Jack Johnson marries Lucille Cameron in 1912 ... but his status as a fugitive made him much less marketable as a boxer, and the outbreak of World War I the following year collapsed the European ...

We all love the sport of boxing, but let's not kid ourselves... there are certain things we have to look in the eye and admit. He was pressured into fighting Jack Johnson five years into his ...

Despite the lack of prize money, Johnson's victory in the ring had impressed Jack Curley, the young assistant to boxing promoter P.J. "Paddy" Carroll. Curley and Carroll arranged for Johnson to ...

Boxing has a storied history filled with triumphs ... The heavyweight fight between Jack Johnson and Stanley Ketchel is shrouded in controversy, with many suspecting the bout was pre-arranged.

Popular novelist Jack London wrote in a New York newspaper ... against Brad Simmons led to his being banned from boxing in Kansas. If Johnson lived in the fast lane, he died there literally ...

Popular novelist Jack London wrote in a New York newspaper ... against Brad Simmons led to his being banned from boxing in Kansas. If Johnson lived in the fast lane, he died there literally ...