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

Jack Johnson, dubbed the “Galveston Giant,” was born on the island March 31, 1878, learned to fight on the docks and became ...

Learn about three other great African-American boxers in the early 20th Century. Sign up to get updates about the film and future projects from Ken Burns and Florentine Films.

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.

Recognised by many as one of the most terrifying fighters in professional boxing history due to his iron chin and vicious ...

When African American Jack Johnson took the heavyweight title from the Irish boxer Tommy Burns ... and awaited the "Great White Hope" who would claim boxing honors for their own race.