Of all the myriad things society owes to boxing (and doesn't know), perhaps one of the most priceless is its catalytic power to combat
racism
and advance
civil rights
in America (and therefore the world). when hardly anyone did.
When in 1947 a black man managed to participate for the first time in an MLB (baseball) game, boxing had already been with great champions such as
Joe Louis
or
Ray Robinson
for decades
.
Between 1934 and 1946, the NFL (American football) was played without
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