JackJohnson’s name will live on forever in boxing history as the first Black heavyweight champion of the world ... Johnson didn't return home a hero but ...
The first Black heavyweight boxing champion stopped in Omaha for two nights while traveling to his California training camp for his legendary 1910 bout against James J. Jeffries... .
5.6 inches (2009) Boxing legend JackJohnson in an undated photo ... Jack Johnson — who lived in Chicago and owned a short-lived cafe in the Bronzeville neighborhood — became the first Black heavyweight boxing champion.