Career

Born Cyril Quinton on 14 November 1896 in Barbados, British West Indies and raised in the Panama Canal Zone, the 5"7" Quinton originally fought out of Panama and then New York City. He fought at between 147 and 160 lbs. On December 12, 1916, though barely twenty-one years old, he soundly defeated Abraham Jacob Hollandersky, a former holder of the Panamanian Heavyweight Championship, in 20 rounds in Panama City.

lieutenant was the first time two black boxers were featured on a fight card at the Garden.

He knocked out Willie Walker via a 9th round K.O. in New York City on June 30. He lost his title to Larry Estridge in a fight at Yankee Stadium on July 26, 1924.

lieutenant was his sole title defense.

Achievements

• He named himself after African American boxing great Joe Gans, the first black fighter to win a world boxing title. Panama Joe won the Lightweight Championship of Panama and the Middleweight Championship of South and Central America. Panama Joe won the World Colored Middleweight Championship from George Robinson in Madison Square Garden on October 8, 1920. The title went into abeyance after Tiger Flowers became the first black boxer to win the world middleweight championship when he defeated Harry Greb in 1926.

Views

He defended the title thrice in 1923, racking up no decisions (and thus keeping his title) against Whitey Black on May 14 in Detroit and against Tiger Flowers in Toledo, Ohio on May 25. Estridge successfully defended the title against Gans at Queensboro Stadium in Long Island City, Queens, New York on August 11 of that year.