Jack Johnson ----1st African American World Heavyweight Champion

Professional boxing record

73 Wins (40 knockouts, 30 decisions, 3 disqualifications), 13 Losses (7 knockouts, 5 decisions, 1 disqualification), 10 Draws, 5 No Contests
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Exhibition	73-13-10	John Ballcort	Exh	3 (10)	November 27, 1945	New York, NY
Exhibition	73-13-10	Joe Jeanette	Exh	3 (10)	November 27, 1945	New York, NY
Loss	73-13-10	Walter Price	KO	7 (10)	September 1, 1938	Boston, MA
Win	73-12-10	Dick Anderson	KO	3	November 29, 1932	Chicago, IL
Win	72-12-10	Brad Simmons	KO	2	April 28, 1931	Wichita, KS
Loss	71-12-10	Brad Simmons	Decision	10	March 4, 1931	Newport, VT
Loss	71-11-10	Bill Hartwell	TKO	6 (10)	May 15, 1928	Kansas City, MO	Johnson did not continue after the sixth round.
Loss	71-10-10	Bearcat Wright	KO	5 (10)	April 16, 1928	Topeka, KS	Wright's real name was Ed Wright.
Loss	71-9-10	Brad Simmons	Decision	10	September 6, 1926	Ponca City, OK
Loss	71-8-10	Battling Norfolk	Decision	10	July 1, 1926	Unknown
Loss	71-7-10	Bob Lawson	TKO	7 (12)	May 30, 1926	Juárez, MEX	Johnson did not continue after the seventh round.
Win	71-6-10	Pat Lester	Decision	15	May 2, 1926	Nogales, MEX
Win	70-6-10	Homer Smith	Decision	10	February 22, 1924	Montreal, CAN
Win	69-6-10	Jack Thompson	Decision	12	May 20, 1923	Havana, CUB
Win	68-6-10	Farmer Lodge	KO	4	May 6, 1923	Havana, CUB	Lodge's real name was Walter Fakeskie.
Win	67-6-10	Joe Boykin	KO	5	May 28, 1921	Leavenworth, KS
Win	66-6-10	Jack Townsend	KO	6	April 15, 1921	Leavenworth, KS
Win	65-6-10	Jack Johnson	Decision	4	November 25, 1920	Leavenworth, KS
Win	64-6-10	Frank Owens	KO	6 (6)	November 25, 1920	Leavenworth, KS
Win	63-6-10	George Roberts	KO	3	September 28, 1920	Tijuana, MEX
Win	62-6-10	Bob Wilson	KO	3	April 18, 1920	Mexicali, MEX
Win	61-6-10	Marty Cutler	KO	6 (25)	September 28, 1919	Mexico City, MEX
Win	60-6-10	Tom Cowler	KO	15 (15)	August 10, 1919	Nuevo Laredo, MEX
Win	59-6-10	Bob Roper	Decision	10	June 22, 1919	Mexico City, MEX
Win	58-6-10	Bill Flint	KO	2	February 12, 1919	Madrid, ESP
Win	57-6-10	Blink McCloskey	Decision	4	April 3, 1918	Madrid, ESP
Win	56-6-10	Arthur Cravan	KO	6 (20)	April 23, 1916	Barcelona, ESP
Win	55-6-10	Frank Crozier	TKO	Unknown	March 23, 1916	Madrid, ESP
Loss	54-6-10	Jess Willard	KO	26 (45), 1:26	April 5, 1915	Havana, CUB	Lost World Heavyweight title.
Win	54-5-10	Jack Murray	KO	3 (10)	December 15, 1914	Buenos Aires, ARG
Win	53-5-10	Frank Moran	Decision	20	June 27, 1914	Paris, FRA	Retained World Heavyweight title.
Draw	52-5-10	Jim Johnson	Draw	10	December 19, 1913	Paris, FRA	Retained World Heavyweight title.
Win	52–5–9	Jim Flynn	TKO	9 (45)	July 4, 1912	Las Vegas, New Mexico	Retained World Heavyweight title.
Win	51–5–9	James J. Jeffries	TKO	15 (45), 2:20	July 4, 1910	Reno, NV	Retained World Heavyweight title.
Win	50–5–9	Stanley Ketchel	KO	12 (15)	October 16, 1909	Colma, CA	Retained World Heavyweight title.
Win	49–5–9	Al Kaufmann	Decision	10	September 9, 1909	San Francisco, CA	Retained World Heavyweight title. Decision given in an Associated Press report.
Win	48–5–9	Tony Ross	Decision	6	June 30, 1909	Pittsburgh, PA	Retained World Heavyweight title. Decision given by The Washington Post.
Draw	47–5–9	Jack O'Brien	Draw	6	May 19, 1909	Philadelphia, PA	Retained World Heavyweight title. Newspapers reported differing results.
Exhibition	47-5-9	Victor McLaglen	Exh	6	March 10, 1909	British Columbia, CAN
Win	47–5–8	Tommy Burns	Decision	14	December 26, 1908	Sydney, AUS	Won World Heavyweight title.
Win	46–5–8	Ben Taylor	TKO	8 (20)	July 31, 1908	Plymouth, ENG
Win	45–5–8	Jim Flynn	KO	11 (45), 1:30	November 6, 1907	San Francisco, CA
Win	44–5–8	Sailor Burke	Decision	6	September 12, 1907	Bridgeport, CT	Decision given by the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
Win	43–5–8	Kid Cutler	KO	1	August 28, 1907	Reading, PA
Win	42–5–8	Bob Fitzsimmons	KO	2 (6)	July 17, 1907	Philadelphia, PA
Win	41–5–8	Bill Lang	TKO	9 (20)	March 4, 1907	Melbourne, AUS
Win	40–5–8	Peter Felix	KO	1 (20)	February 19, 1907	Sydney, AUS	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Draw	39–5–8	Joe Jeanette	Decision	10	November 26, 1906	Portland, ME	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	39–5–7	Jim Jeffords	Decision	6	November 8, 1906	Lancaster, PA
Win	38–5–7	Joe Jeanette	Decision	6	September 20, 1906	Philadelphia, PA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title. Decision given by the Kennebec Journal.
Draw	37–5–7	Billy Dunning	Draw	10	September 3, 1906	Millinocket, ME
Win	37–5–6	Charlie Haghey	KO	2 (12)	June 18, 1906	Gloucester, MA
Win	36–5–6	Sam Langford	Decision	15	April 26, 1906	Chelsea, MA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	35–5–6	Black Bill	KO	7 (10)	April 16, 1906	Wilkes-Barre, PA	Black Bill's real name was Claude Brooks.
Win	34–5–6	Joe Jeanette	Decision	15	March 14, 1906	Baltimore, MD	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	33–5–6	Bob Kerns	KO	1 (10)	January 26, 1906	Topeka, KS
Win	32–5–6	Joe Jeanette	Decision	3	January 16, 1906	New York City, NY	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title. Decision given by the Boston Globe.
NC	31–5–6	Joe Jeanette	No decision	6	December 2, 1905	Philadelphia, PA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	31–5–6	Young Peter Jackson	Decision	12	December 1, 1905	Baltimore, MD	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title. Decision given by the Durango Democrat and New York World.
Loss	30–5–6	Joe Jeanette	Disqualification	2	November 25, 1905	Philadelphia, PA	World Colored Heavyweight title was on the line. Johnson continued to claim the title due to losing by disqualification.
Win	30–4–6	Joe Grim	Decision	6	July 24, 1905	Philadelphia, PA	Decision given by the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
Win	29–4–6	Sandy Ferguson	Disqualification	7 (15)	July 18, 1905	Chelsea, MA	Ferguson was disqualified for delivering a knee twice to Johnson's groin.
Win	28–4–6	Morris Harris	Decision	3	July 13, 1905	Philadelphia, PA
Win	27–4–6	Black Bill	KO	1 (3)	July 13, 1905	Philadelphia, PA
Win	26–4–6	Jack Munroe	Decision	6	June 26, 1905	Philadelphia, PA	Decision given by the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.
NC	25–4–6	Joe Jeanette	No decision	6	May 19, 1905	Philadelphia, PA
Win	25–4–6	Walter Johnson	KO	3	May 9, 1904	Philadelphia, PA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Draw	24–4–6	Joe Jeanette	Draw	3	May 9, 1904	Philadelphia, PA	The fight was declared even by both the New York World and Washington Times.
Win	24–4–5	Black Bill	KO	4 (6)	May 2, 1904	Philadelphia, PA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	23–4–5	Jim Jeffords	KO	4 (6)	April 25, 1905	Philadelphia, PA
Loss	22–4–5	Marvin Hart	Decision	20	March 28, 1905	San Francisco, CA
Win	22–3–5	Ed Martin	KO	2 (20)	October 18, 1904	Los Angeles, CA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	21–3–5	Frank Childs	Decision	6	June 2, 1904	Chicago, Illinois	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	20–3–5	Sam McVey	KO	20 (20)	April 22, 1904	San Francisco, CA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	19–3–5	Black Bill	Decision	6	February 15, 1904	Philadelphia, PA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title. Decision given by the Philadelphia Item.
NC	18–3–5	Sandy Ferguson	No contest	5	February 6, 1904	Philadelphia, PA	The referee left the ring claiming the fighters were "faking".
Win	18–3–5	Sandy Ferguson	Decision	20	December 11, 1903	Colma, CA
Win	17–3–5	Sam McVey	Decision	20	October 27, 1903	Los Angeles, CA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	16–3–5	Sandy Ferguson	Decision	6	July 31, 1903	Philadelphia, PA	Decision given by the New York World.
Win	15–3–5	Joe Butler	KO	3	May 11, 1903	Philadelphia, PA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	14–3–5	Sandy Ferguson	Decision	10	April 16, 1903	Boston, MA
Win	13–3–5	Sam McVey	Decision	20	February 26, 1903	Los Angeles, CA	Retained World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	12–3–5	Ed Martin	Decision	20	February 5, 1903	Los Angeles, CA	Won World Colored Heavyweight title.
Win	11–3–5	Fred Russell	Disqualification	8	December 4, 1902	Los Angeles, CA	Russell was disqualified for several low blows.
Win	10–3–5	George Gardiner	Decision	20	October 31, 1902	San Francisco, CA
Win	9–3–5	Frank Childs	TKO	12	October 21, 1902	Los Angeles, CA
Win	8–3–5	Pete Everett	Decision	20	September 3, 1902	Victor, CO
Draw	7–3–5	Hank Griffin	Draw	20	June 20, 1902	Los Angeles, CA
Win	7–3–4	Jack Jeffries	KO	5	May 16, 1902	Los Angeles, CA
Win	6–3–4	Joe Kennedy	KO	4 (15)	March 7, 1902	Oakland, CA
Win	5–3–4	Dan Murphy	KO	10	February 7, 1902	Waterbury, CT
Draw	4–3–4	Hank Griffin	Draw	15	December 27, 1901	Oakland, CA
Loss	4–3–3	Hank Griffin	Decision	20	November 4, 1901	Bakersfield, CA
Draw	4–2–3	Billy Stift	Draw	10	April 26, 1901	Denver, CO
Loss	4–2–2	Joe Choynski	KO	3 (20)	May 25, 1901	Galveston, TX
Draw	4–1–2	Jim Scanlon	Draw	7	January 14, 1901	Galveston, TX
Win	4–1–1	Klondike	TKO	14 (20)	December 27, 1900	Memphis, TN
Draw	3–1–1	Klondike	Draw	20	June 25, 1900	Galveston, TX
Win	3–1	Jim McCormick	Disqualification	6 (20)	April 20, 1900	Galveston, TX
NC	2–1	William McNeill	No decision	4	April 9, 1900	Galveston, TX
NC	2–1	Jim McCormick	No decision	15	March 21, 1900	Galveston, TX
Loss	2–1	Klondike	TKO	5 (6)	May 8, 1899	Chicago, Illinois
Win	2–0	Ed Johnson	KO	5	November 20, 1898	Galveston, TX	Retained Texas State Middleweight title.
Win	1–0	Charley Brooks	KO	2 (15)	November 1, 1898	Galveston, TX	Won Texas State Middleweight title.