As a boy, Jack Johnson was a part of the racially ... The shop owner, Walter Lewis, introduced Johnson to boxing. There was nothing more for me to do in Galveston. The purses offered me were ...

Boxing has been around for over a century, and a number of elite boxers have emerged over that time, but who are the very ...

Despite his accolades, Ali didn’t view himself as the greatest of all time, and instead named the man who he deemed to be ...

Joined in the Oval Office by actor Sylvester Stallone and boxer Lennox Lewis, Mr Trump said the move corrected a historic US wrong to Jack Johnson. Johnson was arrested in 1912 with Lucille ...

Despite the lack of prize money, Johnson's victory in the ring had impressed Jack Curley, the young assistant to boxing promoter P.J. "Paddy" Carroll. Curley and Carroll arranged for Johnson to ...

Havana, 6 April 1915 - A sensational fight in Havana, Cuba yesterday saw Jess Willard defeat Jack Johnson to become heavyweight champion of the world. Johnson had held the title since 1908 ...

Black boxers have provided entertainment for decades, whether watching them live in Vegas or paying for a fight on cable […] ...

Popular novelist Jack London wrote in a New York newspaper ... against Brad Simmons led to his being banned from boxing in Kansas. If Johnson lived in the fast lane, he died there literally ...

Monte's older brother is featherweight champion Abe Attell, making the Attells the first brothers to hold boxing titles at the same time. Oct 16 - Jack Johnson, floored in 12th round by Stanley ...

So far, more than 30 million have listened to the podcast in which the hosts Joe Rogan interviews the 2024 presidential ...

Popular novelist Jack London wrote in a New York newspaper ... against Brad Simmons led to his being banned from boxing in Kansas. If Johnson lived in the fast lane, he died there literally ...