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Jack Johnson vs. Tommy Burns (1908) | Championship Fight

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The BurnsJohnson Fight (or BurnsJohnson Contest) is a 1908 documentary film of the boxing fight between Tommy Burns and Jack Johnson at Sydney Stadium, Rushcutters Bay, on 26 December 1908 for the World Heavyweight Championship title, which Johnson won.It was produced by Charles Cozens Spencer at the behest of the fight's promoted Hugh D. McIntosh.

Some footage from the film survives today, chiefly of that showing some of the middle rounds of the 14round fight.

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