1905-12-25 Sam Langford L-TKO8 Joe Jeannette [Unity Cycle and Athletic Club, Lawrence, MA, USA]

1905-12-26 The Boston Herald (Boston, MA) (page 9)

LANGFORD QUITS IN EIGHTH.
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Cambridge Boxer's Seconds Throw up the Sponge When Joe Jeanette Beats Him Badly.
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[Special Dispatch to the Boston Herald.]

LAWRENCE, Dec. 25, 1905. Joe Jeanette of New York made Sam Langford of Cambridge quit after eight rounds of fierce and fast fighting here tonight. Jeanette had the punch and the strength, and with fierce body blows wore down Langford. In the fifth round Langford looked like a winner. He beat the New Yorker until it looked as though the latter was going to take the count. The minute's rest did him a great deal of good, and Jeanette, although a badly worsted man, followed up the fighting, and at the finish the referee had a hard time to make Langford break. In the seventh Jeanette recovered his strength, and was willing to swop punches with the clever man from Cambridge. In the eighth he opened a gash on Langford's eye that sent the blood streaming down his face, and Langford appealed to the referee for an even break. Jeanette was not, however, to be denied, and he went after Langford in such hard fashion that he sent him groggy to his chair, and the latter nodded to his seconds to throw up the sponge, admitting he was outclassed.


1905-12-26 The Boston Journal (Boston, MA) (page 5)

Jeannette Made Sam Langford Quit In Seven
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After the First Round It Was Clearly the New York Boxer's Battle--Bostonian Took Much Punishment.
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Lawrence, Dec. 25.--The members of the Unity Cycle Club of this city today witnessed the waterloo of Sam Langford, the dusky welterweight from Boston, when he was forced to throw up the sponge in the seventh round before the wicked blows of Joe Jeannette of New York.

In the first round both boys started in to feel each other out and after a few hard exchanges, Langford looked as if he was up against it and seemed to lose all his courage. In the second round Jeannette shot out of his corner with fire in his eye and stung Langford with three successive rights and lefts to the jaw and one going to the left eye, which closed that optic, worrying Langford very much.

In the fourth round Langford shot up a wicked left uppercut, which made Jeannette wince and he started to hang on, but the men were quickly broken by the referee. In the seventh Jeannette tore in some terrific body punches that weakened Langford and following up with terrific rights and lefts had him hanging on when the round ended. When Langford went to his corner he was covered with blood and had both eyes closed and a big cut down the left side of his cheek. Blood was flowing in large streams and he was too weak to go on with the next round and his seconds threw up the sponge.

The preliminaries were hard fought. The first was won by Young Hamel, who defeated Young Sharkey in six rounds, both of this city. The second was stopped in the fourth, when Young Chisholme of Everett stopped Johnny Mahon of Cambridge.

The semi-final between Kid Sheehan of Manchester and Charles Dwyer ended in a draw after six rounds of clever fighting on the part of Sheehan.


1905-12-26 The Evening Times (Pawtucket, RI) (page 2)

STOPS SAM LANGFORD IN EIGHTH
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LAWRENCE, Dec. 26.--Scarcely able to see, Sam Langford of Boston gave up after the eighth round in what was to have been a 12-round bout with Joe Jeanette of New York before the Unity Cycle and Athletic Club yesterday afternoon.

Langford showed evidence of the gameness which has placed him out of the class of men of his weight, but Jeannette was by no means lacking in that respect and he had the advantage of about 20 pounds in weight. This proved too great a handicap for the Boston lad, but he hung on tenaciously until his physical condition would no longer permit of his continuing.

Once he sent Jeannette to the floor for the count with a hard uppercut. Langford was clever in ducking and blocking and put it over Jeannette in infighting, but Joe was up and coming all the time and his blows were delivered with effect.

Jeannette's superiority began to manifest itself early in the fifth round. He landed twice on Langford's eye in the next round and a right hook on the jaw sent the latter to the ropes, Jeannette following with the right and left to the head.

Things were all Jeanette's way in the eighth, and after its close Langford's seconds threw up the sponge.

There were three preliminaries. Young Hamel got the decision over Young Sharkey of this city. Chisholm of Everett and Mahar of Cambridge had sparred three rounds when the latter said his hand had been injured and refused to continue. Sheehan of Manchester, N. H., and Dwyer of Cambridge went six rounds to a draw.

1905-06-08 Joe Jeannette ND6 Black Bill [Broadway Athletic Club, Philadelphia, PA, USA]

1905-06-09 The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) (page 10)

JOE JEANETTE ON TOP
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Had a Shade on Black Bill in Wind-Up at Broadway A. C.

Joe Jeanette, of New York, was entitled to the verdict over Black Bill at the end of the sixth round last night in the wind-up at the Broadway Athletic Club. There was nothing of any particular interest in the bout, as both men were clumsy, very slow to take advantage of the many openings offered and clinched entirely too much to suit the crowd. Jeanette put Bill down in the first with a wicked right to the jaw, but the bell was a timely interference for the Merchantville man, and he managed to stagger to his corner for repairs. Jeanette failed to follow up his advantage in the second, and from that round on until the sixth they both plugged away, missed many swipes and clinched so often that the referee became exhausted trying to pull them apart. Bill landed some soakers on Joe's top piece, while the New Yorker jabbed a few stiff ones to the black one's face. Neither seemed able to dent the other's phiz or anatomy, but in the sixth there was something doing. Jeanette, urged on by Martin Neary and the rest of his coterie, went after Bill after they shook hands and getting home a "blinker" on Bill's jaw he had the big fellow guessing. Bill held whenever the opportunity presented itself and Jeanette in his eagerness to get a knockout before the bell rang swung all kinds of blows at his opponent. Some of the punches missed Bill's vital spots by a hair and others never came within a dozen feet of him. Bill was still doing business in the hugging line when the bell rang.

The semi-wind-up in point of interest and science was the best of the night. Joe Hagan and Billy Burke were the principals, and they worked every second of the eighteen minutes. Hagan floored Burke in the first and the Kensington boxer took the full count. He was wobbly when he arose, but Hagan was too anxious and could not land the telling punch. Burke steadily improved as the bout progressed and he easily evened up matters for that knockdown before the bell sent them out of the ring.

In the preliminaries Kid Kane quit to Ike Conway in one round, and then Ike made Kid Harlan stop in two rounds. It was Ike's night. Eddie Wallace and Kid Brown broke even, while Jimmy Casey pounded Billy Kolh unmercifully for six rounds. Billy, although very tired, was there at the finish.


1905-06-09 The Philadelphia Record (Philadelphia, PA) (page 11)

BLACK BILL AND JEANNETTE
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Merchantville Boxer in Bad Shape at End of the Sixth Round.

The sound of the bell announcing the end of the sixth round probably saved Black Bill from being knocked out by Joe Jeannette, of New York, at the Broadway Athletic Club, last night. Until within a few seconds of the last round the contest, while fast, was not particularly interesting, being characterized by too much clinching. A right-hand punch on the jaw in the last round put Bill on queer street and he was wobbly at the end of the round.

Joe Hagen and Billy Burke fought six hard rounds in the semi-wind-up. Hagen knocked Burke down in the first round with a right on the nose and a hard left-hand punch on the jaw. Both were tired at the end of the sixth round.

In the preliminary contests Rex Kane quit to Ikey Conway in the first round. Conway later on met Kid Harlan and the bout was stopped at the end of the second round to save Harlan. Eddie Wallace and Kid Brown boxed a draw, while Jimmy Casey, of Bristol, made a punching bag of Billy Kolb for six rounds.

1915-04-13 Joe Jeannette W-PTS12 Sam Langford [Atlas Athletic Association, Boston, MA, USA]

1915-04-14 The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA) (page 7)

SAM LANGFORD WELL WHIPPED
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Joe Jeannette Leads in 8 of 12 Rounds.
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His Second Victory in 12 Bouts With the Boston Scrapper.
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Sheppard Stopped in the Sixth by Larry Burns.
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When Joe Jeannette, the colored heavyweight, finished boxing 12 rounds with his old rival, Sam Langford, at the Atlas A. A. last night he was declared the winner by Referee Jack McGuigan of Philadelphia. There was no question about the decision, for Jeannette had the better of eight of the rounds. Langford carried, as usual, his large supply of fat about his body, but it did not seem to inconvenience him to any great extent.

Jeannette has gone back some, but last night he displayed better headwork than he ever showed here before. It was the 12th battle between the pair of colored scrappers and it is the second time that Jeannette has been declared the winner.

In the very first round it looked as if Jeannette was bound to get his usual whaling for Langford hooked over his famous left coming out of a clinch and caught him on the jaw. In the first four rounds Langford counted often with his left on Jeannette's body and face and a number of his short rights caught Joe on the face, jaw and ribs. Jeannette jabbed his left into Langford's face a number of times and shot his right into Sam's face, jaw and stomach.

Jeannette looked, after those rounds were over, as if he was cashed. He acted as if tired and his punches did not appear to have a great deal of steam behind them. Beginning with the fifth, Jeannette began to improve. He bothered Langford considerably by changing his style of attack. He would jab Langford, rush into a clinch and quite often tied Sam up so that he could not land a punch.

There were many times that he was not so successful and Langford hooked the left or right to the stomach or the face and jaw. Several times, Langford got the right over clean to the jaw, but Jeannette seemed to be able to take the blows without showing any effect.

After Jeannette used those methods for a while he changed. After shooting jabs to Langford's face, he would follow with a right and left to the face and jaw and Langford could not get back with many returns. Many times Jeannette, after he landed some jabs and Langford came at him, he drove the right to body or the left to the stomach and face, or uppercut with right on the chin. Several times Jeannette made Langford's head rock with rights and lefts on the jaw or eye and in the ninth session Jeannette came near putting him down with rights and lefts on the jaw.

The blows staggered Sam, whose left eye was the target for Jeannette's lefts and rights, and at the close of the bout the optic was nearly closed. Jeannette got about on his feet better than he ever did here before, and it helped him to get away from many of the vicious hooks that Langford sent for the jaw and body. The decision was a popular one.

In the opening bout Johnny Murphy was declared the winner over Tommy Doris in six rounds. Young Budreau stopped J. Taylor of New York in two rounds in the next bout. In the semi-final Larry Burns of Lawrence stopped Charley Sheppard in six rounds.

The feature bout next week will be between Gunboat Smith and Battling Levinsky.


1915-04-14 The Boston Journal (Boston, MA) (page 9)

JEANNETTE THE WINNER
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Gets the Decision Over Sam Langford in Bout at Atlas Opener.
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By Jack Malaney.

Sturdy "Old Black Joe" Jeannette won a decision over his also sturdy old fellow colored opponent, Sam Langford, in the main bout of the opening show of the Atlas A. A. last night. "Old Black Joe" received the decision because he outboxed the Tar Baby practically all the way through the contest. Again it was stiff left jabbing that made Langford the second best man in the ring.

There was absolutely no question about the award. It was right, and also popular. In fact, the goodly sized crowd in attendance was with Jeannette, at least, those who were rooting were, and it seemed to please them to see the local "bone crusher" outboxed.

Hard and Fast, But Not Furious

It was a hard and fast heavyweight battle. It wasn't exactly furious, but there was action all the time. Unlike the majority of these bouts, the combatants did not continually clinch and wrestle. Of course, they clinched, but there was punching as long as one arm was free. And then, when they were told to get away, they invariably did so.

Langford didn't seem to be in his usual shape. It is rather an old story to say that he was fat. He wasn't as fat last night as he used to be, because he was fatter. He hooked often and he swung often and hard, but the blows didn't seem to be the old Langford punches. Sam's paunch has grown since his last appearance until now it is a well rounded bread basket. It also looks as if he has accumulated more flesh on the chest.

Each Principal Wears a Kimona

Langford showed up covered by the same old green kimona and the usual retinue of local colored attendants. Jeannette wore a very striking kimona with a thin blue stripe in it. Just to show that he was fussy and particular, Jeannette objected to the gloves which were handed him, and the start was held back about ten minutes until a new set was procured.

They agreed to break clean at the call of the referee and to bar the kidney punch. No sooner had they started than Jeannette began his jabbing. Sam took a few on the nose and then sailed in. During the first two sessions it looked as if Sam was out to win in short order, for he slam-banged into his old opponent in a very business-like way. And about half way through the second round there were many who thought that the contest would not last long, for Joe seemed to wince under the fire.

Succession of Lefts to Sam

Throughout the rest of the bout it was almost a succession of lefts from Jeannette to the left side of Sam's face. It isn't intended to give an idea that Langford remained idle all the time, for he didn't, but he wasn't as busy as his foe was. After Joe would straight-arm, he would repeat the stunt, and many times he repeated it five or six times before Sam retaliated. And then again, Jeannette would cross his right over and it would bring up hard on Sam's jaw.

In the sixth, Joe jabbed until a count was given up. This was about the poorest round Langford had, for he failed to do any punching of note in it. After that, some very fine defensive work was shown by each, and particularly by Langford, who blocked and shunted off many hard blows. Not until the 12th did Sam really try hard again, and in that session he started out fast. But it would have taken a knockout to win for him.

Bloomer in First Prelim

The opening preliminary and the semi-final contests turned into bloomers. Joe Boudreau of Medford and Johnny Taylor of New York were the first pair on, but Boudreau silenced the New Yorker in the second session. The semi-final which was to have gone eight rounds, quietly stopped in the fifth. Lary Burns of Lawrence and Charlie Shepard of New York were the participants and it was a pretty even affair while it lasted. Shepard suddenly got tired in the fifth and went down and out on the mat without being hit.

Tommy Doris of Cambridge and Johnny Murphy of South Boston presented a fast and interesting six-rounder, however, in which Murphy was the winner. The milling was very close until the fourth when Doris was put down for nine counts. He wasn't right after that and Murphy outboxed him.

Maffitt Flaherty was back on the job again as referee, but he only worked in the bouts preceding the main one. Jack McGuigan officiated in his usual satisfactory manner over the main bout. But the men behaved very well so that Jack's task really wasn't a hard one.


1915-04-14 The Evening Times (Pawtucket, RI) (page 4)

JEANNETTE AT LAST SCORED 2ND TRIUMPH
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Hoboken Negro Fighter Outpoints Sam Langford in 12-Round Bout.
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HUB HEAVY NEAR K. O.
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BOSTON, April 14.--After several years of struggling to attain a second victory over Sam Langford, Joe Jeannette, the colored boxer from Hoboken, N. J., had his most ardent desire gratified last night by obtaining the award over his ancient rival in a 12-round bout that marked the opening of the boxing season at the Atlas A. A. The contest was the 12th between the two heavyweights, and like the 11 others, last night's was as good as any they ever had. In many ways it was better, as several were delighted to see Langford made to fight his best and finally come out second in the result.

Few expected that Jeannette would survive the distance after watching Langford start out like a sure winner and earn the lead in the first three rounds. But Jeannette was in superb condition and the longer the contest went the better he fought, while Langford wilted under the fast pace and at the finish of the 12 rounds was a tired and clearly outpointed boxer.

From the fourth round on, when Jeannette started to take the lead, Langford was a target for stiff lefts that hit their mark with plenty of weight behind them. Right-handers to the midriff and several cuffs around the ears brought Langford upon his heels more than once during the remaining eight rounds. But there was never a time when Langford was not trying his best.

Langford made several fine flashes, and at inside short-arm style had much the better of the fighting. Twice during the contest Langford was on the verge of a knockdown. The first time was in the ninth round, when Jeannette reached Sam with a hard right after scoring a left to the face. Langford shook from his head to his heels, but managed to stick on his pins. Again, in the 11th, Jeannette shook Sam with a hard right under the heart.

From the opening bout, between Joe Budreau of Medford and Johnny Taylor of New York, which was won by Budreau in two rounds, the boxing supplied by the principals in each bout was as good as any seen in Boston.

Johnny Murphy of South Boston defeated Tommy Doris of Cambridge in a six-round bout.

Charley Sheppard gave Larry Burns a good fight for six rounds. Then Burns landed a few rights and Sheppard flopped to the floor.

The programme for next week was announced as bringing together in the feature bout Gunboat Smith and Battling Levinsky.

1906-04-05 Sam Langford W-PTS15 Joe Jeannette [Pythian Rink, Chelsea, MA, USA]

1906-04-06 The Boston Journal (Boston, MA) (page 11)

LANGFORD WINNER OVER JEANNETTE
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Sam Won From Bronze-Colored Giant at Lincoln Club--Gaines Knocked Out Geary.
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Sam Langford of Cambridge conceded twenty or more pounds to big Joe Jeannette, and gave the bronze-colored negro heavyweight a good beating. The bout was held at the Pythian rink, Chelsea, last night, and attracted less than 1000 spectators. It was not much of a fight, as it was Langford all the way, although at one spell he was very dangerous and had the jesting middleweight wobbly. Sam displayed a great inclination to send over the right wallop for a knock-out, but his left stab was his best punch.

Jeannette is a handsomely built fellow and weighed in the neighbourhood of 185 pounds. He is practically a novice at fighting and does not know how to hit or how to guard. Had he rushed in to Langford and played hard for the abdomen he would have stood a good chance, but instead he played on the defensive practically all the time. Langford was very fast and very quick at infighting, a left wallop being brought up to the chin and jaw whenever they came to close quarters. Langford also played a tattoo whenever he could on Joe's ribs and kidneys, and these punches hurt terribly, for the steam was taken out of Joe by these attacks.

Never in Danger.

There was no evidences of foul fighting, but the referee, Jack Sheehan, worked hard separating the men. While Jeannette transgressed the rules a great deal, yet Sam was also to blame on more than one occasion. Jeannette went down three times but never was in danger of a real knockout. The first time in the fifth round he was caught on the back of the neck and was off his balance when he was struck. The other time he was floored with a left to the nose but had his wits about him all the time.

There was a good deal of betting. Langford was the choice of all the wise fellows but there was a great deal of Jeannette money in sight.

The talent realized that Langford was out of condition when he fought Jeannette at Lawrence on Christmas day and, putting that in conjunction with the fact that Sam defeated Larry Temple, doped him out a sure winner. In the fifth round it looked as if Jeannette would not stay the distance, and his manager, George Armstrong, was like a hen on a hot griddle, dancing around in his corner with a sponge on his hand ready to throw the water on his yellow boy.

Langford was not trained to the minute and his flesh was just a bit loose. That was from the training plan to put on weight to cope with Jeannette in the clinching and hugging.

Still it worked disadvantageously for the 'Ho Ho' man, for he had "bellows to mend" in the thirteenth round.

The first and second rounds were really devoid of features. Langford worked his right punch on to Joe's kidneys at every clinch, and a left hook or jolt for the jaw whenever he could steal it up. Jeannette preferred long range attacks and tried to land several rights on Sam's jaw, working them from the side down at his hip. Langford's straight left was always in evidence, and his feinting to get Joe puzzled did not avail. Joe was as strong as a bull at the opening and did not try to guard against the body attacks.

Jerry Gaines added another knockout to his long list, Joe Geary of the South End falling a victim to his right in six rounds. It was a grand fight. Geary fought well and gave Jerry a grand argument. The preliminary was between Young Nelson of Lawrence and Charley Dwyer, the latter winning.


1906-04-06 The Evening Tribune (Providence, RI) (page 17)

LANGFORD WINS FROM JEANNETTE AFTER 15 ROUNDS.
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Battle at Chelsea Last Evening Was Hot One, Although Langford Was Outweighed Considerably. -- Several Times Latter Was in Bad Way But Came Back Strong.

Chelsea, Mass., April 6.--After 15 rounds of hard, fast fighting, Sam Langford of Cambridge was awarded the decision over Joe Jeannette of New Jersey, by Referee Jack Sheehan, at the Lincoln Club last night. In spite of the fact that Jeannette had once whipped Langford, and that he had many pounds the better of the weight last night, the local colored man performed most creditably against him, and at times had the Jerseyite weak and groggy and hanging on. Though Langford won by a good margin, he had no easy time, for at times the big New Jersey man whaled him pretty hard. Several times during the battle it looked as though Jeannette would be knocked out, especially in the fifth and ninth rounds. In these rounds Langford showed brilliantly, but Jeannette's powers of taking punishment pulled him through each time, and he invariably came back fresh as a daisy in the next rounds and fought fast and hard.

For the first three rounds the fighting was pretty nearly even, though it might be accredited to Langford on a pinch. The New Jersey man set the pace, getting to Langford hard and often. At the same time Langford hammered in some terrific body punches and when in clinches banged Jeannette pretty hard on the kidneys. In this way he appeared to hammer Jeannette down gradually until the fifth round, when he got to the visitor mighty hard, and at one time Jeannette went to the mat, partly from the effects of a punch and partly through slipping. However, Jeannette was up quickly enough and at it. In the next round Langford tried to finish the bout, and, though he fought hard and fast, Jeannette fought him back. Again in the seventh round Langford whipped a clean left hook to Jeannette's jaw, and the latter took the count.

Then it was terrific fighting for the remainder of the contest. Jeannette at times appeared to grow stronger as the contest progressed and, after being pretty well punched in the eighth round, he sent Langford to his corner at the end of the ninth round a bit weak. From the ninth to the end of the fifteenth round the pair tried hard to stop each other and though Langford had Jeannette a bit to the bad at times, he was not able to put over the knock-out punch. The pair finished the battle tired from the fast pace and tremendous punching that they had been through, the decision going rightfully to Langford, who won by a long margin, in a very fine contest.

Preceding this bout was one scheduled for eight rounds between Jerry Gaines and Joe Gerry the ex-am amateur. The pair put up a slashing contest for six rounds, during which each seemed to at times have the advantage, Gaines several times looking as though he was all but out. However, in the sixth round Gaines landed a right uppercut flush to Gerry's jaw, and the latter was down and out.

In the first preliminary Charles Dwyer, a fat boy from Cambridge, won the decision over Young Nelson of Lawrence, a much lighter chap in a six-round bout.


1906-04-06 The Evening World (New York, NY) (page 13)

LANGFORD SCORES ANOTHER VICTORY
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(Special to The Evening World.)

BOSTON, April 6.--Sam Langford was awarded the decision over Joe Jeannette after fifteen rounds of hard fighting at the Lincoln A. C., Chelsea, last night. The big Jerseyite had thirty pounds the best of the weights and a regular boarding-horse reach. Langford was as persistent as a mosquito, however, and kept boring in. He set a terrible pace for the big fellow, and early in the seventh, with a series of body blows followed by a terrific smash on the jaw, sent his man to the floor.

1913-07-01 Harry Wills D-PTS10 Joe Jeannette (New Orleans, LA, USA)

1913-07-02 The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) (page 10)

JOE JEANETTE
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Only Gets Draw With Local Black Boxer Willis,
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But That Was Because He Wanted Too Long Before Turning Loose His Punch.
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Joe Jeanette, who ranks as one of the first of the black negro heavyweights of the world, appeared at the Northside Athletic Club last night before an overflow audience and boxed ten rounds to a draw with Harry Willis, the Darktons slasher.

It was a gruelling fight from the start, with the local Senegambian leading by a pretty fair margin through the eighth round. Heavy blows were given on both sides, and the men stood bravely to the task of battering and smashing in half-clinches for the better part of the time consumed. Jeanette began to show some speed in the ninth, and put over a few rights to the jaw that had a rather depressing effect on the Willis. At the close of the tenth Jeanette was coming strong, and looked as though he would have won had he taken the aggressive early and fought at long range.

Zeno Green was a rather picturesque referee, and his draw decision was popular with the crowd.

The preliminaries saw the usual earnest and sure-enough fighting, so different from the fakey article handed out in some of the white clubs.

Kid Marshall and Little Nick were the principals in the first glove duel, and Little Nick went out for six minutes from a clout in the jaw in the sixth round. One-Round Charlie and Black Ben started in for ten rounds, but Black Ben found the going too fierce and did the laydown act in the third round.

There was the irrepressible rag-time band on hand to make murderous assault on melody, and between the bouts the white fighters who are to participate in the Fourth of July stag were introduced.


1913-07-02 The New Orleans Item (New Orleans, LA) (page 8)

JEANETTE STARTS TOO LATE AND DRAWS
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Had Joe Jeanette, the negro heavyweight, who ranks as one of the best colored heavyweights in the country, started his aggressiveness in the early rounds, he would have easily beaten Harry Willis, the local negro heavy, at the Northside Tuesday night. Zeno Green, the referee, called it a draw at the end of the tenth round.

Kid Marshall knocked out Little Nick in the sixth round of the preliminary and Black Ben "laid down" in the third round to One-Round Charley. Black Ben found the going too hard.