George Dixon (July 29, 1870 – January 6, 1908) was a Canadian professional boxer. After winning the bantamweight title in 1890, he became the first ever black athlete to win a world championship in any sport; he was also the first Canadian-born boxing champion.

Jul 21, 2020 · George Dixon, boxer (born 29 July 1870 in Africville, NS; died 6 January 1908 in New York, New York). George Dixon was the first Black world champion in boxing history and the first Canadian to ever win a world championship.

George Dixon was a Canadian-born American boxer, the first black to win a world boxing championship. He is considered one of the best fighters in the history of the bantamweight and featherweight divisions (present weight limits 118 pounds and 126 pounds, respectively).

Feb 11, 2025 · “George Dixon, the coloured Nova Scotian boxer, is a physical wreck. When the former featherweight champion put up his hands in an exhibition at the McGovern benefit, expressions of pity were heard on all sides.”

May 21, 2022 · He was the first black fighter to capture a world title, defeating Nunc Wallace for the vacant bantamweight title on June 27, 1890 in London, England. At featherweight, Dixon was both the first 2 time and the first 3 time world champion.

George Dixon became the first black man to win a world boxing title when he captured the bantamweight crown in England and then successfully defended it in America. He later added the world featherweight title, which he held for a total of eight years.

George Dixon chronicles the life of the most consequential Black athlete of the nineteenth century and details for the first time his Carnival appearance; perhaps the most significant bout involving a Black fighter until Jack Johnson began his reign in 1908.

George dixon was a professional boxer and he was the first black athlete to win a world championship In 1888.in 2018 he was named one of the greatest 15 athletes in nova scotia history he was listed sixth of the 15 athletes.

Feb 10, 2021 · George was a natural, and had his first fight at age 16. At 5’3,” he fought as a bantamweight and won by knockout. Dixon’s career would span twenty years and 163 fights, with 74 wins—36 of...

In 1890, when Canadian-born American boxer George Dixon (1870–1909—some sources say he died in 1908) beat Nunc Wallace in eighteen rounds in London, he became the first black to win a world boxing title.