Original sentence: He was rumoured to be suffering from the effects from jaundice or influenza, and weighed at a less than usual 168lbs compared to Johnson's 192.In December 1908, Burns became the first fighter to agree to a heavyweight championship bout with a black boxer, Jack Johnson, to whom he lost his title in a match held in Sydney, Australia.The fight lasted fourteen rounds before being stopped by the police, awarding the title to Johnson via technical knockout
Edited sentence: He defended his title more times than any fighter in history, even today.He entered the ring against Johnson suffer from two weeks of jaundice and was under 160 lbs (Johnson was over 220) and despite the weight and fatigue from being sick, according to “Australian sports writers” the fight was even after 10 rounds, when Burns started running out of gas.In December 1908, Burns became the first fighter to agree to a championship bout with a black boxer, Jack Johnson, to whom he lost his title in a disputed championship match held in Sydney, Australia.In reality he was one of the best, especially pound for pound.Modern sports writers would rather take a bullet rather than admit their comrades of yesteryear were bigots and racist and those writers never forgave Burns for losing the Heavyweight title to a black man..at that time it was the most prized sports title on the face of the earth; by far; and now a black guy had it and Tommy Burns was responsible.The fight lasted fourteen rounds before being stopped by the police.The title was awarded to Johnson as a technical knockout by the referee, but in truth, Burns had been handily beaten by the bigger man.Tommy fought against black fighters his whole career and was the very first to defend against a black heavyweight and because he lost was classified as the worst heavyweight ever