Jack Johnson, in 1908,
Since the glove era, John L. Sullivan was the 1st. He was also the last bareknuckle Heavyweight Champion as well.
Jack Johnson
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The boxing world was shaken in 1908 as Jack Johnson knocked out heavyweight champion Tommy Burns in the 14th round. It is considered a major boxing event because Johnson was the first Black man to win the heavyweight title.
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In the boxing context Tommy Burns was a world heavyweight champion who was the first white boxer to agree to fight a black boxer for the world title. On Boxing Day 1908 he lost his title to Jack Johnson who became the first ever black heavyweight champion of the world. Johnson was not the first black champion as many books say. tHAT HONOUR GOES TO First Black man to win a world boxing title; held three world boxing titles: paperweight, bantamweight and featherweight; invented shadow boxing and the suspended punching bag; fought in the world's longest fight.
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HIS NAME WAS FIREMAN JIM FLYNN FROM ENGLAND.THE FIRST HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMP.
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Jack Johnson was the first black heavy weight boxing champion crowned in1912
Jack Johnson. Not the singer, the black heavyweight champion of the world. Dates back to the roaring 20's I believe.