On this day: George Dixon, 1st African American to win world title was born

On this day: George Dixon, 1st African American to win world title was born | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)

On this day: George Dixon, 1st African American to win world title was born | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)On this day: George Dixon, 1st African American to win world title was born | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)

July 29th, 1870

In Halifax, Canada, George Dixon was born. George would go on to make history, being the first African American to conquer a world championship and the first in winning  two weight categories- bantamweight and featherweight.

For us, the historic achievements of Dixon, are not sufficiently recognized.

(Kristian von Sponneck)

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