Leslie Earnest 'Wildcat' Carter began boxing at the age of 14, about the same time he moved to Seattle from Edmonton, Alberta. As a young man, he fought several veteran boxers and later became a professional boxer in the mid-1920s. He boxed internationally until the beginning of World War II when he enlisted in the Army and served as a physical education instructor until his honorable discharge. He did not box again. This photo was taken during the full-swing of his career at the Crystal Pool when he fought and beat veteran boxer Vic Foley on November 22, 1927.

Handwritten on image: Carter Wildcat. Caption information sources: Seattle PI article; Black Heritage Society; Seattle-PI exhibit label. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): November 22, 1927.

• Subjects (LCTGM): Boxers (Sports)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle; African Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
• People: Carter, Leslie Earnest "Wildcat"