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Tiger Flowers 1st Negro middleweight champ...
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Tiger Flowers 1st Negro middleweight champ...

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SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN (UNION), Mass., February 27, 1926

* Tiger Flowers vs. Harry Greb
* 1st African-American middleweight champ
* Boxing - boxers - "The Georgia Deacon"

The sport's section (page 13) has a two column heading: "Tiger Flowers Takes Middleweight Crown" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on Theodore 'Tiger' Flowers becoming the 1st African-American middleweight boxing champion.
Complete with 18 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally good.
Category: The 20th Century
No Longer Available
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.