Jimmy Britt - Lightweight Ttile Claimant

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    Just stumbled on this piece on Jimmy Britt so I dug around the net to put together some info for those that might be interested

    http://www.examiner.com/article/jimmy-britt-among-the-bay-area-s-greatest-boxers-history


    From another thread -


    A excellent lenghty bio from the Britt history site - http://britthistory.org/james-britt-about.html


    Boxing Biographies -

    Page 1 provides his stats & info snippets
    Page 2 relates to Kid Sullivan fight
    Page 3 relates to Joe Gans I fight
    Page 4 relates to Young Corbett fight which Jimmy rates as his toughest

    http://boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=174&Itemid=27 -
     
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    Although this article is about Gans is does delve into the fight with Britt & his claim to the Lightweight title

    http://coxscorner.tripod.com/ganschamp.html



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    Report from ELMIRA TELEGRAM (NEW YORK) SEPTMEBER 10, 1905 - http://www.boxinggyms.com/news/britt_nelson1905/britt_nelson1905.htm


    Youtube Video Vs Nelson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIPE26x757k


    JIMMY BRITT TALKS OF THE PRIZE RING - NY Times 5/12/1909 - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00616F73A5A15738DDDAC0894DA415B898CF1D3


    Obituary - http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=avlPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4VQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2543%2C5402535


    Record

    CBZ - http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/britt-j.htm

    Boxrec - http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=011029&cat=boxer