Joe Jeanette
Joe Jeannette | |
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![]() Jeanette circa 1920 | |
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Real name | Joseph Jeremiah Jennette[1] |
Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] |
Nationality | United States |
Born | West Hoboken, New Jersey | August 26, 1879
Died | July 2, 1958 | (aged 78)
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 166 With the inclusion of newspaper decisions[1] |
Wins | 119 |
Wins by KO | 69 |
Losses | 25 |
Draws | 21 |
No contests | 1 |
Jeremiah "Joe" Jeannette (also Jennette[2]) (August 26, 1879 – July 2, 1958) is considered one of the best heavyweight boxers of the early 20th century. Because he was African-American, he was not given a shot at the world heavyweight title, though he did win the World Colored Heavyweight Championship on two occasions.
Early life and career[]
Jeannette was born on August 26, 1879, in West Hoboken, New Jersey, which is now part of Union City, to Mena and Benjamin F. Jeanette, who worked for a local blacksmith. He began work as his father's apprentice, and then as a coal truck driver for Jaels and Bellis. In 1904, at the age of 25, he began his boxing career on a dare, fighting against Arthur Dickinson in Jersey City. At 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) and weighing 190 lb (86 kg), Jeanette was relatively short and stocky, with his initial knowledge of fighting stemming from youthful street brawls.[3]
Professional career[]
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Within two years, Jeanette was considered one of the best black heavyweights in the United States.[3] Jeanette mimicked the style of Sam Langford, whom he fought 15 times (some sources say 14[4]), developing defensive techniques that were elusive and effective. Opponents considered Jeanette, whose style reflected the "inside punching" style of the times, a dangerous inside boxer whom few wished to fight. Because of the racial barrier, black boxers only had a small number of prospective opponents from which to choose, and often ended up matched against the same fighters over and over.[3]
Jeanette fought the future heavyweight champion Jack Johnson seven times in his first two years as a pro, and a total of ten times. According to the Ken Burns documentary Unforgivable Blackness, Jeanette lost twice, won one fight on a foul after two rounds, had two draws, and five "No Decisions" in his fights against Johnson. Johnson called Jeannette "the toughest man I ever fought."[2][3]
After Johnson became the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World on December 26, 1908, he never again fought Jeanette, despite numerous challenges. Johnson's refusal to fight African-Americans offended the African-American community. Jeanette criticized Johnson, saying, "Jack forgot about his old friends after he became champion and drew the color line against his own people."[3]
Jeanette was never allowed to fight for the heavyweight championship during his 15-year career, despite having a stellar record against opponents of all races.
Joe's most memorable fight occurred on April 17, 1909 in a return bout with Sam McVey in Paris, France that lasted three-and-a-half-hours, and 49 rounds, the longest boxing match of the 20th century, and one of the greatest marathons in boxing history. Although McVey began the fight strong and looked like a sure winner, knocking down the usually sturdy Jeannette 27 times, and almost knocking him out in the 16th round with a right uppercut to Jeanette's jaw, he weakened greatly by the 19th round. Jeanette took control, knocking down McVey, a boxer (who had only been stopped once in his career, by Johnson), 19 times. After the 49th round, McVey could not rise from his stool at the call of time and Jeannette was declared winner on a technical knockout. This won him the "World Colored Heavyweight Championship," as Jack Johnson had defeated Tommy Burns for his heavyweight title the previous December.[3]
Jeanette retired in 1919[5] at the age of 40. Of his 166 documented pro fights (he believed it was closer to 400), in a career spanning 1904-1922, Jeanette had 106 wins, 68 of which were by knockout, with 20 losses. Only two of his losses were by knockout, once early in his career and once late in his career. He is rated alongside the very best boxers of his era, including Johnson, Langford, and McVey.[3]
He starred in the 1921 film Square Joe.[6][7]
Personal life[]
Jeanette met his wife, Adelaide, at a dance in Hoboken. They had two children, a son, Joe Jr., and a daughter, Agnes.[8]
Post-boxing career and legacy[]
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Unlike many boxers, Jeanette was not a spendthrift and invested his money and time wisely. He spent most of his career fighting in and around the Eastern Seaboard, with only brief tours of Europe. After his career, he became a referee and a trainer of young boxers. He owned a boxing gym on 27th Street and Summit Avenue in Union City, New Jersey, where he was a fixture on the boxing scene for many years, training hundreds of boxers, including Heavyweight Champion James J. Braddock.
Jeanette, who was fond of automobiles,[8] eventually converted his boxing gym into a garage, out of which he operated a fleet of rental limousines, and then a taxi company named Adelaide, after his wife, which was located at 522 Clinton Avenue, now New York Avenue.[3]
Jeanette died in 1958.[5] He is buried in Fairview, New Jersey.[8]
He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997.[5]
A historical marker was dedicated at the corner of Summit Avenue and 27th Street in Union City April 17, 2009, where Jeanette's former residence and gym once stood. It is Union City's first historical marker.[9]
Professional boxing record[]
All information in this section is derived from BoxRec,[1] unless otherwise noted.
Official record[]
166 fights | 83 wins | 10 losses |
By knockout | 69 | 2 |
By decision | 8 | 8 |
By disqualification | 6 | 0 |
Draws | 10 | |
No contests | 1 | |
Newspaper decisions/draws | 62 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | showNotes |
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Unofficial record[]
166 fights | 119 wins | 25 losses |
By knockout | 69 | 2 |
By decision | 44 | 23 |
By disqualification | 6 | 0 |
Draws | 21 | |
No contests | 1 |
Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions to the win/loss/draw column.
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | hideNotes |
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166 | Draw | 119–25–21 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Jun 1, 1922 | ![]() |
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165 | Win | 119–25–20 (1) | ![]() |
DQ | 4 (8) | Nov 11, 1919 | ![]() |
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164 | Loss | 118–25–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 8 | Oct 20, 1919 | ![]() |
World colored heavyweight title |
163 | Win | 118–24–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | May 23, 1919 | ![]() |
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162 | Win | 117–24–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 8 | May 1, 1919 | ![]() |
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161 | Win | 116–24–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 8 | Apr 15, 1919 | ![]() |
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160 | Win | 115–24–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 8 | Feb 10, 1919 | ![]() |
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159 | Win | 114–24–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 8 | Dec 20, 1918 | ![]() |
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158 | Win | 113–24–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 8 | Dec 2, 1918 | ![]() |
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157 | Loss | 112–24–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 8 | Oct 11, 1918 | ![]() |
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156 | Win | 112–23–20 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | ? | Aug 27, 1918 | ![]() |
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155 | Loss | 111–23–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 8 | Jul 19, 1918 | ![]() |
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154 | Win | 111–22–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Apr 15, 1918 | ![]() |
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153 | Win | 110–22–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Dec 19, 1917 | ![]() |
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152 | Draw | 109–22–20 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Sep 15, 1917 | ![]() |
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151 | Loss | 109–22–19 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 12 | Sep 14, 1917 | ![]() |
World colored heavyweight title |
150 | Win | 109–21–19 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jul 20, 1917 | ![]() |
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149 | Win | 108–21–19 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10) | Jul 6, 1917 | ![]() |
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148 | Win | 107–21–19 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Dec 4, 1916 | ![]() |
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147 | Win | 106–21–19 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10) | Sep 4, 1916 | ![]() |
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146 | Win | 105–21–19 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (?) | Aug 19, 1916 | ![]() |
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145 | Win | 104–21–19 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (10) | Aug 17, 1916 | ![]() |
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144 | Win | 103–21–19 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Aug 4, 1916 | ![]() |
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143 | Loss | 102–21–19 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10) | May 12, 1916 | ![]() |
Lost world colored heavyweight title; For world colored heavyweight title claim (undisputed) |
142 | Win | 102–20–19 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Mar 24, 1916 | ![]() |
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141 | Win | 101–20–19 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 6 (10) | Feb 25, 1916 | ![]() |
Retained world colored heavyweight title |
140 | Win | 100–20–19 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jul 2, 1915 | ![]() |
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139 | Win | 99–20–19 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 5 (?) | May 14, 1915 | ![]() |
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138 | Loss | 98–20–19 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | May 10, 1915 | ![]() |
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137 | Draw | 98–19–19 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Apr 27, 1915 | ![]() |
Retained world colored heavyweight title |
136 | Win | 98–19–18 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 4 (?) | Apr 19, 1915 | ![]() |
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135 | Win | 97–19–18 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Apr 13, 1915 | ![]() |
Won world colored heavyweight title |
134 | Win | 96–19–18 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (10) | Apr 9, 1915 | ![]() |
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133 | Win | 95–19–18 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Mar 19, 1915 | ![]() |
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132 | Win | 94–19–18 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10) | Feb 26, 1915 | ![]() |
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131 | Win | 93–19–18 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Feb 1, 1915 | ![]() |
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130 | Win | 92–19–18 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jan 11, 1915 | ![]() |
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129 | Win | 91–19–18 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Dec 14, 1914 | ![]() |
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128 | Draw | 90–19–18 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Nov 10, 1914 | ![]() |
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127 | Draw | 90–19–17 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Oct 1, 1914 | ![]() |
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126 | Win | 90–19–16 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (?) | Sep 12, 1914 | ![]() |
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125 | Win | 89–19–16 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10) | Aug 11, 1914 | ![]() |
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124 | Win | 88–19–16 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Aug 5, 1914 | ![]() |
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123 | Win | 87–19–16 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (10) | Aug 1, 1914 | ![]() |
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122 | Win | 86–19–16 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jul 15, 1914 | ![]() |
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121 | Win | 85–19–16 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jul 1, 1914 | ![]() |
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120 | Win | 84–19–16 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Jun 16, 1914 | ![]() |
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119 | Draw | 83–19–16 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jun 9, 1914 | ![]() |
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118 | Win | 83–19–15 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 20 | May 4, 1914 | ![]() |
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117 | Win | 82–19–15 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 7 (20) | May 2, 1914 | ![]() |
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116 | Win | 81–19–15 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 4 (?) | Apr 8, 1914 | ![]() |
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115 | Win | 80–19–15 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Mar 21, 1914 | ![]() |
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114 | Win | 79–19–15 (1) | ![]() |
DQ | 7 (20) | Feb 21, 1914 | ![]() |
Langford threw a wild shot and fell over motionless. DQ by ref for suspected dive |
113 | Loss | 78–19–15 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 20 | Dec 20, 1913 | ![]() |
For vacant world heavyweight title claim; As recognized by the French Boxing Federation |
112 | Draw | 78–18–15 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Oct 3, 1913 | ![]() |
World colored heavyweight title |
111 | Win | 78–18–14 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jul 22, 1913 | ![]() |
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110 | Win | 77–18–14 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jul 4, 1913 | ![]() |
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109 | Draw | 76–18–14 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jul 1, 1913 | ![]() |
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108 | Win | 76–18–13 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (15) | Jun 27, 1913 | ![]() |
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107 | NC | 75–18–13 (1) | ![]() |
NC | 7 (8) | Jun 23, 1913 | ![]() |
Fight was stopped by the referee as he felt Jennette wasn't trying for the KO |
106 | Win | 75–18–13 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | May 21, 1913 | ![]() |
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105 | Win | 74–18–13 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (6) | Apr 16, 1913 | ![]() |
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104 | Win | 73–18–13 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Mar 17, 1913 | ![]() |
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103 | Win | 72–18–13 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Feb 10, 1913 | ![]() |
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102 | Loss | 71–18–13 | ![]() |
PTS | ? | Feb 2, 1913 | ![]() |
Exact date and location unknown |
101 | Win | 71–17–13 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (6) | Jan 24, 1913 | ![]() |
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100 | Win | 70–17–13 | ![]() |
DQ | 15 (?) | Jan 21, 1913 | ![]() |
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99 | Win | 69–17–13 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jan 17, 1913 | ![]() |
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98 | Win | 68–17–13 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jan 1, 1913 | ![]() |
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97 | Win | 67–17–13 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Dec 6, 1912 | ![]() |
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96 | Win | 66–17–13 | ![]() |
KO | 8 (10) | Nov 27, 1912 | ![]() |
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95 | Win | 65–17–13 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Oct 30, 1912 | ![]() |
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94 | Win | 64–17–13 | ![]() |
DQ | 7 (10) | Sep 9, 1912 | ![]() |
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93 | Draw | 63–17–13 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Sep 2, 1912 | ![]() |
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92 | Win | 63–17–12 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Aug 30, 1912 | ![]() |
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91 | Win | 62–17–12 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (6) | Aug 20, 1912 | ![]() |
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90 | Win | 61–17–12 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (?) | Aug 20, 1912 | ![]() |
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89 | Win | 60–17–12 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Aug 19, 1912 | ![]() |
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88 | Win | 59–17–12 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (6) | Aug 9, 1912 | ![]() |
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87 | Loss | 58–17–12 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Jul 19, 1912 | ![]() |
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86 | Win | 58–16–12 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (?) | Jul 15, 1912 | ![]() |
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85 | Win | 57–16–12 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (?) | Jul 15, 1912 | ![]() |
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84 | Win | 56–16–12 | ![]() |
DQ | 6 (10) | Jun 15, 1912 | ![]() |
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83 | Win | 55–16–12 | ![]() |
KO | 11 (15) | May 24, 1912 | ![]() |
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82 | Win | 54–16–12 | ![]() |
RTD | 3 (10) | May 13, 1912 | ![]() |
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81 | Win | 53–16–12 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (12) | Apr 4, 1912 | ![]() |
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80 | Win | 52–16–12 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10) | Apr 1, 1912 | ![]() |
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79 | Win | 51–16–12 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10) | Mar 13, 1912 | ![]() |
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78 | Win | 50–16–12 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (15) | Feb 27, 1912 | ![]() |
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77 | Win | 49–16–12 | ![]() |
NWS | 3 | Feb 19, 1912 | ![]() |
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76 | Win | 48–16–12 | ![]() |
NWS | 3 | Feb 19, 1912 | ![]() |
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75 | Win | 47–16–12 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Jan 19, 1912 | ![]() |
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74 | Win | 46–16–12 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Dec 26, 1911 | ![]() |
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73 | Win | 45–16–12 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (?) | Dec 21, 1911 | ![]() |
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72 | Win | 44–16–12 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (?) | Dec 18, 1911 | ![]() |
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71 | Win | 43–16–12 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Dec 15, 1911 | ![]() |
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70 | Win | 42–16–12 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (8) | Dec 11, 1911 | ![]() |
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69 | Win | 41–16–12 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (?) | Dec 7, 1911 | ![]() |
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68 | Win | 40–16–12 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (?) | Nov 30, 1911 | ![]() |
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67 | Loss | 39–16–12 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Sep 5, 1911 | ![]() |
World colored heavyweight title |
66 | Win | 39–15–12 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Aug 29, 1911 | ![]() |
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65 | Win | 38–15–12 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Aug 23, 1911 | ![]() |
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64 | Draw | 37–15–12 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Aug 1, 1911 | ![]() |
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63 | Win | 37–15–11 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Jul 25, 1911 | ![]() |
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62 | Win | 36–15–11 | ![]() |
KO | 9 (10) | Apr 20, 1911 | ![]() |
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61 | Win | 35–15–11 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Mar 16, 1911 | ![]() |
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60 | Draw | 34–15–11 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Feb 8, 1911 | ![]() |
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59 | Loss | 34–15–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Jan 10, 1911 | ![]() |
For world colored heavyweight title |
58 | Draw | 34–14–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 27, 1910 | ![]() |
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57 | Win | 34–14–9 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10) | Nov 10, 1910 | ![]() |
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56 | Win | 33–14–9 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Sep 30, 1910 | ![]() |
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55 | Loss | 32–14–9 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Sep 6, 1910 | ![]() |
Lost world colored heavyweight title; For world colored heavyweight title claim |
54 | Draw | 32–13–9 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jul 1, 1910 | ![]() |
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53 | Win | 32–13–8 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jun 3, 1910 | ![]() |
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52 | Win | 31–13–8 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (12) | May 24, 1910 | ![]() |
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51 | Draw | 30–13–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 30 | Dec 11, 1909 | ![]() |
Retained world colored heavyweight title |
50 | Draw | 30–13–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Nov 13, 1909 | ![]() |
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49 | Win | 30–13–6 | ![]() |
KO | 10 (20) | Oct 30, 1909 | ![]() |
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48 | Draw | 29–13–6 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Sep 18, 1909 | ![]() |
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47 | Win | 29–13–5 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (10) | Aug 27, 1909 | ![]() |
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46 | Loss | 28–13–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Jun 22, 1909 | ![]() |
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45 | Win | 28–12–5 | ![]() |
RTD | 2 (6) | May 27, 1909 | ![]() |
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44 | Win | 27–12–5 | ![]() |
RTD | 4 (6) | May 27, 1909 | ![]() |
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43 | Win | 26–12–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 20 | May 22, 1909 | ![]() |
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42 | Win | 25–12–5 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | May 1, 1909 | ![]() |
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41 | Win | 24–12–5 | ![]() |
RTD | 49 (?) | Apr 17, 1909 | ![]() |
Won world colored heavyweight title |
40 | Loss | 23–12–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 20 | Feb 20, 1909 | ![]() |
For vacant world colored heavyweight title |
39 | Win | 23–11–5 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Feb 6, 1909 | ![]() |
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38 | Win | 22–11–5 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (?) | Jan 23, 1909 | ![]() |
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37 | Win | 21–11–5 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Dec 7, 1908 | ![]() |
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36 | Win | 20–11–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Sep 15, 1908 | ![]() |
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35 | Loss | 19–11–5 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Sep 1, 1908 | ![]() |
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34 | Draw | 19–10–5 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | May 8, 1908 | ![]() |
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33 | Win | 19–10–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (?) | Mar 9, 1908 | ![]() |
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32 | Draw | 18–10–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Mar 3, 1908 | ![]() |
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31 | Win | 18–10–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6) | Feb 17, 1908 | ![]() |
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30 | Win | 17–10–3 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (6) | Jan 27, 1908 | ![]() |
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29 | Win | 16–10–3 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (?) | Jan 13, 1908 | ![]() |
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28 | Win | 15–10–3 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (6) | Jan 13, 1908 | ![]() |
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27 | Win | 14–10–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (?) | Jun 11, 1907 | ![]() |
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26 | Win | 13–10–3 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Apr 15, 1907 | ![]() |
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25 | Win | 12–10–3 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Mar 8, 1907 | ![]() |
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24 | Win | 11–10–3 | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10) | Feb 11, 1907 | ![]() |
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23 | Draw | 10–10–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Jan 11, 1907 | ![]() |
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22 | Draw | 10–10–2 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Nov 26, 1906 | ![]() |
World colored heavyweight title |
21 | Loss | 10–10–1 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Sep 20, 1906 | ![]() |
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20 | Win | 10–9–1 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (6) | Sep 6, 1906 | ![]() |
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19 | Loss | 9–9–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Apr 5, 1906 | ![]() |
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18 | Loss | 9–8–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Mar 14, 1906 | ![]() |
For world colored heavyweight title |
17 | Loss | 9–7–1 | ![]() |
NWS | 3 | Jan 16, 1906 | ![]() |
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16 | Win | 9–6–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (12) | Dec 25, 1905 | ![]() |
Langford retired after round 8 |
15 | Win | 8–6–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (3) | Dec 21, 1905 | ![]() |
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14 | Loss | 7–6–1 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Dec 2, 1905 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 7–5–1 | ![]() |
DQ | 2 (6) | Nov 25, 1905 | ![]() |
Jennette was winning the fight until he was fouled |
12 | Draw | 6–5–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Nov 2, 1905 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 6–5 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Oct 28, 1905 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 5–5 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Oct 26, 1905 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 4–5 | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10) | Oct 11, 1905 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 3–5 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (?) | Oct 7, 1905 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 2–5 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Aug 28, 1905 | ![]() |
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6 | Loss | 1–5 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Jul 6, 1905 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 1–4 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Jun 8, 1905 | ![]() |
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4 | Loss | 0–4 | ![]() |
NWS | 3 | May 9, 1905 | ![]() |
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3 | Loss | 0–3 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (6) | Apr 20, 1905 | ![]() |
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2 | Loss | 0–2 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Mar 2, 1905 | ![]() |
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1 | Loss | 0–1 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Nov 11, 1904 | ![]() |
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b Historical marker on the corner of Summit Avenue and 27th Street in Union City, New Jersey. Dedicated April 17, 2009.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Rosero, Jessica (February 19, 2006). "Native Sons and Daughters: North Hudson Native and 20th Century Boxing Sensation Joe Jeanette". The Hudson Reporter.
- ^ Moyle, Clay. "Sam Langford: Boxing's Greatest Uncrowned Champion" Interview by Bob Carroll, Doghouse Boxing; Mar 19, 2009
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Burns, Ken. "Sparring" Profiles of Jack Johnson's opponents at Unforgivable Blackness
- ^ Cripps, Thomas (May 21, 1993). Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942. Oxford University Press. p. 178, 446 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wiggins, David K. (March 26, 2015). African Americans in Sports. Routledge. p. 176. ISBN 9781317477440 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "The Real World's Champion" JoeJennette.com; 2008; Accessed July 9, 2010
- ^ The Union City Reporter April 26, 2009; Page 2
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- 1958 deaths
- Sportspeople from Union City, New Jersey
- Boxers from New Jersey
- Heavyweight boxers
- African-American boxers
- World colored heavyweight boxing champions
- American male boxers
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