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Tiger Flowers
Theodore "Tiger" Flowers (August 5, 1895 – November 16, 1927) was the first African-American middleweight boxing champion, defeating Harry Greb to claim the title in 1926. Nicknamed the "Georgia Deacon", he was a devoutly religious man who would recite a passage from Psalm 144 before every bout. The International Boxing Research Organization rated Flowers as the #12 ranked middleweight of all-time, while boxing historian Bert Sugar placed him 68th in his Top 100 Fighters catalog.〔(All-Time Middleweight Rankings ) IBROresearch.com Retrieved on 2014-04-29〕 The Bleacher Report named him the #6 greatest southpaw in boxing history. He was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1971, the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1976, the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.〔( Cyber Boxing Encyclopedia - Tiger Flowers ) CyberBoxingZone.com Retrieved on 2014-04-30〕
==Personal life==
Theodore Flowers is the son of Lula and Aaron Flowers. Aaron and Lula Flowers were married in Camillia in December 1888. Theodore Tiger Flowers has an older Brother named Carl born August 1890. Then Theodore in August 1896. He also has two sisters O.C and Gertrude. Theodore married Willie Mae Spellers born July 189 and had only one daughter by the name of Verna Lee Flowers.
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