Jack Johnson Research Paper

John Arthur Johnson or Jack Johnson to some was born in Galveston Texas back on March 31st 1878. Jack Johnson was born too Henry and Tiny Johnson who were both former slaves. Both of Jack Johnson’s parents had blue collar jobs to make ends meet and to raise 5 other children along with Jack. They also tried to teach all 6 kids to read and write and try to teach them right from wrong. That was not always the easiest thing to do back then. But Henry and Tiny Johnson did their best with what they had and with what they were given. Jack Johnson did not attend school very much in his younger years. In total he only had about 5 years of formal schooling before he went into boxing. Jack Johnson was a very quite boy while in school although …show more content…
This was to find any white American boxer who could dethrone and finally shut up the great Jack Johnson and take back the title that the white Americans thought was there’s and did not belong to a black man. Jack Johnson fought several white boxers who were thought to be the “Great White Hope”. Some of whom were Victor McLaglen, Frank Moran, Tony Ross, and Al Kaufman. All of which Jack Johnson beat in the year of 1909. So the search for the “Great White Hope” was even more intense. Finally former heavyweight champion Jim Jefferies was talked out of retirement to fight Johnson. This fight was talked up big time for over a year. In the meantime Jefferies lost around 100 pounds and was said to be in superb shape. And that there was no doubt that Jefferies would knock out Johnson and shut him up for good. The fight was originally supposed to be fought in San Francisco but due to pressure from the public about being against boxing it was moved to Reno Nevada where on 4 July 1910 the fight was supposed to take place. That day quickly came and went with Johnson collecting a decisive victory in 15 rounds thus thwarting another attempt by another white man trying to take the heavyweight title from the champ Jack Johnson. This loss all the more enraged the white public even more against Jack Johnson. Thus they would try and find …show more content…
Some even believe that Jack Johnson was the “Original Ali”. Some described Johnson as having Ali’s charisma, Tyson’s power, and Don King’s cunning wits. He has also been thought of a much bigger and stronger version of today’s Roy Jones Jr. Some people even say that Jack Johnson was the greatest defensive champion of all time. Jack Johnson mostly fought with 5 ounce gloves throughout his career. Johnson was also said to have been way ahead of everyone in terms of his boxing style. He had the footwork, defense, counter ability, blocking ability all down to a science. Jack Johnson was also lightening fast with superior punch power. He could also punch just as strong with both of his hands. And for his size he was a lot faster than most thought going into any of his