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First black boxing champion

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it was joe Johnson punks not jack Johnson im sick of lookin up joe Johnson and gettin jack Johnson u heard me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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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.

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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.

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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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Joe Gans, 1902
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Was it Bruno.

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joe louis

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