Editing Jack Johnson (boxer) (section)

===World colored heavyweight champ===

[[File:Jack Johnson Boxer Sydney c 1908.jpg|thumb|Jack Johnson, Sydney, c. 1908]]
[[File:Jack Johnson cph.3b19117 (edit).jpg|thumb|Johnson in 1908 (photograph by [[Otto Sarony]])]]
By 1903, though Johnson's official record showed him with nine wins against three losses, five draws and two no contests, he had won at least 50 fights against both white and black opponents. Johnson won his first title on February 3, 1903, beating Denver Ed Martin on points in a 20-round match for the [[World Colored Heavyweight Championship]]. Johnson held the title until it was vacated when he won the world heavyweight title from [[Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)|Tommy Burns]] in Sydney, Australia on [[Boxing Day]] 1908. His reign of 2,151 days was the third longest in the 60-year-long history of the colored heavyweight title. Only [[Harry Wills]] at 3,103 days and [[Peter Jackson (boxer)|Peter Jackson]] at 3,041 days held the title longer. A three-time colored heavyweight champion, Wills held the title for a total of 3,351 days.

Johnson defended the colored heavyweight title 12 times, which was second only to the 26 times Wills defended the title. While colored champ, he defeated colored ex-champs Denver Ed Martin and Frank Childs again and beat future colored heavyweight champs [[Sam McVey]] three times and [[Sam Langford]] once. He beat Langford on points in a 15-rounder and never gave him another shot at the title, when he was either colored champ or the world heavyweight champ.