Jack Johnson was a famous black American heavyweight boxer who was born in Galveston, Texas on March 31, 1878.
Johnson was a fighter with great speed, strength, and tremendous style.
Nobody could compare to his picking punches, blocking, and his tremendous counter punching.
He was the first black American boxer to win the heavyweight title.
During his thirty years of boxing, he fought one-hundred and thirteen bouts. He won seventy-eight of his bouts and lost thirty-five. He had forty-four knockouts and thirty-four were won by decision.
This dvd contains some highlights of a few of those fights, remembering the age of this footage the overall quality is poor.
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