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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