1921 Exhibits, Joe Gans 🥊 World Lightweight Champion
Joe Gans was more than a legendary World Champion Boxer.
By every historical account, Joe Gans was admired outside the ring for his character, his conduct, his dignity, and his efforts to uplift others. He was not only a great fighter; he was respected as a gentleman, a businessman, and a socially conscious figure in a difficult racial era.
In his hometown, Baltimore, MD, he was owned and operated of the Goldfield Hotel and Bar considered respectable and well run.