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 ...

Boxing is an ancient sport, bringing exciting players every decade in the last two centuries. But, heavyweight ... via TKO. Jack Johnson was the first African American World Champion in Boxing.

Long before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, Jack Johnson broke down racial boundaries in the boxing ring ... won the "Colored Heavyweight Championship of the World" in 1903 ...

Despite the lack of prize money, Johnson's victory in the ring had impressed Jack Curley ... of sports, Heavyweight Champion of the World. But as in many other areas of life, the boxing world ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson -- the first black man to hold the world heavyweight championship. Johnson is ...

Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by split decision to win the world's first undisputed heavyweight championship in 25 years on Sunday, an unprecedented feat in boxing's four-belt era. Britain's Fury ...