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Black History Month: Celebrating Black Fighters

In celebration of Black History Month, Round By Round Boxing will be highlighting some of our staffs favorite black fighters.

Tiger Flowers

Theodore “Tiger” Flowers was the first African American to win the world Middleweight title, beating the fabled “Pittsburgh Windmill,” Harry Greb, by unanimous decision in a dirty fight that included gouging as tactics.

Dubbed the “Georgia Deacon,” flashing a smile full of gold teeth, Flowers was known to be a quiet, humble man and devout Christian outside the ring. Inside the ring, Flowers was ferocious. He faced many of the hall of famers of his era and even defeated quite a few.

He eventually lost the title to hall of fame contemporary, Mickey Walker, by a controversial decision that was investigated and upheld.

While campaigning for a rematch with Walker, Flowers died in 1927 from the same procedure that claimed Greb’s life a year earlier; the removal of scar tissue around the eyes.

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