Dixie Brown boxeur
- combats
- 46
- gagnés
- 19
- perdus
- 20
- match nul
- 7
- Situation
- inactive
- Division
- middleweight
- Début
- 1914-01-12
- Taille
- -
- Allonge
- -
- âge
- -
- Né
- -
- Décès
- -
- Nationalité
- United Kingdom
Anthony George Charles (born 27 June 1900 in Castries, Saint Lucia; died 20 April 1957) was a boxer, commonly known as Dixie Brown. He worked on the construction of the Panama Canal and emigrated to Cardiff, Wales in 1919. In the West Country of England, he survived by working as a bare-knuckle boxer in fairground booths. He moved with his wife, Lily Sellick, to Bristol in 1923, and registered as a professional boxer, fighting 85 bouts in the 1920s and 1930s, as welterweight and middleweight. He trained at the White Horse in Milk Street. He could not contest any British championships owing to the colour bar then in operation. He had two wins, both over one-time champion Billy Green, five losses and two draws in his professional career.Brown started family life in the "tough neighbourhood" of Philadelphia Street, St Jude's. He was blinded in a fight in the 1930s and then moved with his family to Knowle West, Bristol after the Blitz. A collection was made to send him to the Catholic shrine of Lourdes in France, in search of a cure. He was visited by many African American soldiers during the Second World War, as they respected him as "a well known and a much admired character". Brown had nine children and thirty grandchildren. One of his grandsons used to take him to his local public house, the Venture Inn, where he had his own special chair. He was popular and well respected throughout Bristol. Brown died in 1957 and is buried in Holy Souls Catholic Cemetery next door to Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol. Bristol historian Madge Dresser described him as "a family man who founded a virtual dynasty of Bristolians of mixed heritage, all of whom remember him with fondness."
Date | Adversaire | Derniers résultats des adversaires | Lieu | Result |
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1934-03-12 | Jack Lewis | DWWWWD | Colston Hall, Bristol | LOST Corner retirement |
1934-03-07 | Jack Delaney | DDWLWL | Winter Gardens, Cheltenham | LOST Points |
1933-12-04 | Bill Hood | DDLDL | Gem Stadium, Broad Weir, Bristol | LOST Points |
1933-11-06 | Bill Hood | WDDLD | Gem Stadium, Broad Weir, Bristol | WIN Points |
1933-08-07 | Phil Green | DLLLLW | Town Football Ground, Swindon | DRAW Points |
1933-01-27 | Phil Green | WLLWLW | Barton Hill Baths, Bristol | WIN Points |
1932-03-21 | Leo Wax | LDWLLD | Colston Hall, Bristol | LOST Points |
1931-11-16 | Edwin John | LWDWLW | Colston Hall, Bristol | LOST Points |
1931-07-01 | Billy Green | LLLLLL | Bristol Rovers Eastville Stadium, Bristol | WIN Corner retirement |
1931-03-02 | George Rose | WWWWWW | Colston Hall, Bristol | LOST Points |
1931-01-02 | Jerry Daley | LWWLWL | Drill Hall, Ebbw Vale | LOST KO |
1930-01-27 | Archie Sexton | LWWWWW | The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark | LOST Technical knockout |
1929-08-24 | Charlie McDonald | LWWWLW | Holmeside Stadium, Sunderland | LOST KO |
1929-04-19 | Jack March | WWWLWW | Wyndham Hall, Plymouth | LOST Points |
1928-11-16 | Harry Lem | LWWDWL | Arcadian Hall, Plymouth | LOST Points |
1928-10-29 | Billy Green | WWLLLL | Bargoed | DRAW Points |
1928-10-08 | Billy Green | LWWLLL | Bargoed | WIN Points |
1928-07-06 | Dick Red Burt | DLWLWW | Wyndham Hall, Plymouth | WIN Points |
1928-04-30 | Seaman Fraggott | WWWWLD | Arcadian Hall, Plymouth | WIN KO |
1928-04-01 | Billy Bird | WWLWWL | The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark | LOST Points |
1928-03-23 | Rene Evans | debut | Drill Hall, Bristol | WIN KO |
1928-02-27 | Phil Green | WWWWWW | Drill Hall, Bath | DRAW Points |
1927-08-28 | Raymond Porcher | LWLDWL | The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark | WIN KO |
1927-02-20 | Joe Rolfe | LWWWWL | The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark | LOST KO |
1926-12-08 | Teddy Morrison | LWLLWD | Civic Hall, Exeter | WIN Points |
1926-12-03 | Gunner Joe Stephens | WWWLLW | Town Hall, Reading | LOST Points |
1926-11-23 | Billy Adair | WWWDWL | Town Hall, Oxford | DRAW Points |
1926-09-17 | Francois Rabosee | DLWWWL | Drill Hall, Bristol | WIN Points |
1926-03-26 | Bert Bullock | LLLWLL | Drill Hall, Bristol | WIN Technical knockout |
1926-02-19 | Bert Bullock | LLLLWL | Drill Hall, Bristol | WIN Points |
1926-01-27 | Gunner G Wakeley | WWLWWW | Drill Hall, Exeter | WIN Points |
1925-11-14 | Piet Brand | WWWDWW | The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark | LOST Points |
1925-10-16 | Jim Carr | WWWWW | Drill Hall, Bristol | LOST Points |
1925-05-29 | Eddie Norton | WWL | Drill Hall, Bristol | DRAW Points |
1924-12-06 | Seaman Dickson | WLWWW | Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth | LOST Points |
1924-05-09 | Stoker Taff Howard | WWWW | Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth | WIN Points |
1923-08-14 | Jack Blackborow | LWLLLL | Drill Hall, Bristol | DRAW Points |
1923-03-19 | Bob Jenkins | LWL | Drill Hall, Bristol | LOST Points |
1923-03-02 | Jimmy Green | LLWLL | Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth | WIN Points |
1923-02-23 | Kid Walters | DWWDLW | Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth | WIN Corner retirement |
1923-01-05 | Stoker Taff Evans | W | Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth | DRAW Points |
1922-01-24 | Bob Miller | debut | Subscription Rooms, Stroud | WIN KO |
1914-10-31 | Freddie Jacks | LWLLWW | Premierland, Whitechapel | LOST KO |
1914-04-06 | Abe Mantell | WWDWWL | The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark | WIN Points |
1914-04-04 | Tom Cherry | WLWLLL | Premierland, Stepney | WIN Corner retirement |
1914-01-12 | Alf Wye | WLW | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | LOST Points |