Talk:Joe Gans

First African-American yes, but he did not break the "color line"
Noting that Gans was the first African-American champ is true, but misleading, and needs to be couched in a discussion of black boxing more generally. The "color line" was broken by George Dixon, an African-Canadian, fighting out of Boston in the 1890s. If not for Dixon, there would be no Gans. Thus, I suggest a line in the introduction noting that Dixon was the first black champion of the world, but Gans was the first "African-American" champion, about a decade later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.100.179.22 (talk) 15:38, 6 October 2014 (UTC) Kklayton (talk) 02:26, 12 May 2015 (UTC)i.