Louis further stands out not only among famous Black boxers but all boxers, as he held his champion status for 12 years.

Jack Johnson: First black boxer to win World Heavyweight Championship ... Joe Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time due to his career record of 66-3 ...

When African American Jack Johnson took the heavyweight title from the Irish boxer ... black America alone. For the first time, blacks and whites, even in the deep South, had rooted with all ...