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Black boxing champions

Black professional boxers have a lasting legacy of admirable athletic and social achievements.

Jack Johnson was one of the earliest black boxers to make a name for himself.

Jack Johnson made history by becoming boxing’s first ever African-American world heavyweight champion, stopping Tommy Burns in Australia.

African American boxer Joe Louis, who reigned as world heavyweight champion from until , is regarded as one of his sport's all-time greats.