Black boxers have provided entertainment for decades, whether watching them live in Vegas or paying for a fight on cable TV.

Cuthbert Taylor could not fight for the British title because both his parents were not white.

In 1908, when Jack Johnson fought Tommy Burns to become the first African American heavyweight champion of the world, a search began for a "Great White Hope" to take back the title. American ...

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But Louis's cynical trainer, Chappie Blackburn, suspected that a black boxer with black managers would never get a chance to compete. When his camp approached the boxing promoter James J.

Kev Dillon might have spent most of his life in a boxing ring but he has long understood how words can be far more powerful ...

Despite his undoubted ability, Johnson was never given a shot at a championship belt Campaigners calling for a boxer to become the first black person to be honoured with a statue in Manchester ...

There will be more interaction all over the world." But as it stands right now, few can deny that today's top black boxers would be much more marketable if they were white. "If Roy Jones Jr. was ...

As part of Black History Month ... to succeed because of the colour of his skin" The bantam and lightweight boxer had 151 victories, 22 draws and 69 defeats between1928 and 1947.

He was the first black boxer to represent Great Britain, and the country's third ever black Olympian. In a 20-year professional career, he won 151 bouts, drew 22 and lost 69. But he was denied the ...