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Tom Sharkey – Heavyweight
Record: 31-1-1 (27)
Title bouts: 4-0 (4)
Country: Ireland
Age: 28
Next title fight: #1 James Jeffries – February 15, 1902
(The real champion was James Jeffries, currently ranked #1 in the PBR)

Philadelphia Jack O’Brien – Light Heavyweight
Record: 21-2 (6)
Title bouts: 4-0 (1)
Country: United States
Age: 23
Next title fight: #2 Joe Choynski – February 7, 1902
(The real champion was N/A, first was in 1903)

Charles McCoy – Middleweight
Record: 39-3 (33)
Title bouts: 2-1 (2)
Country: United States
Age: 29
Next title fight: #2 Bill Heffernan – April 11, 1902
(The real champion was Tommy Ryan, retired from the PBR)

George Cole – Welterweight
Record: 28-3-1 (4)
Title bouts: 2-0
Country: United States
Age: 23
Next title fight: #2 James “Rube” Ferns – January 11, 1902
(The real champion was Joe Walcott, currently ranked #15 in the PBR)

Joe Gans – Lightweight
Record: 39-0 (22)
Title bouts: 4-0 (3)
Country: United States
Age: 27
Next title fight: #3 Billy Hill – January 3, 1902
(The real champion was Frank Erne, currently ranked #4 in the PBR)

Solly Smith – Featherweight
Record: 53-4-1 (23)
Title bouts: 2-0
Country: United States
Age: 31
Next title fight: #1 Oscar Gardner– April 25, 1902
(The real champion was Terry McGovern, currently ranked #4 in the PBR)

Jimmy Barry – Bantamweight
Record: 38-0 (18)
Title bouts: 4-0 (3)
Country: United States
Age: 31
Next title fight: #1 Billy Plimmer – April 5, 1902
(The real champion was Harry Forbes, currently ranked #12 in the PBR)