1. Aaron Lister Brown, known professionally as the Dixie Kid, was an American boxer.
12 Facts About Dixie Kid
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Dixie Kid was a controversial contender for the World Welterweight Boxing Championship in April 1904.
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On May 21,1903, the Dixie Kid defeated Al Neill in a twenty-round points decision in San Francisco.
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The Dixie Kid was down in the tenth round for a count of six.
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On September 28,1909, he lost to World Colored Heavyweight Champion Sam Langford in Boston, Massachusetts, when the Dixie Kid's handlers threw in the towel after the fifth round.
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Dixie Kid later claimed he was not fully conditioned for the bout.
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The bout brought European world welterweight status to Thomas and had an impressive purse of $5000, equal to the better purses the Dixie Kid had split in the United States.
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The Dixie Kid had the best of the earlier rounds, but Thomas came back in the later ones.
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The Dixie Kid completed his boxing career in Europe, featuring bouts in France, England, and Spain.
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The Dixie Kid died April 6,1934, in Los Angeles after falling out of a tenement story window.
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Dixie Kid was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Dixie Kid was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1975.