On This Day, Dec. 26: Jack Johnson is first Black man to win heavyweight title
1/4 On December 26, 1908, Jack Johnson, with a 14th-round KO of Tommy Burns in Australia, became the first African-American to win the world heavyweight boxing title. File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI Dec. 26 (UPI) — On this date in history: In 1776, American forces under Gen. George Washington, having crossed the Delaware River…