Jack Johnson T-shirt

Jack Johnson Boxing Legend T-shirt

Look at films of Jack Johnson and he doesn't look too special. However to judge Jack Johnson on such evidence would be naive in the extreme, for The Galveston Giant was a pioneer over thirty years ahead of his time. He brought tactics and defensive awareness to the sport and as the first black heavyweight champion of the world Johnson transcended the sport and to place his celebrity in the context of 1910s America it becomes something truly remarkable.