Jack Johnson's historic boxing win on July 4,1910, upset much of America. But the next Black world heavyweight champ remains an American icon.

Jack Johnson's historic boxing win on July 4,1910, upset much of America. But the next Black world heavyweight champ remains an American icon.

By July 4 of 1919, Dempsey was approaching his prime, and he was starving hungry. It was on Independence Day that year that “The Manassa Mauler” really did maul Jess Willard.

The July 4, 1910 title fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries led to riots, mayhem, murder — and the racially motivated prosecution of boxing's first Black heavyweight champion.

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1919 — Jack Dempsey wins the world heavyweight title at Toledo, Ohio, when Jess Willard fails to answer the bell for the fourth round.

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Willie Pearl Dempsey Conner, age 93, passed away peacefully on June 29, 2025, in Liberty, Texas. Born on May 26, 1932, in Livingston, Texas, Willie was the beloved daughter of David and Ethel Walters ...

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