George Dixon - Revision history

Ric: IBRO article linked

2025-05-25T18:08:37Z

IBRO article linked

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	*Cox's Corner Profile: [http://coxscorner.tripod.com/dixon.html]		*Cox's Corner Profile: [http://coxscorner.tripod.com/dixon.html]
	*See also, 2021 Biography: ''[[George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908]]''		*See also, 2021 Biography: ''[[George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908]]''
			*"George Dixon and His Contemporaries" by Colleen Aycock: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO137.7-13.pdf]


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Artur128: /* Professional Record */

2022-05-21T15:56:06Z

Professional Record

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	*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1896, 1897-1897, 1898-1900		*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1896, 1897-1897, 1898-1900
	*19 opponents (12 by KO) beaten in World Title fights.		*19 opponents (12 by KO) beaten in World Title fights.
	*15 opponents (8 by KO) for the World Featherweight Title.		**15 opponents (8 by KO) for the World Featherweight Title.
	*4 opponents (4 by KO) for the World Bantamweight Title.		**4 opponents (4 by KO) for the World Bantamweight Title.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

Ric: deleted dead link; noted new 2021 bio; cleaned up a bit

2021-10-27T23:01:20Z

deleted dead link; noted new 2021 bio; cleaned up a bit

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	[[~~file~~:Dixon~~.George~~.jpg\|left\|~~thumb\|250px\|George Dixon~~]]		[[File:George Dixon.jpg\|left\|300px]]
	[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 1990<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/dixon.html click]]]		[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 1990<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/dixon.html click]]]
	<boxer>009015</boxer>		<boxer>009015</boxer>
	'''Manager:''' [[Tom O'Rourke]]		'''Manager:''' [[Tom O'Rourke]]<br>
	<br ~~clear=all~~>		'''[[:Category:George Dixon Gallery\|George Dixon Image Gallery]]'''
	*World Bantamweight Champion: 1890
	*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1896, 1897-1897, 1898-1900
	*'''[[:Category:George Dixon Gallery\|George Dixon Image Gallery]]'''


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	*Elected to the [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame\|Ring Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1956		*Elected to the [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame\|Ring Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1956
	*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990		*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990
	*[[:Image:Dixon George 1.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:GeoDixon.jpg\|Photo #3]]

	==Professional ~~record~~==		==Professional Record==
	~~'''Championship record'''~~		*World Bantamweight Champion: 1890
			*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1896, 1897-1897, 1898-1900
	*19 opponents (12 by KO) beaten in World Title fights.		*19 opponents (12 by KO) beaten in World Title fights.
	**15 opponents (8 by KO) for the World Featherweight Title.		*15 opponents (8 by KO) for the World Featherweight Title.
	**4 opponents (4 by KO) for the World Bantamweight Title.		*4 opponents (4 by KO) for the World Bantamweight Title.

	==External Links==		==External Links==
	*Britannica Biography: [http://www.britannica.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=30706]
	*Find-a-Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21503]		*Find-a-Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21503]
	*Cox's Corner Profile: [http://coxscorner.tripod.com/dixon.html]		*Cox's Corner Profile: [http://coxscorner.tripod.com/dixon.html]
			*See also, 2021 Biography: ''[[George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing’s First Black World Champion, 1870–1908]]''

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Artur128 at 11:30, 23 July 2020

2020-07-23T11:30:25Z

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	*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990		*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990
	*[[:Image:Dixon George 1.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:GeoDixon.jpg\|Photo #3]]		*[[:Image:Dixon George 1.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:GeoDixon.jpg\|Photo #3]]

			==Professional record==
			'''Championship record'''
			*19 opponents (12 by KO) beaten in World Title fights.
			**15 opponents (8 by KO) for the World Featherweight Title.
			**4 opponents (4 by KO) for the World Bantamweight Title.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

1412 at 00:10, 10 May 2018

2018-05-10T00:10:44Z

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	*World Bantamweight Champion: 1890		*World Bantamweight Champion: 1890
	*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1896, 1897-1897 1898-1900		*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1896, 1897-1897, 1898-1900
	*'''[[:Category:George Dixon Gallery\|George Dixon Image Gallery]]'''		*'''[[:Category:George Dixon Gallery\|George Dixon Image Gallery]]'''

1412 at 00:10, 10 May 2018

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	*World Bantamweight Champion: 1890		*World Bantamweight Champion: 1890
	*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1897, 1898-1900		*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1896, 1897-1897 1898-1900
	*'''[[:Category:George Dixon Gallery\|George Dixon Image Gallery]]'''		*'''[[:Category:George Dixon Gallery\|George Dixon Image Gallery]]'''

1412 at 00:08, 10 May 2018

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	'''George Dixon''' was one of the all time greats. He had fast hands and was quick on his feet like a cat. On offense, he hit with both hands but mostly utilized a long, straight left accompanied by a stiff right. On defense, he guarded himself well. His quickness and ducking ability made him a difficult target to strike. 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. It is quite possible Dixon fought as many as 800 fights, with hundreds of unrecorded exhibitions in vaudeville halls. He would die penniless three years after his retirement. He is interred at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.		'''George Dixon''' was one of the all time greats. He had fast hands and was quick on his feet like a cat. On offense, he hit with both hands but mostly utilized a long, straight left accompanied by a stiff right. On defense, he guarded himself well. His quickness and ducking ability made him a difficult target to strike. 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. It is quite possible Dixon fought as many as 800 fights, with hundreds of unrecorded exhibitions in vaudeville halls. He would die penniless three years after his retirement. He is interred at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.

	*[[Nat Fleischer]] ranked Dixon as the #1 All-Time Bantamweight		*[[Nat Fleischer]] ranked Dixon as the #1 All-Time Bantamweight

Ric at 17:30, 19 August 2016

2016-08-19T17:30:05Z

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	*World Bantamweight Champion: 1890		*World Bantamweight Champion: 1890
	*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1897, 1898-1900		*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1897, 1898-1900
			*'''[[:Category:George Dixon Gallery\|George Dixon Image Gallery]]'''


	'''George Dixon''' was one of the all time greats. He had fast hands and was quick on his feet like a cat. On offense, he hit with both hands but mostly utilized a long, straight left accompanied by a stiff right. On defense, he guarded himself well. His quickness and ducking ability made him a difficult target to strike. 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. It is quite possible Dixon fought as many as 800 fights, with hundreds of unrecorded exhibitions in vaudeville halls. He would die penniless three years after his retirement. He is interred at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.		'''George Dixon''' was one of the all time greats. He had fast hands and was quick on his feet like a cat. On offense, he hit with both hands but mostly utilized a long, straight left accompanied by a stiff right. On defense, he guarded himself well. His quickness and ducking ability made him a difficult target to strike. 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. It is quite possible Dixon fought as many as 800 fights, with hundreds of unrecorded exhibitions in vaudeville halls. He would die penniless three years after his retirement. He is interred at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.

Wasserman: Small spelling correction

2015-04-12T16:15:10Z

Small spelling correction

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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	*Britannica Biography: [http://www.britannica.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=30706]		*Britannica Biography: [http://www.britannica.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=30706]
	*~~Fina~~-a-Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21503]		*Find-a-Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21503]
	*Cox's Corner Profile: [http://coxscorner.tripod.com/dixon.html]		*Cox's Corner Profile: [http://coxscorner.tripod.com/dixon.html]

Ric: updated a bit

2012-04-12T22:36:05Z

updated a bit

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	*World Bantamweight Champion 1890		*World Bantamweight Champion: 1890
	*World Featherweight Champion 1891-1897, 1898-1900		*World Featherweight Champion: 1891-1897, 1898-1900

	George ~~"Little Chocolate"~~ Dixon was one of the all time greats. He had fast hands and was quick on his feet like a cat. On offense, he hit with both hands but mostly utilized a long, straight left accompanied by a stiff right. On defense, he guarded himself well. His quickness and ducking ability made him a difficult target to strike. 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.		'''George Dixon''' was one of the all time greats. He had fast hands and was quick on his feet like a cat. On offense, he hit with both hands but mostly utilized a long, straight left accompanied by a stiff right. On defense, he guarded himself well. His quickness and ducking ability made him a difficult target to strike. 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. It is quite possible Dixon fought as many as 800 fights, with hundreds of unrecorded exhibitions in vaudeville halls. He would die penniless three years after his retirement. He is interred at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.
	It is quite possible Dixon fought as many as 800 fights, with hundreds of unrecorded exhibitions in vaudeville halls. He would die penniless three years after his retirement. He is interred at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.

	*[[Nat Fleischer]] ranked Dixon as the #1 All-Time Bantamweight		*[[Nat Fleischer]] ranked Dixon as the #1 All-Time Bantamweight
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	*Elected to the [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame\|Ring Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1956		*Elected to the [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame\|Ring Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1956
	*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990		*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990
			*[[:Image:Dixon George 1.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:GeoDixon.jpg\|Photo #3]]

	==External Links==		==External Links==
	*[http://www.britannica.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=30706 ~~Britannica Biography~~]		*Britannica Biography: [http://www.britannica.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=30706]
	*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21503 ~~Find a Grave~~]		*Fina-a-Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21503]
	*~~Another [~~[:~~Image:Dixon George 1~~.~~jpg\|photo]~~]		*Cox's Corner Profile: [http://coxscorner.tripod.com/dixon.html]

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