“Since no welterweight or middleweight will fight me I am compelled to go to the next class. Will any heavyweights fight me?”

Police Gazette Oct 13, 1900. Walcott issued challenges to Tom Sharkey, Gus Ruhlin and even champion Jim Jeffies, though they all declined.

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