“The Culture that drives the people” In 1908, during the reign of many Boxing greats, the world’s first black heavy weight champion became Jack Johnson; He fought in many challenging (Chitterling) circuits in order to prove himself. It is believed that this ‘Jail house style of boxing’ was formulated during his boxing matches or surfaced during the Ragtime, Dixieland and the Blues era and no later than the Swing and Jazzy Bebop-hip culture of the 40’s and 50’s. Music has always been the cultural trendsetter and the tone of its people movement. The Father Allah said, “If you ever want to know what a people are doing, just listen to their Music?” With Marcus Garvey’s back to Africa movement and other religious or spiritual movements Blacks began to identify with Africa as home. Around this time, there were many cultural changes and it becomes questionable, notwithstanding possible to believe maybe this ‘Jail style of boxing’ originated with the ‘Fighting Islanders (as many migrated to the America’s) or the Vagabond-Old timer’ from the south during one of the migration periods for Blacks (However inconclusive).
We do know in fact, by 1937 boxing heavy weight champion, Joseph Louis Barrow, nick named the Brown Bomber became the reigning figure for …show more content…
On the other hand, the prison boxer can be playing around, evading like a mischievous monkey. Living in jail can be a hell, from the guards to the inmates and you cannot trust anybody. The Black Gods taught, “Your best weapon is your Mind” They taught the youths at a very young age to take it like a man, never be punks, cowards or sissies. Respect a man as you would want to be respected; through knowledge and that, “A Man is a Man.” The conclusion is Jailhouse boxing is for surviving and that its actions know only one retrieve, to play for keeps it was not a recreational
We do know in fact, by 1937 boxing heavy weight champion, Joseph Louis Barrow, nick named the Brown Bomber became the reigning figure for …show more content…
On the other hand, the prison boxer can be playing around, evading like a mischievous monkey. Living in jail can be a hell, from the guards to the inmates and you cannot trust anybody. The Black Gods taught, “Your best weapon is your Mind” They taught the youths at a very young age to take it like a man, never be punks, cowards or sissies. Respect a man as you would want to be respected; through knowledge and that, “A Man is a Man.” The conclusion is Jailhouse boxing is for surviving and that its actions know only one retrieve, to play for keeps it was not a recreational