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Johnson became the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World on December 26, 1908, his World Colored Heavyweight Championship was vacated. Jeanette fought Sam McVey for the title in Paris on February 20, 1909, and was beaten, but later took the title from McVey in a 49-round bout
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Jeanette despite numerous challenges and avoided Langford, whom he had fought once while he was the colored champ and beaten him very severely on points in a 15-rounder. In August 1914, as Johnson neared the end of his troubled reign, there were reports that Johnson had
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Though not sanctioned by any governing body, the colored heavyweight title was publicly recognized due to the color bar in pro boxing in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when white champions drew the color line and would not defend the title against a black man. In the heavyweight division, the
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followed the same pattern. Since the white champs had fought black fighters as equals on their way up, the color bar undeniably was maintained due to racial prejudice. Since black boxers were being denied a shot at the world title solely due to their race, the general public gave credence to the
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attempted to create a similar championship in 2004 called the All
African World Championship, which would be open to boxers of African descent from any country as well as boxers of any race living in Africa. This proposal was met with worldwide criticism, and the World Boxing Council ultimately
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Jeanette beats McVey in a 49-round bout lasting 3½" hours, for a purse of $ 6,000. Subsequently, Sam
Langford claimed the title during Jeanette's reign after Jack Johnson refused to defend the World Heavyweight Championship against
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Jack
Johnson fought Joe Jeanette a total of seven times, all during his reign as colored champ before he became the world's heavyweight champion, winning four times and drawing twice (three of the victories and one draw were
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Langford for the world heavyweight title in Paris, but nothing came of it.
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color bar was adamantly defended by "The Boston Strong Boy",
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in 1908. The title continued to exist until the reign of
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111:Johnson, Jeanette & Langford
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755:Defeated Joe Jeanette.
47:Drawing the color line
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1647:"Harry Wills - Boxer"
709:on December 26, 1908.
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200:List of champions
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