Sydney Stadium and The World Championship Fight at Rushcutters Bay
Stories From Sydney - En podcast af storiesfromsydney
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On Boxing Day, 1908, before a crowd of 20,000 Sydneysiders, an African American boxer named Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns, a white Canadian, to become the first ever black Heavyweight Champion of the World. This episode tells the story of how this important event ended up taking place in Rushcutters Bay at the newly built "Sydney Stadium".
