New 4x6 Photo: Heavyweight Champion Boxer Jack Johnson, The &ldquo;Galveston Giant&rdquo; Title - Boxer Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Champion Description - John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878  June 10, 1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, an American boxer, the best heavyweight of his generation and the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908-1915). In a documentary about his life, Ken Burns notes, "For more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious African-American on Earth." Description Source - Library of Congress (for identity) Year - Unknown SKU - FF-0007