Jack Johnson was the first Black heavyweight champion and the one to shake up the whole system. In 1908, he beat Tommy Burns and shattered the color barrier in boxing while sparking outrage from ...

George Foreman, the two-time world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist whose ... given that just ten days ...

Both Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield were completely excluded from the list, although British-Canadian legend Lennox Lewis made the cut, coming in at number 10.

MORE: Hall of Fame Boxer Questions Gervonta 'Tank' Davis ... Johnson was the first ever black heavyweight champion. Next up was the legendary Muhammad Ali at the number two spot.

George Foreman's death is still being felt in the boxing world ... and now the filmmaker behind the "Big George Foreman" ...

The two-time heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist died on Friday, his family announced in a statement.

one of the city’s historically Black neighborhoods. He began his boxing career as an Olympic gold medalist in 1968, turning pro the next year. Foreman became the heavyweight champion of the ...

George Foreman, the sleek, surly boxer who tangled ... rounds in the gold-medal heavyweight match, winning when the referee stopped the fight. Then, to the dismay of Black activists who used ...

Former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who lost to Muhammad Ali in boxing's iconic 1974 "Rumble ... Tommie Smith and John Carlos had made a black power salute following the 200m track final ...

George Foreman, the two-time world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold ... US teammates Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute on the podium. It was an action for ...