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George Dixon

Canadian boxer (1870–1908)

乔治·狄克逊 ·

Born
29 July 1870, Halifax
Died
6 January 1908, New York City
Citizenship
Canada
Sport
boxing
Discipline
featherweight, bantamweight
Occupation
boxer
Height
161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Nickname
Little Chocolate
Recorded fight record
50 wins, 26 losses, 44 draws

George Dixon (July 29, 1870 – January 6, 1908) was a Canadian professional boxer. He became the first ever black athlete to win a world championship in any sport and was also the first Canadian-born boxing champion when he won the bantamweight title in 1890. He also captured the featherweight championship of the world twice to become the first 3x world champion in history and the first boxer to win world titles in more than one weight class. Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer ranked Dixon 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, ranking sixth.

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Facts from Wikidata Q1388938 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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