Mahershala Ali To Play Boxing Icon Jack Johnson In HBO Limited Series The Oscar winner has already portrayed Johnson in the play "The Great White Hope," based on the boxer's life.

Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight champion in boxing history, will be played by Mahershala Ali in a six-part series titled “Unruly,” according to Variety's Joe Otterson.

HBO is developing Unruly, a six-part limited series about boxing legend Jack Johnson to be played by two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. The project hails from Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s ...

Johnson’s subsequent victory sparked race riots across the US, pitching a Black community – jubilant that their champion had won – against their White counterparts, seething with anger at ...

Jack Johnson's historic boxing win on July 4,1910, upset much of America. But the next Black world heavyweight champ remains ...

Jack Johnson was the original Muhammad Ali, possessing quick hands and defensive skills ahead of his time. Early boxing reporters and some boxing historians considered him one of the greatest and ...

Rodney Barnes (Winning Time) has boarded HBO's upcoming limited series about boxing legend Jack Johnson as writer and executive producer.

Jack Johnson’s historic heavyweight Boxing Day win Despite the enduring legacy of the bout in Switzerland, Ali’s clash with Blin was little more than a marking-time fight.

Jack Johnson’s incredible legacy in boxing will stand the test of time as he is the heavyweight division’s first-ever black champion.

Mahershala Ali To Play Boxing Icon Jack Johnson In HBO Limited Series The Oscar winner has already portrayed Johnson in the play "The Great White Hope," based on the boxer's life.