Boxer George Dixon is shown in a handout photo. A ceremony was held Monday on the Halifax waterfront to pay tribute to boxing great Dixon, the first Black boxer and first Canadian to win a world ...

George Dixon was born in Africville on July 29, 1870. (Wikipedia) Dixon left Nova Scotia at the age of 16 to pursue a career in professional boxing in Boston, Mass.

George Dixon, the world-renowned boxer from Africville, N.S., is being recognized by the Canadian government more than a century after his death as a person of national historic significance. Dixon, ...

Playwright George Boyd said he wanted to rescue George Dixon from obscurity when he penned his debut play Shine Boy. Dixon, the first Black world champion in boxing history, was born July 29, 1870 ...

Boxer George Dixon is shown in a handout photo. A ceremony was held Monday on the Halifax waterfront to pay tribute to boxing great Dixon, the first Black boxer and first Canadian to win a world title ...

HALIFAX - George Dixon stood five-foot-four and at most weighed 115 pounds during his career, but he was a giant in the boxing ring. Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com Read the E ...

HALIFAX — George Dixon stood five-foot-four and at most weighed 115 pounds during his career, but he was a giant in the boxing ring.