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October 8, 1920. He defended the title twice in 1923, racking up no decisions (and thus keeping his title) against Whitey Black on May 14 in Detroit and against Tiger Flowers in Toledo, Ohio on May 25. He knocked out Willie Walker via a 9th round
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for the championship on 14 August 14, 1942, and won on a 9th round TKO. Williams won the title on a decision in their rematch on 16 October 1942, then lost the title on 15 January 1943 to the
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was a title awarded to black boxers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This was the only recognized middleweight championship available to blacks prior to
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in Boston, in which they drew in the scheduled 13 rounds. Another three rounds were tacked onto the bout and Binney won the fight.
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Byer defeated Harry
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Charley Turner claimed the title after defeating Harris Martin on 29 February 1892 in San
Francisco but never defended it.
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From 1912 to 1924, there was a continuous line of colored middleweight champs. The last title holder of this era was
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Defeated Young Peter
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on July 26, 1924. He defended the title against Gans at
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The colored middleweight title was revived in the early 1940s.
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Title revived; Burley beat Holman
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in a 12-round decision. The Kid never defended the title.
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891:World Colored Light Heavyweight Championship
96:On 29 February 1892, The Black Pearl fought
59:Negro Middleweight Championship of the World
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44:World Colored Heavyweight Championship
906:World Negro Middleweight Championship
112:, who defeated previous title holder
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16:Segregated boxing title
969:""Black Frank" Taylor"
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240:Minneapolis, Minnesota
79:Minneapolis, Minnesota
1084:Defunct boxing titles
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624:Madison Square Garden
576:Did not defend title.
129:Madison Square Garden
42:, went on to win the
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1059:. Cyber Zone Boxing
1057:""Panama" Joe Gans"
993:. Cyber Zone Boxing
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163:, who had been the
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149:Sugar Ray Robinson
141:middleweight champ
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179:List of champions
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449:Sam Langford
405:George Byers
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104:20th Century
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55:Johnny Banks
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40:Sam Langford
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856:New Orleans
806:New Orleans
756:New Orleans
696:Harry Smith
543:Jamaica Kid
468:Los Angeles
359:Frank Craig
232:May 2, 1887
83:knocked out
36:George Byer
912:References
472:California
313:Joe Butler
29:Harry Greb
949:. Box Rec
860:Louisiana
837:Cocoa Kid
810:Louisiana
760:Louisiana
662:The Bronx
267:Ed Binney
206:Defenses
203:Location
173:Cocoa Kid
167:, fought
151:in 1950.
87:Ed Binney
64:Ed Binney
1078:Category
1037:. BoxRec
1015:. BoxRec
880:See also
868:Unknown
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710:Unknown
666:New York
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997:29 May
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953:29 May
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209:Notes
192:Reign
604:1387
512:1331
236:1673
200:held
195:Date
189:Name
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198:Days
134:K.O.
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