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|| 6. Heavy Weight Title || After the defeat eveywhere people were looking for the Great White Hope that could stop johnson and take the title back. Whites wanted the Belt back to the "superior" white race. || || 7. The Great White hope || The greatest anticipation for a capable boxer was placed on the retired heavyweight champion, Jim Jeffries. After succumbing to pressure from the public, Jeffries agreed to the match. The July 4, 1910 match was dubbed “The Fight of the Century.” To the dismay of whites, Johnson beat Jeffries. ||
 * **People can do anything no matter your color. How could one man fight his way to** || **This led americans to search for the "Great White Hope."** ||
 * [[image:http://boxingwriter.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/jack_johnson.jpg width="279" height="289"]] || Who is Jack Johnson? || He was born Galveston Texas, March 31 1878. Jack was a proffesional boxer, and first to ever African American to win the heavy weight by defeating a white boxer. ||
 * 2 [[image:http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/jackjohnson/photo_jack1910.jpg width="215" height="270" align="left"]] || facing the law || Jack Johnson was thrown in jail in Glaveston for violating a state law banning boxing. ||
 * 3.[[image:http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/images/johnson-jack-5.jpg width="250" height="365"]] || Early life || In his early life he did not have a very good education. He survived by working as a painter, a baker, and a dockworker. A little after, Jack became interested with boxing. He began training, but soon on he suffered from a malnutrition and fatigue. Nevertheless, in 1897, he fought his first fight. ||
 * 4.[[image:http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2008-08/41725345.jpg width="333" height="219"]] || 4. Proffesional Boxing || Shortly after his arrest he wandered the U.S gaining admiration for his toughness. He won over 50 matches. His fighting techneic made many of the whites very angry. They called it being cowardly and devious. But Jim Corbell who was white used the same technec a decade earlier and the press called him "the cleverst man in boxing." ||
 * 5[[image:http://youngvictorboxing.com.au/mcintosh-johnson-burns.jpg]] || 5.The big fight || The Whites feared that if Johnson won then blacks would have a equal victory as a white would. Soon enough Jack won agaisn't Tommy Burns. Jack held the title for 7 years. ||
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 * 8.[[image:http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/tomasutpen/album4/johnsonjeffries1910.jpg&usg=AFQjCNF0JD370ppeYUrwvHJuJcKgXTxjPQ width="310" height="239"]] || 8. The aftermath of the "Fight of the Century" || This left at least 23 blacks and two whites dead in racial incidents around the country. ||
 * 9. [[image:http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0bZgaqGeim203/610x.jpg width="366" height="239"]] || 9. The Knock out || Jack Johnson fought in a heavyweight Championship bout, in Havana Cuba April 5, 1915 against Jess Willard. Willard knocked out Johnson in the 26 round to win the match and take the title away from him. ||
 * 10[[image:http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.alarmpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/omarvera2.jpg&usg=AFQjCNHDRQu6s9ROk6tr8Th--b6cI4eyJA]] || 10. Hall of fame || Johnson was admitted to the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954. ||