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In September.16. 1916 the British Newspaper THE MIRROR OF LIFE had asked
Bob Fitzsimmons who were the best fighters that he had ever seen.
his answers were the following.

' "Jim Jeffries was the greatest fighter that ever lived".

"Mysterious Billy Smith was the best of the welterweights if watched and trained right.
he seemed immune from punishment".

"Joe Gans was the best lightweight,
and so much greater then the rest of the field that only one compares with him-Kid Lavigne.
A fight between them would have been a great battle."

"the best bantam and featherweight, to my mind, was little Dixon.
he was a fighter, he was a boxer."

"Pardon me, but I think old Fritz was a good heavyweight.
Fair kind of chap.
Never wasted any time peeping into the looking glass,
nevertheless, he was a fair sort of fighter at 158 lbs."