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 ...

Derrick Lewis is a fighter who can knock out anyone, while in equal measure, he is susceptible to a stoppage finish himself.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Jack Johnson broke the color barrier and became the first black heavyweight world champion, it only served to stymie Langford’s dreams even more: such was the degree of fury and ...

In this 1932 file photo, boxer Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight champion, poses in New York City. President Donald Trump on Thursday, May 24, 2018, granted a rare posthumous pardon ...

We spoke with Youssef Daoudi and poet Adrian Matejka about 'Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century,' a lyrically structured graphic recreation of the historic 1910 ...

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 ...