Exceptional vintage glossy 5.5 x 3.5 postcard photo of Jack Johnson knocking down Jim Jeffries in the 15th round of their famous bout on July 4, 1910—the 'Fight of the Century'—signed along the bottom in fountain pen, "Jack Johnson." Beautifully corner-mounted, cloth-matted, and framed with a biographical caption to an overall size of 14 x 17. In very good to fine condition, with creasing to the corners, and the upper background.
The Johnson–Jeffries Prize Fight—known as 'The Fight of the Century'—was a boxing match between the first black world heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson, and the previously undefeated world heavyweight champion, James J. Jeffries. on the Fourth of July, 1910, in Reno, Nevada. Jeffries—who boasted that he had never been knocked down in a fight—fell three times to Johnson's punches, and was being counted out when his manager called the fight in the 15th round. Race riots broke out across the country over the following week, resulting in more than twenty deaths.
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