President Donald Trump Pardons Jack Johnson

05/25/2018 James Stillerman

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.

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Video: Jack Johnson pardoned by President Trump

05/25/2018 Rummys Corner

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 were former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and reigning WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.

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President Trump is expected to officially pardon Jack Johnson today

05/25/201805/23/2018 James Slater

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.

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President Trump, inspired by Sylvester Stallone, considering “full pardon” for Jack Johnson

04/23/2018 James Slater

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,” Trump wrote.

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Times Live Top-10 Greatest-Ever Heavyweight Champions list sure to cause debate

02/24/2018 James Slater

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?

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

02/09/201802/09/2018 James Slater

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.

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Miami Actor Aygemang Clay Invokes Jack Johnson on Stage

06/26/201606/26/2016 Bill Barner

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.

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All Time Historical Survey Series Recap – The Original 8 Weight Classes & P4P

09/15/201608/10/2012 Geoffrey Ciani

by Geoffrey Ciani – Over the course of a sixteen month period beginning in June 2009, I conducted a series of surveys that all began with a very simple question: Who are the ten best heavyweights of all time?

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