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Old 24-05-2018, 05:22 PM #1
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Default Trump Pardons Late and Great Black Boxer Jack Johnson

Stallone and Lennox Lewis standing behind him.


Jack Johnson took a white woman across a state line.

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Stallone and Lennox Lewis standing behind him.


Jack Johnson took a white woman across a state line.

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Good On Trump

Long overdue - Well done Trump.

Jack Johnson's story is one sad, sad indictment of the abhorrent manner in which White Power treat Black people back in those days.

(Reuben 'The Hurricane' Carter's story is closer to today but equally as horrific. )
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(boxer)

He lived to the age 68
Born on March 1878


OLDER James J. Jeffries fights Jack Johnson in 1910
[The fight took place on July 4, 1910, in front of 20,000 people, at a ring built just for the occasion in downtown Reno, Nevada. Jeffries proved unable to impose his will on the younger champion and Johnson dominated the fight. By the 15th round, after Jeffries had been knocked down twice for the first time in his career, Jeffries' corner threw in the towel to end the fight and prevent Jeffries from having a knockout on his record. Johnson later remarked he knew the fight was over in the 4th round when he landed an uppercut and saw the look on Jeffries face,]
[The "Fight of the Century" earned Johnson $65,000 (over $1.7 million in 2017 dollars) and silenced the critics]

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He lived to the age 68
Born on March 1878

He truly WAS great, Arista. His 'aping of the lifestyles and conduct of the former wealthy WHITE Heavyweight champions incensed the Whites who controlled Boxing then and the masses who saw it as 'arrogance' and they conspired to destroy him by 'putting him in his place'.

Thank God we have moved on a lot since those dark days - we are not there by a' long chalk' but Boxing has moved on - thanks chiefly to The Greatest Muhammad Ali.
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proper boxing that was
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proper boxing that was

Yes Real Proper Hard Boxing.



Lennox Lewis was so happy
with Actor Sylvester Stallone
standing behind seated President Trump.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/24/p...ump/index.html

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