Winner, 2022 NASSH Book Award (Monograph) On September 6, 1892, a diminutive Black prizefighter brutally dispatched an overmatched white hope in the New Orleans
William Dixon, son of Henry Dixon and Rose, was born in Ireland. He married Ann Gregg in about 1690. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohi
This volume presents fifteen chapters of biography of African American and black champions and challengers of the early prize ring. They range from Tom Molineau
In the late 1890s, when boxing rivaled the popularity of baseball, George Dixon and Terry McGovern were among its most famous practitioners. Their paths first c