Jack Johnson was one of the toughest boxers of all time. He was knocked out only three times in almost half a century of boxing.Today we will discuss about Jack Johnson: Boxer record| Boxer cause of death| Boxer wife.
Jack Johnson: Boxer record| Boxer cause of death| Boxer wife
John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the “Galveston Giant”, was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). Widely regarded as one of the most influential boxers of all time, his 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries was dubbed the “Fight of the Century”. According to filmmaker Ken Burns, ” For more than 13 years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and most notorious African-American on earth”. Beyond boxing, he became part of the culture and history of racism in the United States.
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Galveston Giant[1] |
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight[1] |
| Height | 6 ft 1⁄2 in (184.2 cm)[2][3] |
| Reach | 74 in (188 cm)[1] |
| Born | March 31, 1878 Galveston, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 1946 (aged 68) Franklinton, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Stance | Orthodox |
Boxer record
The Associated Press said of him in its obituary, “Jack Johnson lived in the lap of luxury, abused the fame and fortune that came to him, and died without money.”
He fought professionally until the age of 60, finishing with a career record of 73 wins, 13 losses and 10 draws.
He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954.
Efforts to grant him a presidential pardon began in 2008 with a bill that passed the House of Representatives but not the Senate. The main reasons cited in the efforts continued through other petitions: his conviction was racially motivated – and the incident for which he was arrested took place before the Mann Act became law.
Boxer cause of death
Jack Johnson died in a car accident on US Highway 1 near Franklinton, North Carolina, a small town near Raleigh, after an angry run from a diner that refused to serve him. He was taken to St. Agnes Hospital, the nearest black hospital in Raleigh. He was 68 years old at the time of his death.
He was buried next to Etta Duria Johnson at Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery. His grave was initially unmarked, but a stone bearing only the name “Johnson” now stands over the plots of Jack, Etta and Irene Pineau.
John Arthur (“Jack”) Johnson, nicknamed the Galveston Giant, was a boxer. At the height of the Jim Crow era, Johnson became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915).
In a documentary about his life, Ken Burns noted that “for more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and most notorious African-American on Earth.”
Boxer wife
According to Johnson’s 1927 autobiography, he married Mary Austin, a black girl from Galveston, Texas, in 1898. No records exist of this marriage, and the 1900 census shows that he is still living at home with his parents and siblings. Although they were probably never legally married, Johnson introduced Austin as his wife wherever they went. She was the first “Mrs. Jack Johnson”, but was far from the last. Austin accompanied Johnson when he moved to California in 1901, but was left behind after returning from a training trip to Colorado in 1902.
