I've read a lot of books about boxing history, and this one I dare to judge without hesitation with 5 stars. Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion, because before him it was forbidden blacks to fight the heavyweight crown. So when Johnson claimed the title (against Tommy Burns) the hatred grew against the seemingly arrogant Jack Johnson, who did not want to abide by the rules of the establishment itself. Therefore, an intensive search for a white man who could wrest the crown Johnson. All sorts of very interesting stories to be told, a lot of them I'd never heard of, even though I said as a boxing enthusiast am who has swallowed a lot Boxliteratur.