President Trump’s posthumous pardon of former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson sparked support from both politicians and the boxing community on Thursday. Johnson fled the country after his conviction, but he agreed years later to return and serve a 10-month jail sentence. In recent years, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. and former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have called for Jackson to be pardoned. It’s about time,” former heavyweight champion George Foreman tweeted. “The things that he had to endure, made it possible for me and my family to live the lives we lead today," Wilder said in a statement provided to Fox News.

Source: Fox News May 24, 2018 20:08 UTC