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On this day in black history
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:21 am
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:21 am
Jack Johnson ~ (first Black heavyweight champion) wins the "Negro Heavyweight Title"
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John Arthur "Jack" Johnson remains one of the more colorful figures in boxing history. He became the first Black world heavyweight champion on December 26 1908, defeating Tommy Burns on the fourteenth round. He would lose only five of ninety seven professional fights.
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Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:22 am to eScott
97 fights? Damn!
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:28 am to Oilfieldbiology
That's a lot of fights, he's considered to be one of the greatest of all time.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:29 am to eScott
On Last night in Black History...
During the national Anthem at the beginning of the Superbowl in 2020, multi-billionair power couple Jay-Z and wife Beyonce sat in their $20,000 per seat section in protest against the societal system that allowed them to follow their dreams and earn billions of dollars over the course of their careers.
During the national Anthem at the beginning of the Superbowl in 2020, multi-billionair power couple Jay-Z and wife Beyonce sat in their $20,000 per seat section in protest against the societal system that allowed them to follow their dreams and earn billions of dollars over the course of their careers.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:35 am to eScott
Didn't Trump pardon Jack Johnson?
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:39 am to eScott
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one of the more colorful figures in boxing history
Racist.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:39 am to eScott
Clean could whip is arse easy.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:46 am to Privateer 2007
Posted on 2/3/20 at 11:58 am to Oilfieldbiology
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97 fights? Damn!
Yep. There was no such thing as CTE back then.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 12:02 pm to eScott
dude was a beast...and by most accounts a gentleman too
Posted on 2/3/20 at 12:06 pm to DomincDecoco
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dude was a beast...and by most accounts a gentleman too
And by all accounts, his weakness was one that consumes many of us: white womens.
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Johnson engaged in various relationships including three documented marriages. All of his wives were white. At the height of his career, Johnson was excoriated by the press for his flashy lifestyle and for having married white women.
But he did have a certain sense of humor (or arrogance) about him:
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Once, when he was pulled over for a $50 speeding ticket, he gave the officer a $100 bill; when the officer protested that he couldn't make change for that much, Johnson told him to keep the change as he was going to make his return trip at the same speed.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 12:08 pm to eScott
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That's a lot of fights, he's considered to be one of the greatest of all time.
What about Rocky Marciano? He kicked Joe Louis's arse.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 12:10 pm to eScott
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John Arthur "Jack" Johnson remains one of the more colorful figures
I see what you did there
Posted on 2/3/20 at 12:37 pm to eScott
1928 Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports his findings on the ancient human fossils found at Zhoukoudian, China in the journal Nature and declares them to be a new species he names 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus')
Posted on 2/3/20 at 1:36 pm to eScott
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didn't Trump pardon Jack Johnson?
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yes thanks to Sylvester Stallone
Trump is such a racist
Posted on 2/3/20 at 1:37 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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Ricky Marciano . he kicked Joe Lewis arse
"Joe Lewis was 74 years old when he fought Marciano. He always lied about his age"
- barbershop scene in coming to America
Posted on 2/3/20 at 1:39 pm to eScott
quote:Don't. Give. A. frick.
On this day in black history
Posted on 2/3/20 at 1:54 pm to TDsngumbo
Frick jayz.
'08 team doesn't get near the respect it deserves on this board or recognition for natty playing the competition of the day.
'08 team doesn't get near the respect it deserves on this board or recognition for natty playing the competition of the day.
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 1:56 pm
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