Very Boxe

by Jack Johnson

Paperback

About the author

As the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion from 1908–to 1915. For more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious African-American on Earth. Johnson attests that his success in boxing came from the coaching he received from Joe Choynski, who became his cellmate after the pair were arrested for fighting in Texas, where boxing was illegal at the time.