Great White Hope may refer to:
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James J. Jeffries
James Jackson "Jim" Jeffries (April 15, 1875 – March 3, 1953) was an American professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion.
He was known for his enormous strength and stamina. Using a technique taught to him by his trainer, former Welter ...
(1875–1953), American boxer
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Jess Willard (1881–1968), American boxer
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William Warren Barbour
William Warren Barbour (July 31, 1888November 22, 1943) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 until his death in office in 1943. He was also a bus ...
(1888–1943), American amateur boxer
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Luther McCarty
Luther Quinter McCarty (March 17, 1892 – May 24, 1913) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1911 to 1913. He was considered by most to be the greatest of all the " Great White Hope" fighters who fought during the time of ...
(1892–1913), American boxer
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Jerry Quarry
Jerry Quarry (May 15, 1945 – January 3, 1999), nicknamed "Irish" or "The Bellflower Bomber", was an American professional boxer. During the peak of his career from 1968 to 1971, Quarry was rated by ''The Ring'' magazine as the most popular ...
(1945–1999), American boxer
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Gerry Cooney (born 1956), American boxer
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Willie de Wit
William Theodore deWit, Q.C. (born June 13, 1961) is a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta sitting in Calgary since 2017. Previously, he was a criminal defence lawyer and a professional boxer. He represented Canada at the 1984 Summ ...
(born 1961), Canadian boxer
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Tommy Morrison (1969–2013), American boxer
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Al Kaufman
Al Kaufman (6 January 1886 – 7 April 1957) was an American boxer and film actor.
Biography
Kaufman, born on September 25, 1888 in North Dakota, was a heavyweight boxer and one of the " White Hopes" of the era when Jack Johnson, an African Am ...
(1886 – 1957), American boxer and film actor
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Al Palzer (1890 – 1917) German-American boxer
Other
* ''
The Great White Hope'', a 1967 play by Howard Sackler
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''The Great White Hope'' (film), a 1970 motion picture adapted from the play
* "Great White Hope", a song by Styx on the 1978 album ''
Pieces of Eight''
See also
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The Great White Hype
''The Great White Hype'' is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, John Rhys-Davies, Salli Richardson and Jamie Foxx.
The f ...
'', a 1996 U.S. boxing sports-comedy film
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World White Heavyweight Championship The White Heavyweight Championship was a title in pretense created when the " White Hopes" of the time that African-American Jack Johnson was the world heavyweight champion had failed to wrest the title from him after four and one-half years. The ...
, a boxing title in pretense from 1911 to 1914
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The White Hope (disambiguation)
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Great White (disambiguation)
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