Record details

Jack Johnson

"Galveston Giant"

Heavyweight

Male

(John Arthur Johnson)
USA, Raleigh, North Carolina
Born: March 31, 1878, Galveston, Texas, USA
Died: June 10, 1946, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Height: 6ft 1 1/2in, mt 1,86
Weight: 185-192-205-212-221 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record


1897
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 1	Charley Brooks	Galveston, USA	KO 2
+ Nov. 20	Ed Johnson	Galveston, USA	KO 5


1898 Inactive

1899
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Feb. 11	Jim McCormick	Galveston, USA	NC 7
+ Mar. 17	Jim McCormick	Galveston, USA	WDQ 6
- May 6	John Klondike Haynes	Chicago, USA	TKO by 5
= Dec. 16	Pat Smith	Galveston, USA	Draw 12

1900
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Apr. 9	William McNeill	Galveston, USA	NC 4
+ May 1	Jim Scanlon	Galveston, USA	KO 7
+ Dec. 27	Klondike	Memphis, USA	TKO 14

1901
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 14	Jim Scanlon	Galveston, USA	Draw 7
- Feb. 25	Joe Choynski	Galveston, USA	KO by 3
+ Mar. 7	John Lee	Galveston, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 12	Charley Brooks	Galveston, USA	KO 2
= Apr. 26	Billy Stift	Denver, USA	Draw 10
+ May 6	Jim McCormack	Galveston, USA	KO 2
+ May 28	Jim McCormick	Galveston, USA	KO 7
+ June 12	Horace Miles	Galveston, USA	KO 3
+ June 20	George Lawler	Galveston, USA	KO 10
= June 28	John Klondike Haynes	Galveston, USA	Draw 20
- Nov. 4	Hank Griffin	Bakersfield, USA	L 20
= Dec. 27	Hank Griffin	Oakland, USA	Draw 15

1902
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 17	Frank Childs	Chicago, USA	Draw 6
+ Feb. 7	Dan Murphy	Waterbury, USA	KO 10
+ Feb. 22	Ed Johnson	Galveston, USA	KO 4
+ Mar. 7	Joe Kennedy	Oakland, USA	KO 4
+ May 16	Jack Jeffries	Los Angeles, USA	KO 5
+ May 28	John Klondike Haynes	Memphis, USA	KO 13
= June 4	Billy Stift	Denver, USA	Draw 10
= June 20	Hank Griffin	Los Angeles, USA	Draw 20
+ Sept. 3	Mexican Pete Everett	Victor, USA	W 20
+ Oct. 21	Frank Childs	Los Angeles, USA	TKO 12
+ Oct. 31	George Gardner	San Francisco, USA	W 20
+ Dec. 5	Fred Russell	Los Angeles, USA	WDQ 8

1903
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 5	Denver Ed Martin	Los Angeles, USA	W 20
(Won Negro Heavyweight Title)
+ Feb. 26	Sam McVea	Los Angeles, USA	W 20
(Retained Negro Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 16	Sandy Ferguson	Boston, USA	W 10
+ May 11	Joe Butler	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
+ July 31	Sandy Ferguson	Philadelphia, USA	W 6
+ Oct. 27	Sam McVea	Los Angeles, USA	W 20
(Retained Negro Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 11	Sandy Ferguson	Colma, USA	W 20

1904
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Feb. 6	Black Bill	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Apr. 22	Sam McVea	San Francisco, USA	KO 20
(Retained Negro Heavyweight Title)
+ June 2	Frank Childs	Chicago, USA	W 6
+ Oct. 18	Denver Ed Martin	Los Angeles, USA	KO 2
(Retained Negro Heavyweight Title)

1905
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 28	Marvin Hart	San Francisco, USA	L 20
+ Apr. 25	Jim Jeffords	Philadelphia, USA	KO 4
+ May 2	Black Bill	Philadelphia, USA	KO 4
+ May 9	Walter Johnson	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
* May 19	Joe Jeannette	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
* June 26	Jack Munroe	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ July 13	Morris Harris	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ July 13	Black Bill	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
+ July 18	Sandy Ferguson	Chelsea, USA	WDQ 7
* July 24	Joe Grim	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
- Nov. 25	Joe Jeannette	Philadelphia, USA	LDQ 2
+ Dec. 1	Young Peter Jackson	Baltimore, USA	KO 12
* Dec. 2	Joe Jeannette	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6

1906
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Jan. 16	Joe Jeannette	New York, USA	ND 3
+ Jan. 26	Bob Kerns	Topeka, USA	KO 1
+ Mar. 14	Joe Jeannette	Baltimore, USA	W 15
+ Apr. 16	Black Bill	Wilkes-Barre, USA	KO 7
+ Apr. 26	Sam Langford	Chelsea, USA	W 15
+ June 18	Charlie Haghey	Gloucester, USA	KO 2
= Sept. 3	Billy Dunning	Millinocket, USA	Draw 10
* Sept. 20	Joe Jeannette	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
+ Nov. 8	Jim Jeffords	Lancaster, USA	Draw 6
= Nov. 26	Joe Jeannette	Portland, USA	Draw 10
+ Dec. 9	Joe Jeannette	New York, USA	W 3

1907
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 19	Peter Felix	Sydney, Australia	KO 1
+ Mar. 4	Bill Lang	Melbourne, Australia	TKO 9
+ July 17	Bob Fitzsimmons	Philadelphia, USA	KO 2
+ Aug. 28	Kid Cutler	Reading, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 12	Sailor Burke	Bridgeport, USA	KO 6
+ Nov. 2	Fireman Jim Flynn	San Francisco, USA	KO 11

1908
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 3	Joe Jeannette	New York, USA	Draw 3
+ June 11	Al McNamara	Plymouth, Great Britain	W 4
+ July 31	Ben Taylor	Plymouth, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ Dec. 26	Tommy Burns	Sydney, Australia	KO 14
(Won World Heavyweight Title)

1909
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Mar. 10	Victor McLaglen	Vancouver, Canada	ND 6
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
* May 19	Philadelphia Jack O'Brien	Philadelphia, USA	ND 6
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
* June 30	Tony Ross	Pittsburgh, USA	ND 6
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
* Sept. 9	Al Kaufman	San Francisco, USA	ND 10
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 16	Stanley Ketchel	Colma, USA	KO 12
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1910
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 4	James J. Jeffries	Reno, USA	TKO 15
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)


1911 Inactive

1912
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 4	Fireman Jim Flynn	Las Vegas,N.M., USA	TKO 9
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1913
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Dec. 19	Battling Jim Johnson	Paris, France	Draw 10
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1914
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 27	Frank Moran	Paris, France	W 20
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
^ Dec. 15	Jack Murray	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Exh KO 3

1915
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
^ Apr. 3	Sam McVey	Havana, Cuba	Exh 6
- Apr. 5	Jess Willard	Havana, Cuba	KO by 26
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)

1916
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 10	Frank Crozier	Madrid, Spain	W 10
+ July 10	Arthur Cravan	Barcelona, Spain	KO 1


1917 Inactive

1918
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 3	Blink McCloskey	Madrid, Spain	W 4

1919
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 12	Bill Flint	Madrid, Spain	KO 2
= Apr. 7	Tom Cowler	Mexico City, Mexico	Draw 10
+ June 2	Tom Cowler	Mexico City, Mexico	KO 12
+ July 4	Paul Sampson	Mexico City, Mexico	KO 6
+ Aug. 10	Marty Cutler	Mexico City, Mexico	KO 4
+ Sept. 28	Bob Roper	Mexico City, Mexico	W 10

1920
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 18	Bob Wilson	Mexicali, Mexico	KO 3
+ May 17	George Roberts	Tijuana, Mexico	KO 3
+ Nov. 25	Frank Owens	Leavenworth, USA	KO 6
+ Nov. 25	Topeka Jack Johnson	Leavenworth, USA	W 5
+ Nov. 30	George Owens	Leavenworth, USA	KO 6

1921
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 15	Jack Townsend	Leavenworth, USA	KO 6
+ May 28	Joe Boykin	Leavenworth, USA	KO 5


1922 Inactive

1923
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 6	Farmer Lodge	Havana, Cuba	KO 4
+ May 20	Jack Thompson	Havana, Cuba	W 12
^ Oct. 1	Battling Siki	Quebec, Canada	Exh 6

1924
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 22	Homer Smith	Montreal, Canada	W 10


1925 Inactive

1926
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 2	Pat Lester	Nogales, Mexico	W 15
+ May 30	Bob Lawson	Ciudad Juarez, Mexico	WDQ 7


1927 Inactive

1928
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 16	Bearcat Wright	Topeka, USA	KO by 5
- May 15	Bill Hartwell	Kansas City, USA	TKO by 6

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