it was joe Johnson punks not jack Johnson im sick of lookin up joe Johnson and gettin jack Johnson u heard me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-beyonce Knowles
yea dats rite its me!
Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion from 1908-1915.
The first colored boxer was Joe Gans, Joseph Gant also known as"the old master" he fought from 1881-1909 as the first lightweight black boxer ever.
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John Arthur Johnson (Glaveston Giant)
The first African American World Boxing Champion.
Perhaps the most famous black boxer was Muhammad Ali, who won the heavyweight championship three times, more than any other boxer. He is retired now.
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.