Occupation-Boxer

Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (1977- )
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr is a professional boxer and boxing promoter. Mayweather was born on February 24, 1977, to Floyd...
March 12th, 2022

Emile Alphonse Griffith (1938-2013)
Professional boxer Emile Griffith was born February 3, 1938 on the island of St. Thomas, in the United States Virgin Islands. He moved...
September 23rd, 2018

Rubin “The Hurricane” Carter (1937-2014)
Rubin Carter was an American middleweight boxer who is best known not because of his sports career but because of his...
August 4th, 2017

Leone Jacovacci (1902–1983)
Afro-Italian boxing champion Leone Jacovacci (a.k.a. John Douglas Walker and Jack Walker) was born in 1902 in the village of...
November 29th, 2015

William James [“Willie”] Dixon (1915-1992)
Willie Dixon was a pioneering Chicago blues musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, producer, and philanthropist. He was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi,...
November 5th, 2013

Jack Leroy Cooper (1888-1970)
Jack L. Cooper is widely acknowledged as the first African American radio broadcaster. Cooper, born in Memphis, Tennessee, on September...
October 20th, 2013

Canada Lee (1907-1952)
Canada Lee (the adopted name of Lionel Cornelius Canegata) was a noted 20th Century jockey, boxer, and actor. Born on...
June 29th, 2008

George “Little Chocolate” Dixon (1870-1909)
George Dixon, also known as “Little Chocolate,” was born on July 29, 1870 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Standing only 5’...
July 30th, 2007