The press searches for any white boxer to beat Jefferson ... As a Michigan alum, it was only right that James Earl Jones lend his voice to the university's most visible sport.

He not only played the legendary African-American boxer on stage but repeated it in a film version. James Earl Jones also had bit parts in Dr. Strangelove and The Comedians. We’ll get to more of ...

James Earl Jones might have enjoyed an acting career ... for his stage portrayal of a character based on the great black boxer, Jack Johnson in The Great White Hope. He later received an Oscar ...