 The fight, which took place at Blackheath in front of thousands of people, was over in a time stated as being either 18 or 35 minutes.Johnson subsequently declared himself to be the champion and challenged all-comers.Most contemporary and near-contemporary accounts, such as those of Egan, regard this title of champion to mean Champion of England but Barrett O'Hara, writing in 1909, listed Johnson as the fourteenth World Heavyweight Champion.