Copyright © Steven Laffoley 2022

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Shadowboxing : the rise and fall of George Dixon / Steven Laffoley.

Names: Laffoley, Steven Edwin, author.

Description: Second edition.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20220138796 | Canadiana (ebook) 20220138842 | ISBN 9781989725870 (softcover) |

ISBN 9781989725887 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: Dixon, George, 1870-1908. | LCSH: Boxers (Sports)—Canada—Biography. | LCSH: Boxers (Sports)—United States—Biography. | LCSH: African American boxers—Biography. | LCGFT: Biographies.

Classification: LCC GV1132.D59 L34 2022 | DDC 796.83092—dc23

Cover design Gail LeBlanc

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