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Baltimore-born boxer Gervonta Davis was allegedly caught on camera breaking up a fight outside a Dallas strip club over the weekend.

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Under Armour has added boxer 22 year old boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis to its growing athlete roster of incredible young talent.He has a current professional boxing record of 18-0 with 17 knockouts and has become a must see fighter in the super-featherweight division. Want news at your fingertips? Text WOLB to 71007 to join our […]

George “Little Chocolate” Dixon won the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship, on June 27,1890, becoming the first Black to win the World Boxing Championship.   TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Joe Gans became the first Black lightweight champion on May 12,1902. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

World Champion Boxer Laila Ali and husband Curtis Conway welcomed their second child Sydney Conway early Monday morning.  She tweeted the good news about her new bundle of joy later Monday afternoon.

Jack Johnson, boxing’s first Black Heavyweight Champion, was born March 31, 1878 Galveston, TX. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO LEARN MORE OF THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

  Ali after converting to Islam on February 25,1964 immediately after winning his first heavyweight title (KO of Sonny Liston, round seven).   TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

Joe Gans (November 25, 1874 – August 10, 1910) – Was born Joseph Gant in Baltimore, Maryland. – Gans was rated as the greatest lightweight boxer of all time by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder, Nat Fleischer and was known as the “Old Master”. – He started boxing professionally about 1891 in Baltimore. In […]