Knockouts are a thrilling aspect of boxing where boxers outshine their adversary with just one blow. The sudden change in ...

When African American Jack Johnson took the heavyweight title from the Irish boxer Tommy Burns, the race issue in sports reached a new level. Some people did not believe that African Americans had ...

Cassius Clay helped pave the way for many African American boxers today." When you're staging a play about a world-famous boxer, there are going to be boxing scenes. That was an extra challenge ...

Joe Louis was the first African-American to achieve hero worship that was previously reserved for whites only. When he started boxing in the 1930s, there were no African-Americans in positions of ...

JOHANNESBURG -- South African boxer Dingaan Thobela ... title in 1990 and the WBA lightweight title in 1993, when he beat American Tony Lopez in a rematch. He moved up to super-middleweight ...

Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, whose reign lasted from 1908 to 1915, was also the first African American pop culture ... a big enough name in boxing to fight for a world ...