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George Godfrey (20 March 1853 – 17 October 1901) was a Black Canadian heavyweight boxer. He is not to be confused with the American heavyweight George Godfrey who named himself the Canadian.Godfrey left Canada as a boy to find employment as a porter in Boston’s silk importing offices. There he took up boxing calling himself Old Chocolate. At a fighting weight of 175 pounds on a 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) frame he would be considered a light-heavyweight by today’s standards.