Filmed by nine cameramen, from the Essanay, Selig Polyscope, and Vitagraph companies.
Released as a reserved-seat attraction, with a running time of over two hours.
Because the black boxer (Johnson) beat the white boxer, the film was banned in some southern cities.
The film was so successful, but caused so much controversy, that two years later Congress banned the interstate traffic in fight films.
The German 1910 poster states that Johnson won 12,100 German Marks per minute for his winning match. That would have equaled $2,882 in 1910 and roughly $90,400 by today's (2023) standard, per minute.