Missouri-born boxer Aaron Lister Brown boxed professionally as Dixie Kid throughout the 1900s and 1910s. He was often in the welterweight class but faced off against heavier opponents. This was especially true given the nature of the “Negro ranks.” While these ranks had their own weight classes and titles to represent those classes, Black boxers […]

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