Great White Hope
Great White Hope is a nickname or epithet originally applied to boxers who were billed as the hope of the white race to beat black heavyweight world boxing champion Jack Johnson, and to later white contenders who challenged against black champions.
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Great White Hope may refer to:
Entertainment
- The Great White Hope, a 1967 play by Howard Sackler
- The Great White Hope (film), a 1970 motion picture adapted from the play
- "Great White Hope", a 1978 rock song by Styx on the album Pieces of Eight
People
- James J. Jeffries (1875–1953), American boxer
- William Warren Barbour (1888–1943), American amateur boxer
- Willie de Wit (born 1961), Canadian boxer
- Jess Willard (1881-1968), American boxer
- Gerry Cooney (born 1956), American boxer
- Jerry Quarry (1945-1999), American boxer
- Larry Bird (born 1956), American professional basketball player
- Tommy Morrison (1969-2013), American boxer
See also
- The Great White Hype, 1996 U.S. boxing sports-comedy film
- World White Heavyweight Championship, boxing title in pretense from 1911 to 1914
- The White Hope (disambiguation)
- Great White (disambiguation)
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