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![Government of Canada Recognizes George Dixon, First Canadian Boxer to Win a World Title – Boxing Canada Government of Canada Recognizes George Dixon, First Canadian Boxer to Win a World Title – Boxing Canada](https://boxingcanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/george-dixon-preview.jpeg)
Government of Canada Recognizes George Dixon, First Canadian Boxer to Win a World Title – Boxing Canada
BKB - Known as "Little Chocolate" or "The Chocolate Drop," Canadian-born boxer George Dixon became the first black boxer to hold a world championship when he defeated British fighter Nunc Wallace in
![Referee Zach Clayton struggles to separate the boxers as bout comes to its conclusion between George Chuvalo and Floyd Patterson. The former titleholder won a 12-round unanimous decision over the Canadian champ Referee Zach Clayton struggles to separate the boxers as bout comes to its conclusion between George Chuvalo and Floyd Patterson. The former titleholder won a 12-round unanimous decision over the Canadian champ](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2NDC9RB/referee-zach-clayton-struggles-to-separate-the-boxers-as-bout-comes-to-its-conclusion-between-george-chuvalo-and-floyd-patterson-the-former-titleholder-won-a-12-round-unanimous-decision-over-the-canadian-champ-at-madison-square-garden-in-new-york-feb-1-1965-ap-photo-2NDC9RB.jpg)