The heavyweight champion’s victory over James J. Jeffries became one of boxing’s defining moments and triggered consequences that reached far beyond the ring Jack Johnson
The heavyweight title doesn’t just change hands when a champion slips. It usually happens when a different way of fighting shows up, and the old
Ring Magazine’s founder, Nat Fleischer, called Jack Johnson, 53-11-8 (33), of Raleigh, NC, the best heavyweight champion he ever saw. In 1910, Johnson stopped former
We are going to take a look at Great Boxers who beat once former greats. So, who’s better when considering both meeting in their prime,
“I’m Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion of the world! I’m black! They never let me forget it. I’m black all right. I’ll never let them forget
In mentioning two good fighters who were not so good as champions, first, there is Jack “Galveston Giant” Johnson, who was Ring Magazine’s all-time best
It is unfortunate that the only perception and memory most boxing fans have of Jess Willard was that the massively huge heavyweight champion was the
By Ken Hissner: There have been two heavyweight title fights that finished by stoppage that has been in question for years not only by this
By Allan Fox: Former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson was officially pardoned on Thursday afternoon by President Donald Trump for his 1913 conviction for violating the Mann Act. Sylvester Stallone, the actor famous for his ‘Rocky’ movies, is said to have contacted Trump to urge him to pardon the late Johnson.
By Gav Duthie: If as expected we miss out on the biggest fight of the current era between Floyd Mayweather Jr 46-0 (26) and Manny Pacquiao 56-5-2 (38) a part of my love of boxing will die.
Since the conception of the sport there have been so many great fight nights but there is always one fight in a generation that defines the era. I decided to have a look at the biggest bouts by decade in over 100 years of boxing history to convey what we are missing out on if Mayweather and Pacquiao never meet.
Pound for Pound
The concept of pound for pound was created to compare boxers through the weight divisions. It isn’t very often two of the best p4p fighters actually occupy the same division. When it happens and they do fight it can define a generation. These aren’t always the best spectacles but they still live long in the memory.