Black boxers have provided entertainment for decades ... The son of former slaves, Jack Johnson didn’t hold back in defying ...

Donald Trump has praised the role Sylvester Stallone has played in a pardon being issued to one of the greatest boxers of all ...

On May 1, 1900, Johnson took on his first white opponent, an Australian named Jim ... or any other black boxer. On May 16, Johnson took on the champion's younger brother, Jack Jeffries.

When African American Jack Johnson took the heavyweight title from the Irish boxer Tommy Burns, the race issue in sports reached a new level. Some people did not believe that African Americans had ...