Pioneering boxing ref dies, sport's 1st black Olympic judge
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Carmen Williamson, who in the 1940s and ’50s was a top U.S. amateur boxer and then in 1984 became the first black boxing referee and judge at the Olympic games, has died. He was 94. Williamson died of COVID-19 complications on April 8 aPioneering boxing ref dies, sport's 1st black Olympic judge
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Carmen Williamson, who in the 1940s and ’50s was a top U.S. amateur boxer and then in 1984 became the first black boxing referee and judge at the Olympic games, has died. He was 94. Williamson died of COVID-19 complications on April 8 at a hospital ... Read more