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George Washington Dixon (1801? [1] – . March 2, 1861) was an American singer, stage actor, and newspaper editor. He rose to prominence as a blackface performer (possibly the first American to do so) after performing "Coal Black Rose", "Zip Coon", and similar songs.
16 de sept. de 2018 · George Dixon: el primer campeón negro de boxeo. Edu Casado 16 de septiembre de 2018. Facebook. Foto de Dixon en 1894 (WIKIPEDIA). Vamos a viajar de nuevo a finales del siglo XIX para conocer a...
Dixon returned to America to lay further claim to the title by knocking out bantamweight challenger Johnny Murphy. Dixon also knocked out McCarthy in a rematch in 1891. By 1892, he had outgrown the bantamweight division and began competing solely as a featherweight.
21 de jul. de 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.
The end came as the men shaped up for the seventh round, when Tom O'Rourke admitted defeat for his man, and claiming his left arm was disabled, refused to permit him to continue. Dixon was getting all the worst of it. Sullivan was willing to mix it up on the slightest provocation and the consensus of opinion was that Dixon was well beaten."
27 de feb. de 2024 · George Dixon (born July 29, 1870, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada—died January 6, 1909, New York, New York, U.S.) 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 ...
27 de oct. de 2021 · 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.
