George Byers (boxer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian boxer
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Place of Birth: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
About George Byers (boxer)
- George Byers (June 25, 1872 – April 10, 1937) was a Cando-American boxer who won the World Colored Middleweight Championship in 1897 and held the World Colored Heavyweight Championship from September 14, 1898 to March 16, 1901, a reign of 913 days.
- The 5' 8½? fought out of Boston from 1895 to 1904 at a weight of between 120 and 165 lbs., in many weight classes and frequently against men that were much larger than himself.
- On 9 December 1897 in Waterbury, Connecticut, he faced Harry Peppers in a title match for the World Colored Middleweight Championship.
- Byers knocked out the undefeated Peppers, the Pacific Coast Middleweight Champion of the Pacific Coast in the 19th round of a 20-round contest.
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