Guys, guys, guys ....... there is only one answer to this.

The late great Peter Jackson. A world class bareknuckle fighter of the 1880s and 1890s ..... a giant (at the time) at 6'"2", big and athletic, the consummate stylist with a ramrod left and a straight right a bit like Teofilio Stevenson's. Fought everyone he could and like most fighters of the time showed tremendous stamina and guts.

Unfortunately for him, he was black, so the reigning world champ - the great John L. Sullivan, refused to fight him. He travelled the world, winning the Australian heavyweight title, touring the US and defeating all comers before doing the same in England.

Later in his career, he did manage to get Gentleman Jim Corbett into the ring, fighting 61 rounds until the fight was called a draw as both boxers were too close to death to continue (!). He fought and defeated Joe Choynski twice - was was later to become the mentor and teacher of Jack Johnson. he was later stopped in 3 by James Jeffries when he was way past his prime and already suffering from the tuberculosis that would kill him.

This man would undoubtedly have become Australi'a first world heavyweight champion .... he would have dominated the division for years if he had not been born black. Had he been born 20 years later, this guy would have been talked about in the same sentence as Jack Johnson, Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali.

Look him up if you don;t know about him ..... one of the true greats and - with no disrespect to the other names mentioned so far - those guys would not be fit to carry his jockstrap