Theodore 'Tiger' Flowers rose above the racist bigotry of the Deep
South to become the first African-American middleweight champion of
the world. To do it, this Christian family man beat a boxing
legend, Harry Greb, in the first of the great sporting cathedrals,
Madison Square Garden. It was a victory that stunned the sporting
world and made him a household name. Yet within a year he had lost
his championship on a decision some said was influenced by Al
Capone - and within another year was dead, following a seemingly
innocuous operation, in the clinic of a controversial surgeon, to
remove lumps and scars above his eyes. Was his death, at the age of
34, an accident, a result of negligence, or something more
sinister? And what was behind his white manager's attempt to throw
Tiger's widow into an asylum and their daughter into an orphanage?
Flowers' inspiring, harrowing story, set against an horrific
backdrop of lynchings and routine prejudice, is largely forgotten
now but he paved the way for black sporting heroes like Joe Louis,
Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson.
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