article_snippet.sent: They hated it when the Galveston Giant beat Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia, in 1908 to win the title They had brandished as the symbol of They racial superiority.
article_snippet.sent: White America hated it when 'Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) beat Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia, in 1908 to win the title and after a frenzied campaign, James J Jeffries agreed to take the fight for what would equal £3m .
article_snippet.sent: The bout was scheduled for 45 rounds but Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) said Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) knew it was as good as over in the fourth when Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) saw the alarmed reaction to Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) trademark uppercut and ‘the old ship sinking.
article_snippet.sent: Jeffries, hitherto undefeated, had never been off Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) feet but after two knock-downs Galveston Giant' Johnson
article_snippet.sent: Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) dismayed White America White America by saying: ‘I could never have whipped Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) at my best, not in a thousand years.
article_snippet.sent: Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) continued to anger the racists on several counts.
article_snippet.sent: As heavyweight champion Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) reigned another five years before surrendering the crown to white challenger Jess Willard, afterwards claiming Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) had thrown the fight.
article_snippet.sent: After beating Jeffries convincingly, Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) would be world champion for another five years .
article_snippet.sent: Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) then surrendered the crown to white giant Jess Willard, and later claimed to have thrown the fight .
article_snippet.sent: Outside the ring Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) lived the high life of a celebrity and angered the old order again by continuing to marry white wives, three of continuing to marry white wives in all.
article_snippet.sent: The American establishment vented The American establishment grudge by accusing Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) of taking women across state lines for immoral purposes and pursuing Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) into exile in Europe and Cuba.
article_snippet.sent: Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) finally gave Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) up at the Mexican border and served a nominal one-year prison sentence.
article_snippet.sent: Before Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) death, in 1946 at the age of 68, Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) collaborated on movies about Galveston Giant' Johnson (left) life and a Broadway play entitled ‘The Great White Hope’ Jack Johnson is still regarded by many boxing historians as the greatest heavyweight of all time.