On This Day In 1910: The Great Stanley Ketchel Is Murdered, Shot In The Back

Reviewing one of his most famous fights Today in 1910, as he was relaxing and eating breakfast at a ranch in Conway, Missouri, middleweight great Stanley Ketchel was killed at … read more

Anthony Joshua Names His Three Greatest Heavyweight Champs

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: … read more

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 … read more

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 more

Video: Jack Johnson pardoned by President Trump

On Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump posthumously pardoned former world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. Alongside the president were actor Sylvester Stallone, best known for playing Rocky Balboa, and also present … read more

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. The reason is … read more

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. “Sylvester Stallone called me with the story of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson,” … read more

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 … read more

Appeals and pleas still ongoing, posthumous pardon sought for heavyweight legend Jack Johnson

In the words of Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson was “a baaad man!” Way ahead of his time and having to fight rabid racism along with his opponents, “The Galveston Giant” was strong enough, mentally and physically, to be able to overcome odds that would seem unfathomable to a modern day fighter.

Miami Actor Aygemang Clay Invokes Jack Johnson on Stage

Veiled as the story of fictional boxing champion Jay Jackson, “The Royale” portrays the hurdlesreal-life Jack Johnson had to clear to become the first African-American heavyweight champion of the world.

“The Royale” has been presented in New York and Chicago, and is now in Miami, FL with local actor Aygemang Clay commandeering the lead role. Jack Johnson was born and raised in Galveston, TX. Ironically, the man who years later would become emblematic of segregation in sports actually grew up in a poor Texas neighborhood largely unexposed to segregation. Although he grew up with a lot of white friends, they were all similarly poor and he was rarely reminded of his skin color.