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![FILE – In this July 4, 1910 file photo, provided by the Nevada Historical Society, Jack Johnson, right, fights "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries during a boxing match in Reno, Nev. A FILE – In this July 4, 1910 file photo, provided by the Nevada Historical Society, Jack Johnson, right, fights "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries during a boxing match in Reno, Nev. A](https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/10602710_web1_fight_of_the_century-2-jul04_5185504.jpg)
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