comparison to the more robust Jeannette, and Jeannette has to be restrained by the ref who may be giant heavy contender George Godfrey when Jeannette starts to get too frisky. Jeannette still looks viable enough to knock out a few young bucks who might want to take advantage of him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nZjEJe2PGE

[Silencers]

Thanks for the link.