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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
But which Sugar Ray, guccilvr?
Normally I would assume Robinson, but one other person picked Leonard.
Jack Johnson fought, and beat, Sam Langford - who is the only fighter I ever heard him being accused of ducking. The simple fact was he could make more fighting an inferior white fighter than a dangerous brawler like Langford... but he beat him all the same, twice I believe, before he was champ.
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Note "before he was champ". White fighters did the same - Jim Corbett, for instance, fought black fighters prior to becoming champ. tommy Burns obviously gave Johnson his title shot.
Johnson lost a lot of fights too - 14 or 15, IIRC, including to Light Heavyweight Joe Choynski, and to Marvin Hart - neither of whom make anyone's top ten list.