Jack Johnson was the first black heavy weight boxing champion crowned in1912
Jack Johnson
The first black heavyweight boxer who became world champion, is Jack Johnson.
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson, December 26, 1908, Sydney, Australia
Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion in 1908.
John Arthur Johnson (Glaveston Giant) The first African American World Boxing Champion.
Jack Johnson was the first black heavy weight champion of the world.
The first Black Miss Arkansas was Lencola Sullivan
The very first UFC champion was a heavy-weight named Haywood Jablowme
Theodore "Tiger" Flowers became the first Black middleweight boxing CHAMPION by defeating Harry Greb in New York. As for just the first Black middleweight BOXER, I don't know, sorry.
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jack Johnson, aka the Galveston giant was heavyweight champion from 1908 to 1915. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=001187&cat=boxer