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Klondike (1 January 1878 – 3 February 1949) was an African American boxer billed as The Black Hercules who declared himself the black heavyweight champion (not to be confused with the World Colored Heavyweight Championship which he officially fought for just once and unofficially another time). Born John Haines or John W. Haynes the 6′ tall Klondike fought out of Chicago as a heavyweight at a weight of 190 to 200 lbs. from 1898 to 1911.