- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Tiger Flowers
- Date of Original:
- 1895/1927
- Subject:
- African American boxers--Georgia--Atlanta
Boxers (Sports)--Georgia--Atlanta
Athletes--Georgia--Atlanta
African American athletes--Georgia--Atlanta
Flowers, Tiger, 1895-1927 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- After training seriously for six years Tiger Flowers earned an official challenge against the world middleweight champion, Harry Greb, in February 1926, winning the title and then defending it in a closely fought rematch.
Photograph of Georgia boxer Theodore "Tiger" Flowers. He faces forward with arms crossed. He wears boxing gloves.
In 1926 Flowers became the first black boxer to capture the world middleweight championship. He was the first African American after Jack Johnson to challenge for a world title. Flowers helped to reform the image of black prizefighters, prefiguring the great Joe Louis with his ability to garner broad support among both whites and blacks. In November 1927, at thirty-two years of age, Flowers died while undergoing an operation to remove scar tissue from around his eyes. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/tiger-flowers-1895-1927/m-2291/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph from cyberboxingzone.com
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/tiger-flowers-1895-1927
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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