NWazalwa ngo-1878 eTexas, uJack Johnson waqala isibhakela ekuseni kakhulu. Iyamangaza intuthuko yale ndodana yalabo ababeyizigqila. Kodwa, naphezu kokudlala kwakhe kahle, akakwazi ukuphonsa inselelo kumpetha womhlaba we-heavyweight: Abamnyama abanalo ilungelo lokuthatha lesi sicoco. Inkani kaJohnson yagcina ithele izithelo: NgoDisemba 26, 1908, waba ngowokuqala omnyama ukuphatha isicoco ngokubusa uTommy Burns waseCanada. UJack Johnson usengumpetha womhlaba ebhekene noStanley Ketchel, owaba nguJames Jeffries, empini eyayihlelwe eReno ngo-1910 phambi kwezibukeli ezingu-22000 1915. Ukumenyezelwa kwalokhu kunqoba okusha kuthukuthelisa abantu abamhlophe. Ukuhlasela okucwasa ngokwebala kuyanda ezweni lonke, kubulala inqwaba. Kusukela manje, izwe lesibhakela lifuna umsindisi, ithemba elikhulu elimhlophe (“ithemba elimhlophe elikhulu”) ongabuyisela ukuphakama okunyakaziswayo kwabamhlophe. Ngokwengxenye yakhe, uJohnson uba inkanyezi yeplanethi. Engaphikisani nobuciko bakhe futhi efunwa kakhulu abezindaba, nokho uyesabisa iMelika ejulile. Hhayi ngoba engumkhulumeli womphakathi omnyama: Ngokuzicabangela yena yedwa, uJohnson uhlala ekude nepolitiki. Kodwa, uveza ukungezwani kwezinhlanga futhi aphile impilo engcolile ebhebhezela amaqiniso ahlukahlukene. Eshushiswa ngokushada nowesifazane omhlophe (ubugebengu eMelika ngaleso sikhathi), uJohnson waphoqeleka ukuba abalekele eCanada, wabe eseya eFrance. Ngo-XNUMX, walahlekelwa isihloko sakhe kuJess Willard eCuba. Iqhawe eliwile, uxoxisana ngokubuyela kwakhe ezweni futhi udonsa isigwebo sasejele (ngomshado wakhe) ngaphambi kokungena ebuthweni ekupheleni kweMpi Yezwe Yokuqala.