Like many fighters before him, Anthony Joshua is a huge fight fan (it seems obvious a successful fighter would be a fan of his chosen sport but there are exceptions: Jermain Taylor for example, who said as champ that he is no boxing fan) – and AJ is also a student of the history of boxing. » Read Full Article
Sly Stallone to make boxing flick on heavyweight great Jack Johnson
-Movie legend Sylvester Stallone was instrumental in the recent posthumous pardoning of heavyweight great Jack Johnson, seeing as how it was Sly who got in touch with President Trump, urging the current commander in chief to do the right thing; which Trump did, last week. » Read Full Article
World Boxing Council: Jack Johnson pardon
-Mauricio Sulaimán: May 24 will be registered in the books of history as a great day for the sport of boxing, human equality and inclusion, as the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, signed the presidential pardon of boxer Jack Johnson at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D. » Read Full Article
President Donald Trump Pardons Jack Johnson
-President Donald J. Trump granted a long overdue posthumous pardon to the first African-American heavyweight world champion, Jack “Galveston Giant” Johnson for his 1913 conviction for violating the Mann Act. » Read Full Article
Video: Jack Johnson pardoned by President Trump
-On Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump posthumously pardoned former world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. » Read Full Article
Justice for Jack Johnson at long last
-President Donald Trump has presented a posthumous pardon for the Great Jack Johnson, the first black Heavyweight Champion of the World, yet also and lamentably, a victim of the cruel and searing racism of that era. » Read Full Article
Jack Johnson pardoned
-U.S President Donald Trump has today pardoned Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, who was wrongly convicted in 1913 of transporting a white woman across State lines. » Read Full Article
President Trump is expected to officially pardon Jack Johnson today
-Heavyweight world champions past and present, along with arguably the most celebrated fictitious heavyweight king himself, ‘Rocky,’ are gathering in Washington DC at The White House today. » Read Full Article
President Trump, inspired by Sylvester Stallone, considering “full pardon” for Jack Johnson
-President Trump tweeted yesterday (Saturday) how he is strongly considering pardoning former world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. » Read Full Article
Times Live Top-10 Greatest-Ever Heavyweight Champions list sure to cause debate
-It’s a list that pops up every now and then, and boxing fans seem to love it when the debate begins: who is the greatest heavyweight champion of all-time; who are the top-10 greatest heavyweight champions of all-time? » Read Full Article