World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937

Mark Allen Baker, business executive and author of hundreds of articles and more than 25 books, is the only person to serve the International Boxing Hall of Fame as an author, historian, chairperson, sponsor, volunteer and biographer. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame, and was accorded a Lifetime Award of Merit by the State University of New York in 2022.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionOne. Clearing a PathTwo. The Core FourThree. The Black PrinceFour. King of the Battle RoyalFive. Crafty TexanSix. Colorado GiantSeven. Galveston GiantEight. The Idol of ParisNine. Joseph “Joe” Jeremiah JeannetteTen. Boston Tar BabyEleven. The Black PantherTwelve. “Big” Bill TateThirteen. The Leiperville ShadowFourteen. The Toronto TerrorFifteen. Bearcat ObieSixteen. Driving the Last SpikeAppendix A. Roster of Pool FightersAppendix B. World Colored Heavyweight Championship and Timeline—Selected EntriesAppendix C. World Colored Heavyweight Champions & Associated Members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“A fascinating book on a subject that has barely been chronicled in the annals of boxing. ...The World Colored Heavyweight Championship, 1876-1937, just may be his best. ...[an] informative and wonderful book...Mark Allen Baker has that rare knack of sending the readers back in a Wellsian Time Machine into the musty arenas of yesteryear to bear witness to stirring pugilistic battles....Baker takes no prisoners in his indictment of the white Heavyweight Champions who used the ‘Color Line’ to cover up their own racist ideals, or just plain cowardice....superb...Mark Allen’s book is filled with men who used their fists and fought with honor who were the real deal. Their stories deserve to be told, and Mr. Allen rises up to the task with flying colors....highly recommended”—The USA Boxing News