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Originally Posted by mcvey
The 1900 Corbett might have had his work cut out with any of the top black guys.
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In hindsight, I seriously doubt it.
The coloured heavyweight champion when Jeffries won the title was George Byers, who lost to Tommy West. He was simply not in the class of Fitzsimmons, Sharkey, Corbett or McCoy.
Jeffries didn't fight the top coloured contenders at this stage, because none of them were in the championship class.