On the eve of what would have been Jack Johnson’s 147th birthday, people on Sunday gathered at the Nia Cultural Center in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Jack Johnson marries Lucille Cameron in 1912 ... and the outbreak of World War I the following year collapsed the European boxing market entirely. With money running out, the Johnsons sailed ...

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.

“He was catching punches,” says boxing historian Bert Sugar. “Jack Johnson was perhaps the greatest defensive heavyweight of all time.” The Johnson-Jeffries fight was of such intense ...

1987 — Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title. 1989 — LA Dodgers Orel Hershiser’s consecutive scoreless streak of 59 innings ends.

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 ...