Rank the Young Corbetts

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  1. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Young Corbett I (George Green)
    Young Corbett II
    Young Corbett III

    Rank em
     
  2. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I know nothing about YC1, but definitely rank YCIII above YCII.

    YCIII is a p4p ATG, imo.

    Won and lost the WW world title, with impressive wins over Jackie Fields and Cerfino Garcia, it's his career above WW that really impresses.

    As a 5ft 6ins natural WW, he beat the bigger Billy Conn, Fred Apostoli, Gus Lesnevich and Mickey Walker in contests staged above his natural weight, which is extremely impressive.
     
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  3. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    All I know about YC1 is that he went a combined 37 rounds with Mysterious Billy Smith over two fights without Billy managing to get himself DQ’d, which is a singular feat.

    Corbett/Green must have been foulproof.
     
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  4. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    I'm not expert on the first Young Corbett myself, but from the research I've gathered he certainly seems to belong in the convo. He beat Mysterious Billy Smith as well as Dan Creedon
     
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