Jim Jeffries ... for the fight, was a reported 10-to-6 betting favorite by bookmakers. He cut a confident figure all the way up to the opening bell. When Johnson offered to shake Jeffries ...

One hundred years ago this Sunday, two boxers came together in what would be defined as "the fight of the century." Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, and Jim Jeffries ...

Organizers of a tribute to the Jack Johnson-Jim Jeffries fight will gather Sunday in Reno, Nev., to ring the same bell used in 1910 at the site of the bout, now a metals salvage yard. They also ...

Jack Johnson, stopped Jim Jeffries in the 15th round of their highly anticipated bout. At the time, it was "The Fight of the Century." Today, it serves as a painful reminder of this country's ugly ...

James J. Jeffries yesterday posted with Robert Edgren $5,000 to bind a fight with Jack Johnson for the pugilistic heavyweight championship of the world. Jeffries announced that when the final ...

Two panels from Last on His Feet, depicting boxers Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries Art ©2023 by Youssef ... the two panels above), revisits this “Fight of the Century,” which wasn’t just ...

Filmed for movie theaters in 1910, the heavyweight championship fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries was a nationwide phenomenon Narration: T.A. Frail The Truth Behind the Legend of King ...

“On my best day,” Jeffries told a reporter, “I couldn’t have beaten Jack Johnson.” Johnson faced deep racism before the fight—reports ... In the Jim Crow South, Johnson was a target ...

Johnson dominated the fight, knocking Jefferies out in five rounds ... but much of the world stayed the same for Jack Johnson — notably the Jim Crow laws that targeted Black Americans.

In 1910 Black world heavyweight champion John Arthur “Jack” Johnson defeated White former heavyweight champ James Jackson “Jim” Jeffries in ... during the fight. “The Union service ...