According to Theresa Runstedtler -- author of 'Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner: Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line' -- the boxer's defeat of Jeffries "ripped the veil off of the niceties ...

On Sept. 29, 1982, Mary Kellerman woke up feeling sick. The 12-year-old girl from Elk Grove Village, a suburb of Chicago, asked her parents to stay home from school, and they gave her one extra ...

MOSCOW, Russia — US heavyweight Kevin Johnson came close to the top of the ... Vladimirovich "in honor of our president". The boxer, who lives in a Moscow suburb, has also registered with ...

Robert Burgess, a light-heavyweight who was also a stablemate of Mr Johnson and who is since deceased, was the other boxer in Montreal. Mr Hill called him a good friend with “a beautiful ...

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to U.S. boxer Kevin Johnson and Canadian ice hockey player Brendan Leipsic under a decree published on a Russian ...

Aussie boxer Cherneka Johnson has stunned the world ahead of her fight at Wembley with a risque outfit that has got boxing fans in a spin. The IBF super-bantamweight world champion, who recently ...

By Rebecca Robbins and Michael J. de la Merced For generations, Johnson & Johnson has been synonymous with American health care — and, at times, with American health care scandals. Now the 135 ...

TOKYO, Japan — Editor's note: The video interview with "Tiger" Johnson at the top of this story ... RELATED: Toledo boxer Oshae Jones wins again in Tokyo Olympics, advances to semifinals ...

The 22-year-old Johnson could make history as the first Cleveland boxer to take gold since flyweight Nate Brooks at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Johnson next faces Cuba’s Roniel Iglesias ...