The Oklahoman archivist: 100 years ago, a boxing match and a fire2015-04-06 · NewsOK.com
The April 6, 1915, newspaper was filled with stories about the fight and Willard, the new heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Willard knocked out Johnson and would go on to hold the heavyweight title for four years. Not a front-page story, but…
TODAY IN HISTORY2005-04-05 · Taiwan Headlines,Taiwan
1915: Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight boxing champion, losses his title to the Great White Hope Jess Willard.…