Why are the greatest boxers black?
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I think this probably has to do more with economics than race. Boxing is a brutal unforgiving sport with a shades of the underworld always peeking in at the sidelines. read more
Traditionally, white boxers did tend to lose to black boxers, so much so that people used to label any white contended the Great White Hope, a label that was particularly attached to any white boxer who might rise up to oppose the legendary Jack Johnson, the first African-American to win the heavyweight title in 1908. read more
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