JACK JOHNSON VS THE GREAT WHITE HOPE AMERICAN BOXING HISTORY REVISITED
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
On July 4th, 1910. in Reno, Nevada, a fight for the Heavyweight Championship of the World took place between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries. Jack Johnson was a black man- the first black man to hold the heavyweight title in boxing, which he had won two years before. His lifestyle was, by 1910 standards, flagrant- he was frequently seen acting indecently in the company of white blond prostitutes, he drank and gambled to excess, and he liked fast sports cars. In the past two years a number of white boxers had tried him and all of them had lost. In 1909, white boxing fans turned toward a retired heavyweight champion named James L. Jeffries, naming him "The Great White Hope". You have two ringside tickets waiting......
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