Who were the first two black men to fight each other for the heavyweight title.

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  1. jonnytightlips

    jonnytightlips Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who were they cause I havent got a bulls notion.
     
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  2. Beezy

    Beezy 2 Eazzy Full Member

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    I don't know, but I'm pretty sure the last two were Haye and Harrison :patsch:patsch:patsch:patsch.....
     
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  3. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    Jack Johnson and Jim Johnson? Taking a guess.
     
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  4. Kingkazim

    Kingkazim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i THINK

    It may have been Louis vs somebody black

    Couldnt have been Johnson vs anybody black, America at that time werent ready for that
     
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  5. Nosbor

    Nosbor Boxing Addict banned

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    Mandingo and Chicken George!
     
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  6. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    It was. Jack Johnson vs Battling Jim Johnson
     
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  7. Kingkazim

    Kingkazim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Didnt know that.
    Have to check that out
     
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  8. H .

    H . Boxing Junkie banned

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    correct!!
     
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  9. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I was gonna say Joe Louis and John Henry Lewis... I stand corrected.
     
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