Browsing Tag Tommy Burns

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  Fight City Legends: The Galveston Giant

  Jack Johnson looms over boxing as the sort of mythical figure one connects with a more legendary age. Born in 1878 to former slaves, the native of Galveston, ...

  On July 20, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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  July 4, 1910: Johnson vs Jeffries

  In 1910, Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries clashed in Reno, Nevada to contest the world heavyweight crown in what was then billed as “The Fight of the ...

  On July 4, 2021 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Dec. 26, 1908: Burns vs Johnson

  The late, great comedian Bill Hicks once quipped that the first Gulf War was not actually a “war.” Instead it was little more than a military exercise for the ...

  On December 26, 2020 / By Rafael García
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  Nov. 26, 1914: Langford vs Wills II

  The first two decades of the twentieth century were a time of rapid evolution for the sport of boxing. Legal restrictions were being lifted around the world, and ...

  On November 26, 2020 / By Hunter Breckenridge
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  Oct. 27, 1903: Johnson vs McVea II

  On February 5th of 1903, Jack Johnson outpointed “Denver” Ed Martin to win what was referred to at that time as the “Black” or “Colored” heavyweight championship of ...

  On October 27, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  The Contrasting Legacies Of Roy & Floyd

  When James J. Jeffries, heavyweight champion of the world, retired undefeated in 1905, few were in any doubt that they had just seen the greatest heavyweight fighter of ...

  On February 13, 2020 / By Laurence Thompson
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  I Fight For A Living

  One of boxing’s most enduring tropes is that of the prizefighter who punches his way out of the depths of poverty and obscurity and into a life of ...

  On June 30, 2019 / By Rafael García