Instead, Johnson chose Battling Jim Johnson, a mediocrity who, in 1910, had lost to Langford and had a draw and loss via KO to Sam McVey, the former coloured champ.

Battling Jim fought former coloured champ Joe Jeanette four times between 19 July 1912 and 21 January 1912 and lost all four fights.

" Jack Johnson, the heavyweight champion, and Battling Jim Johnson, another coloured pugilist, of Galveston, Texas, met in a 10-round contest here tonight, which ended in a draw.

Battling Jim fought Langford ten more times ( including two more colored title matches ).

Of the other former and future coloured heavyweight champs that Battling Jim battled, he won only one fight, against Harry Wills, because he broke his wrist blocking a punch in a non-title match and Johnson won by a TKO.

Battling Jim lost his other two fights with Wills, and he lost all of the five fights he had with ex-champ Sam McVey in the post-Jack Johnson title shot period.

Battling Jim, who died during Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918, ended with a career record of 30 wins against 31 losses and six draws when his newspaper decisions are factored in.

Looking at his dismal performance with the top black heavyweights of his era and his inability to best a one-armed Jack Johnson, Battling Jim Johnson cannot be considered a top contender of his era or a worthy opponent when Jack awarded him the sole title shot given to a black heavyweight from 1908 to 1937.

Among others he beat were Light Heavyweight Champion Battling Levinsky ( who had never been knocked out before Dempsey did so ), Bill Brennan, Fred Fulton, Carl E. Morris, Billy Miske (" newspaper decision "), heavyweight Lefty Jim McGettigan and Homer Smith.

Langford's most memorable fights were his numerous encounters against fellow black boxers Sam McVey, Battling Jim Johnson, Joe Jeanette and Harry Wills, who all experienced similar barriers in their fighting careers.

Langford fought heavyweight Battling Jim Johnson twelve times, winning the first three by decision, fourth and fifth were a draw via points, winning the sixth and seventh on points, eighth by twelfth round knockout, ninth through eleventh by points and drawing in the twelfth via points ( Total: 9 wins ( 1 KO ), 0 losses and 3 draws ).

Instead, Johnson chose Battling Jim Johnson, a mediocrity who, in 1910, had lost to Langford and had a draw and loss via knock out to Sam McVey, another former Colored Champion.

Battling Jim fought fellow former Colored Champion Joe Jeanette four times between 19 July 1912 and 21 January 1912 and lost all four fights.

" The champ barely engaged Battling Jim, and it turned out he had broken his arm during the third round, a distinct disadvantage that Battling Jim failed to capitalize on.

Battling Jim fought Langford ten more times ( including two more colored title matches ).

Of the other former and future Colored Heavyweight Champions that Battling Jim battled, he won only one fight, against Harry Wills, because he broke his wrist blocking a punch in a non-title match and Johnson won by a technical knockout.

Battling Jim lost his other two fights with Wills and lost all of the five fights he had with ex-champ Sam McVey in the post-Jack Johnson title shot period.

Battling Jim, who died during Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918, ended with a career record of 30 wins against 31 losses and six draws when his newspaper decisions are factored in.

Looking at his dismal performance with the top black heavyweights of his era and his inability to best a one-armed Jack Johnson, Battling Jim Johnson cannot be considered a top contender of his era or a worthy opponent when Jack awarded him the sole title shot given to a black heavyweight from 1908 to 1937.

* Jim Johnson ( boxer ) ( 1887 – 1918 ), or Battling Jim Johnson, early 20th century heavyweight boxer

It stars Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess and Donald Crisp, and tells the story of young girl, Lucy Burrows, who is abused by her alcoholic prizefighting father, Battling Burrows, and meets Cheng Huan, a kind-hearted Chinese man who falls in love with her.

Other boxers who fought with Stars of David embroidered on their trunks to reflect their ethno-religious pride included world lightweight champion Benny " the Ghetto Wizard " Leonard ( who said he felt as though he was fighting for all Jews ), world light heavyweight boxing champion Battling Levinsky, Barney Ross ( world champion as a lightweight, as a junior welterweight, and as a welterweight ), world flyweight boxing champion Victor " Young " Peres (" Young "), and more recently World Boxing Association super welterweight champion Yuri Foreman and light middleweight Boyd Melson.

Battling Siki ( September 16, 1897 – December 15, 1925 ), aka Louis Mbarick Fall, was a French light heavyweight boxer born in Senegal who fought from 1912 – 1925, and briefly reigned as the lineal light heavyweight champion after knocking out Georges Carpentier.

Raymundo " Battling " Torres ( born February 17, 1941 ) was a Mexican junior lightweight who fought from 1957 to 1967.

Orton was dubbed " Boxing " Bob and " Battling " Bob in early 1986 after the cast came off and fought Mr. T at Saturday Night's Main Event, which served as a setup for the Piper-Mr. T match at WrestleMania 2.

During that stretch, he would beat future Light Heavyweight Champion Mike McTigue, heavyweight contenders Gunboat Smith, Billy Miske, and Bill Brennan, and defeat Battling Levinsky no less than five times in newspaper decisions.

On December 2, 1932 in Bremerton, Washington, Battling Mix knocked down Ecklund five times.

But Carlos defended his title twice, knocking out former world lightweight champion Battling Torres in Torres ' background of Los Angeles, and beating Duilio Loi in 15 rounds by decision at San Francisco.

Battling in both the Eastern and Western fronts of World War II, he was seriously wounded twice, losing an eye in the first incident.

Jadick lost his belt to Battling Shaw and Canzoneri once again challenged for the World Light Welterweight title while keeping his Lightweight title.

Battling weight problems, after riding 161 race winners, in 1942 he began working as a trainer in New England, a job that would span 45 years and take him to the pinnacle of horse racing success.

But her tenure at the farm ended acrimoniously, over an argument with boxer Battling Siki, who Welsh believed to be a bad influence.

Battling Maxo is a robot, or, to be exact, an android, definition: ' an automaton resembling a human being.

Over the next 35 bouts, his record was 32 – 1 – 2, including a win over former world champion Battling Battalino and one over a boxer named Babe Ruth ( not the baseball player ).

* No world titles change hands in 1918 but Jack Dempsey, with a series of knockouts including one against Battling Levinsky, is now the main challenger to Jess Willard.

They run a tavern dedicated to the " Warrior Princess and the Battling Bard ", where they bicker unhappily ; against her wishes, we see him spending their life's savings on one of Gabrielle's scrolls.

Battling through a hotly contested primary, he easily defeated his childhood friend and sitting State Representative Ken Meyer by nearly two to one.

Battling through the Colony Antilia, Leo rescues civilians, including his friend Celvice, and defends the colony from destruction, defeating the BAHRAM forces and their commanders one by one.

Among his victims that year were the reigning Light Heavyweight Champion Battling Levinsky ( in a non-title fight ), former Light Heavyweight Champion Jack Dillon, middleweight George Chip and heavyweight Willie Meehan, who had beaten future Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey earlier in the year.

In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, the character Mikey ( who appeared in the anime episode: " The Battling Eevee Brothers ") makes an appearance with his own Eevee and within the chapter that he appears in, Mikey attempts to prove to his brothers that he doesn't need to evolve his Eevee to win battles.

Crabtree produced the next boom in British wrestling by creating the legend of Big Daddy, the alter ego of Shirley, who had been unemployed for the best part of 6 years before joining Joint in 1972 as the heel " Battling Guardsman " and then being rebranded as Big Daddy two years later.

In his book Battling for Peace ( 1999 ), he recalls attending a service at Westminster Abbey in 1991: The former chairman of the county council and high sheriff for the year, Nigel Anderson, was a redoubtable old soldier who had a profound dislike of Mrs Thatcher and kept muttering " Well done, keep it up " in a loud whisper at every opportunity when there was a lull in the service.

The match was billed as the " Light-weight Championship of the World ", but that title was now held by Ad Wolgast who had beaten Battling Nelson in a shock win in February.

* Battling Nelson, a / k / a The Durable Dane, born Oskar Matthæus Nielsen, a boxer who held the world lightweight championship on two separate occasions.

Battling through the Shaolin monks who guarded the map, Sub-Zero reached the map room and was accosted by his rival, Scorpion.

It is mostly used by writers as a parody of Marvel's Captain America with exaggerated " patriotic values " and a sidekick called Ernie ( aka Ernie The Battling Boy ), who was similar to Bucky.