These three athletes had a huge impact on black sports and their culture. Sports seemed to be the only way to glory for African American and get peoples respect and acceptance. Jack Johnson probably had to work the hardest because back then, white people did not accept African Americans. On the ring, Johnson was a hunter and showed no mercy on the ring. The influence that he had on black people is that they had to be patient and wait for him to become first African American boxer. For Americans it was a shock that black man was a champion now. For Johnson it wasn't just a fight, it was honor of his race. After Johnson became world champion, black boxers couldn't lose simply just because they were black. He showed the whole world that skin color
