In his heyday as heavyweight champion, which began in 1908 and ended in 1915, it wasn’t enough for promoters to find opponents for Jack Johnson. They needed white ones.

Although he reigned as the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990, "Iron Mike" won his first 19 professional ...

The Great White Hope is a biographical drama following Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones), a fictionalized version of real-life boxer Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight champion. Set in the ...

In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world, fighting at a time when, despite slavery having been abolished 45 years previously, African Americans were ...

Jones, 37, leaves the sport with a near-perfect 28-1 record. His sole loss came in July 2022 when he injured his knee against ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Relatives and hometown supporters of boxing’s first black heavyweight champion are turning to YouTube to convince the President Barack Obama to posthumously pardon him of a 1913 ...

With that landmark victory, Johnson became boxing's first Black heavyweight champion. Johnson made seven defenses before a 26th-round KO loss to Jess Willard in Havana, Cuba.

The 16-0 fighter defeated Danielle Perkins on Sunday, Feb. 2. Self-proclaimed “GWOAT” Claressa Shields became the first-ever women’s undisputed heavyweight champion in boxing history when ...

Remembering Jack Johnson, the First Black Heavyweight Boxing Champion The Texas-born fighter faced down his opponents and took down the ‘Great White Hope’ movement that was designed to end his ...

In his heyday as heavyweight champion, which began in 1908 and ended in 1915, it wasn’t enough for promoters to find opponents for Jack Johnson. They needed white ones. The search for the ...