Bicycling magazine, July 2011 Enlarge image (PDF) * The Major Taylor Association considers 1899 world cycling champion Major Taylor the second African-American world champion in any sport. George Dixon, a black athlete born in Canada and living in Boston, Mass., won the world bantamweight boxing title in a series of bouts in 1890 and 1891.
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