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Jack Johnson the World’s First African-American Heavyweight Champion | Gajreport

John Arthur Johnson also known as the 'Galveston Giant' was an African-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'. Jack Johnson's efforts to win the world heavyweight title were […]

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