These are the greatest American boxers who captured multiple world titles, became global stars and stood out among the rest.

“It’s time to free Jack Johnson.” Johnson was born in 1878, the son of former slaves, and honed his fighter’s physique as a dockworker. By 1900, he had gone pro, sparring with opponents ...

refused to fight Johnson or any other black boxer. On May 16, Johnson took on the champion's younger brother, Jack Jeffries. After toying with the younger Jeffries for five rounds, Johnson knocked ...

Long before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, Jack Johnson broke down racial boundaries in the boxing ring. And nearly everywhere else he went. More than a boxer, Johnson was a force ...

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 ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson ... not for the fact Johnson was the most dominant boxer of his time.

Before Muhammed Ali, there was a braggadocious boxer from Galveston, Texas known as Jack Johnson. Johnson was the first African-American world heavyweight champion and a controversial figure ...

Dr. Joel A. Freeman announces the release of a 1910 recording of boxing legend Jack Johnson, revealing his 10-point strategy ...