傑克·約翰遜, 美國拳擊先鋒

傑克·約翰遜一直是我的一個艱難的課題. 我很佩服在一次面對仇恨和偏執他的勇氣和力量，這樣把自己的生命處於危險之中時，. 他拒絕遵守並接受自卑到美國白人的位置.

但, 像許多人，他是一個有缺陷的男人. He beat his first wife and may have driven her to suicide. After years of fighting bigotry himself, 他拒絕抵禦值得黑色挑戰者像薩姆麥克維和薩姆·朗福德標題,,en,OE Choynski在,,en,他獲得與湯米·伯恩斯打出了標題,,en.

John Arthur “Jack” Johnson was born on March 31, 1878. He was a large child but did not really like fighting. 後來, he would become arguably a Top 5 heavyweight of all time. His inclusion into the Top 10 is without question.

“Jack” Johnson knocked out most of his early opponents until being knocked out by Ĵoe Choynski in 1903. Choynski was so impressed with Johnson that he neglected his own career to teach Johnson his defensive skills to go with Johnson’s devastating power.

Johnson won the World Colored Heavyweight Championship. He defended against Sam McVey and Sam Langford, two of the best heavyweights of their day. Johnson beat Langford the only time they fought by decision. He decided once was enough and avoided Langford there after.

最後, he secured a title shot with Tommy Burns 在節禮日, 十二月 26, 1908. Johnson destroyed the smaller, less talented Burns If Johnson was irritated with an opponent, he would get the man close to being KO’d, then hold on to him so he could recover. The beating would continue with Johnson mocking him the whole time. Burns made Johnson wait for the title shot, so he paid the price. The Australian police stopped the fight in the fourteenth round. Johnson was the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.

在 1910, he would fight in the first “Fight of the Century” but first he would dispatch four contenders, the last which was Middleweight King, Stanley Ketchel. Johnson and Ketchel agreed to box in what was basically an exhibition. After the fight was completed, they would both be awarded a draw. Ketchel decided to try and double cross the champ. I will let you see for yourself what happened to him.

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