Jeff Smith (boxer)
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Jerome "Jeff Smith" Jefferds was an American professional boxer who held the Australian version of the World Middleweight Title during his career. Despite his relative anonymity, Smith faced off again
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Smith (right), during his bout with Georges Carpentier
Les Darcy
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James Leslie Darcy was an Australian boxer. He was a middleweight, but held the Australian Heavyweight Championship title at the same time.
Jeff Smith (boxer)
…his relative anonymity, Smith faced off against some the best fighters of his era, including Harry Greb, Gene Tunney, Mike Gibbons, Georges Carpentier, Les Darcy and Tommy Loughran. Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Smith as the 17th greatest middleweight ever, while Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer…
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Les Darcy in the door of a blacksmith shop door", East Maitland, ca. 1910.
Darcy, ~1917