Tommy Burns, is the only Canadian-born fighter
Tommy Burns, is the only Canadian-born fighter to hold the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. He held the title from Feb. 1906 to Dec. 1908. Burns crossed Boxings color line, accepting bouts with black boxers before his historic fight with Jack Johnson in Dec. 1908, when Johnson became the new champion (BSLOC_2018_4_142). For E
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