years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious African American on Earth". He is widely regarded as one of the most influential boxers in...

Jack Johnson commonly refers to: Jack Johnson (boxer) (1878–1946), American boxer, first black heavyweight boxing world champion Jack Johnson (musician)...

the Wisconsin State Assembly Jack Johnson (boxer) (John Arthur Johnson) (1878–1946), American boxer Johnny A. Johnson (born 1915), American Negro leagues...

Davis for Bill Cayton's documentary of the same name, on the life of boxer Jack Johnson. Its two 25-minute-plus tracks were produced from recordings made...

frequency to top boxers such as Sam Langford, Joe Jeanette, Sam McVey, Harry Wills and Kid Norfolk. In spite of this, Jack Johnson, the first black world...

Century or the Johnson–Jeffries Prize Fight was a boxing match between the first African American world heavyweight champion of boxing Jack Johnson and the previously...

based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jack Johnson (boxer), referred to as "Big Smoke" The Big Smoke, a book about Johnson by Adrian Matejka Big Smoke (Grand...

player John Henry Johnson (baseball) (born 1956), Major League pitcher Jack Johnson (boxer) (John Arthur Johnson, 1878–1946), American boxer and first black...

Jack Johnson is a 1970 American documentary film directed by Jimmy Jacobs about the American boxer Jack Johnson (1878–1946). Johnson had been the subject...

Heavyweight Champion, leading to his legendary bout with the African American Jack Johnson. According to his biographer, Burns insisted, "I will defend my title...

Childs - Boxer". BoxRec. Retrieved August 23, 2011. ESPN Ron Flatter: Johnson boxed, lived on own terms, accessed Sep 2, 2010 "Jack Johnson - Boxer". BoxRec...

The Johnson–Jeffries riots refer to the dozens of race riots that occurred throughout the United States after African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeated...

fight, Jeffries knocked out the highly regarded boxer Hank Griffin in the fourteenth round. Jack Johnson would subsequently fight Griffin on three separate...

"Golden Boy" Johnson (27 November 1928 – 7 June 1970) born in Manchester was an English professional feather/light/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s...

This is a list of notable male boxers. For a list of female boxers, see List of female boxers. Contents:  Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U...

title by blackballing boxers of colour remained in force even under Jack Johnson. Once he was the World's Heavyweight Champion, Johnson did not fight a black...

professional boxer and trainer, and his nickname may have resulted from the need to distinguish him from the heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. Johnson was an...

Benker Johnson (22 October 1902 – 28 September 1974), known simply as Len among his admirers, and dubbed "Len Johnson" by the press, was a British boxer who...

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American professional boxer who competed...

successful boxers are some of the reasons styles and strategies have fluctuated. Every boxer falls into one of the four boxing styles: In-Fighter, Out-Boxer, Slugger...

Terry Daniels and Alonzo Johnson at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On January 1, 1985, a show including several world champion boxers in exhibition fights was...

without success. He is often remembered as the only boxer ever to knock out the formidable Jack Dempsey. A native of Hoboken, New Jersey, Flynn's first...

Colored Heavyweight Champion Frank Childs and World Heavyweight Champions Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries. In 1896, in a very early match in James J. Jeffries...

Jack Dempsey. For decades, boxing matches went on for 15 rounds, but that was all changed on November 13, 1982, following the death of Korean boxer Kim...

roles. The play is based on the true story of Jack Johnson (fictionalized under the character name "Jack Jefferson") and his fight against Jim Jeffries...

Floyd Johnson (23 July 1900 – 1 June 1986), nicknamed "The Auburn Bulldog", was an American heavyweight boxer who was known for his stiff punch. His (incomplete)...

Jack Jefferson, patterned after real-life boxer Jack Johnson, going on a hot streak of victories in the boxing ring as he defeats every white boxer around...

Philadelphia, Hagan was the older brother to Young Jack O'Brien and the cousin of heavyweight boxer Jack Rowan. To mark his sixtieth birthday in early 1938...

"approximately 500 boxers have died in the ring or as a result of boxing since the Marquess of Queensberry Rules were introduced in 1884." 22 boxers died in 1953...

even after colored heavyweight title holder Jack Johnson won the world's heavyweight title in 1908. Johnson never fought black opponents either, allegedly...