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Apr 2, 2014 · (1878-1946) Who Was Jack Johnson? Boxer Jack Johnson was born in Galveston, Texas, in 1878. In 1908 he became the first African American to win the world heavyweight crown when he knocked...
Mar 27, 2024 · Jack Johnson (born March 31, 1878, Galveston, Texas, U.S.—died June 10, 1946, Raleigh, N.C.) was an American boxer who was the first African American to become heavyweight champion. He is considered by many boxing observers to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time.
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Feb 22, 2022 · NMAH. In 1908, Texan Jack Johnson (1878–1946) defeated Canadian Tommy Burns to become the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion. Admired for quick footwork and defensive ...
A Heavyweight Boxer That Defied America. Stories. Buyenlarge/Getty Images. At age 49, retired African American prizefighter Jack Johnson reflected on his tremendous career. “My life, almost from its very start, has been filled with tragedy and romance, failures and success, poverty and wealth, misery and happiness,” he recalled.
Weights per La Presse Tale of the Tape: 97kg Jack Johnson, 101kg Jim Johnson. The referee repeatedly warned Flynn for head-butting. (Fight film shows Flynn head-butting, trying to get loose while the taller Johnson holds him at the back of his upper arms. Flynn reportedly hurled racial epithets at Johnson, too.)
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May 15, 2019 · Mary Bellis. Updated on May 15, 2019. Jack Johnson (March 31, 1878–June 10, 1946) was an American boxer who became the world's first Black American heavyweight champion. He came to fame during the Jim Crow era, when the South was still racially segregated. Johnson's success in the ring made him one of the most famous Black Americans of his time.
Jack Johnson (boxer) John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the " Galveston Giant ", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). His 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries was dubbed the "fight of the century". [4]
