Who was the first black middleweight champion?

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Who was the first black middleweight champion?

Who did he beat to get the title?

2007-02-04 18:48:38 · 3 answers · asked by gman 6 in Sports ➔ Boxing

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Theodore "Tiger" Flowers became the first Black middleweight boxing champion of the world by defeating Harry Greb in New York on this day. Flowers, also nicknamed "The Georgia Deacon,"

2007-02-04 20:33:08 · answer #1 · answered by chicoy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Tiger Flowers in 1926 beat the great Harry Greb to win the middleweight championship.

2007-02-05 03:39:15 · answer #2 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

1926. Tiger Flowers.

2007-02-04 18:58:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋