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George Dixon (July 29, 1870 – January 6, 1908) was a boxer. After winning the Bantamweight title in 1892, he became the first-ever athlete of African Descent to win a World Championship in any sport; he was the first Canadian-born boxing champion. Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer ranked him as the #1 Featherweight of all time. He was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1955, the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1956, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame as a first-class inductee in 1990. In 2018 He was named one of the greatest 15 athletes in Nova Scotia’s history.

He was born in Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Known as “Little Chocolate” he stood 5 feet 3.5 inches tall and weighed only 87 pounds (39 kg) when he began his professional boxing career. He is credited with developing shadowboxing.

He claimed the world bantamweight title on May 10, 1888, after a bout with Tommy Spider Kelly, and was officially considered the champion after knocking out Nunc Wallace of England in 18 rounds two years later on June 27, 1890.

On May 31, 1891, he retained his bantamweight crown by beating Cal McCarthy in 22 rounds and then moved up to the featherweight division where he won the World title by beating England’s Fred Johnson on June 27, 1892. He established a vaudeville troupe he called the “George Dixon Specialty Co..” which toured Canada and the US; it appeared at the Naylor Opera House in Terre Haute, Indiana, on November 8, 1894.

On October 4, 1897, he lost the featherweight title by decision in a rematch bout with Solly Smith, whom he had defeated by seventh-round technical knockout. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence