WEBVTT JENNIFER: PROFESSIONAL BOXER MICHAEL BENGA TREATS HIS TRAINING LIKE AN ART. >> IT HAS OPENED A LOT OF DOORS FOR ME, GIVEN ME OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE THE WORLD. JENNIFER: AND THAT IS WHY HE WANTS ...

Years before Jack Johnson and decades before Muhammad Ali, a man named Joe Gans was blazing trails as the first African-American boxing champion.... Rediscovering A Forgotten Boxer's 'Longest Fight' ...

Earning the nickname the “Old Master,” and considered by many boxing aficionados as the greatest lightweight fighter of all time, Joe Gans became the first black title holder in the United States.

He had an unmarked face except for a modest scar above the outer corner of each eye and a small amount of puffiness below the left — remarkable for someone approaching, at minimum, his 187th ...

Michael Gbenga has done a lot of boxing in his day, nearly 50 professional bouts. But he still shakes his head in awe at Joe Gans, a turn-of-the-century Baltimorean known as “The Old Master.” Gans ...

Joe Gans was playing it straight and playing it beautifully. There was no ‘arrangement’ on this January day in Tonopah, Nevada, no grubby deals to bind the Old Master’s arms and choke his unparalleled ...

This weekend, a first-ever event will honor Baltimore boxing great Joe Gans. He's considered the first African-American world champion of the 20th century. He died in 1910, but an effort is underway ...

Just a couple of years before boxer Jack Johnson was lauded, reviled, and hounded as the world heavyweight champ — and decades before Muhammad Ali lost his title when he took a stand on Vietnam — a ...