Rated at Welterweight Wins 90 Losses 40 Name Dixie Kid Height 1.73 m Division Welterweight Draws 20 | Nationality American Wins by KO 55 No contests 4 Role Boxer Martial art Boxing Total fights 154 | |
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Born December 23, 1883
Fulton, Missouri ( 1883-12-23 ) Died April 6, 1934, Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
Scrap Book Boxing's Museum of the Forgotten fisticuffs series PT 85
Aaron Lister Brown aka Dixie Kid (23 December 1883 - 6 April 1934) was an American boxer. He was a controversial contender for the World Welterweight Boxing Championship in 1904.
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Professional career
On 29 April 1904, Kid challenged Barbados Joe Walcott for the latter's World Welterweight Championship title. Although he was well on top, Walcott was disqualified by the referee after 20 rounds for an alleged foul. Kid claimed the title but it was subsequently discovered that the referee had bet on him to win and so his claim was disregarded.
In his career as a welterweight and a middleweight, he fought such notable fighters as Jimmy Clabby, Mike Twin Sullivan, Willie Lewis, Sam Langford and Georges Carpentier.
Death
Kid fought over 150 bouts and retired in 1920. He died on 6 April 1934 in Los Angeles after falling out of a tenement story window. It is not known whether it was by accident or a suicide.
Honours
Kid was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (2002).