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Tiger Flowers 1st Negro middleweight champ...



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February 27, 1926

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., February 27, 1926

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


Page 12 has a one column heading: "GREB LOST HIS TITLE TO THE COLORED BOY" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on Theodore 'Tiger' Flowers becoming the 1st African-American middleweight boxing champion.
Complete with 12 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally in good condition.

Category: The 20th Century