Six degrees of separation is a theory that everyone in the world is separated by no more than six social ties.
In other words, you know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows King Charles. Or so the concept goes.
We’re borrowing the concept of six degrees – well, a little loosely – to connect fighters from the past with their more modern counterparts in our occasional feature, “Delimited Degrees”.
Example: Let’s connect Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Super easy; We did it in two steps. Senior vs Grover Wiley, who vs Junior.
In this installment of the Boxing Junkie feature, we want to include Errol Spence Jr., who will face off against Terence Crawford for the undisputed welterweight championship on pay-per-view on July 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
We decided to try to link Spence with fellow Texan and boxing legend Jack Johnson. Spence is from the Dallas area, Johnson is from Galveston.
We were successful but it took some work. After all, Spence fought at 147 pounds while Johnson held the heavyweight championship belt. In addition, Johnson, who died in 1946, last fought in 1931, 92 years ago.
That’s why it takes 16 steps, which is more than usual for the “Level of Separation”.
Check out the path we took, which took us through some of the coolest things ever:
Jack Johnson fought…
Jess WillardThe one who fought…
Jack DempseyThe one who fought…
Jack Sharkey, The one who fought…
Joe Louis, The one who fought…
Marciano StoneThe one who fought…
Archie MooreThe one who fought…
Muhammad AliThe one who fought…
Larry Holmes, The one who fought…
Evander HolyfieldThe one who fought…
John RuizThe one who fought…
Roy Jones Jr.The one who fought…
Felix Trinidad, The one who fought…
Oscar De La HoyaThe one who fought…
Manny PacquiaoThe one who fought…
Chris AlgieriThe one who fought…
Errol Spence Jr.
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