Tom Molineaux was born a slave in Virginia in 1784. In 1810, he fought for the heavyweight championship of England in one of the most important fights in the history of boxing. Just eight years later, a penniless Molineaux died of liver failure in Ireland at the age of 34. He was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997. This is his story ...
A Fighter Abroad - by Brian Phillips, Grantland.com
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