• Tommy Burns: Boxing's Smallest Heavyweight Champ

  • Jan 10 2024
  • Length: 24 mins
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Tommy Burns: Boxing's Smallest Heavyweight Champ

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  • Tommy Burns only stood at 5'7" but that didn't stop him from rising to become heavyweight champion of the world. The pint-sized Canadian beat the top big men of four countries, and his world conquering exploits saw him earn his nickname, "Napoleon of the Ring". But in 1908, Burns met his Waterloo fighting Jack Johnson, who became the first black heavyweight champion of the world. And after that loss, his achievements were dismissed and his name forgotten. Listen to this podcast, and learn why he's a man who deserves to be celebrated.

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