)[2] Anderson defended the title on the Fourth of July 1921 in a 10-round bout in Phoenix, Arizona, beating Rough House Ware on points.

[3] When Norfolk fought The Jamaica Kid on December 20, 1921 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, he had claimed the world colored light heavyweight title.

In Atlanta on January 30, 1922, Norfolk faced Tiger Flowers, the boxer who would become the first African American world middleweight champ in 1926, K.O.-ing him in third round of a 10-rounder.

[4] He apparently had vacated the title when he met reigning colored heavyweight champ Harry Wills on March 2, 1922 in Madison Square Garden in New York City for a 15-round bout, losing to the great champion via a K.O.

On May 9 of that year, Lee Anderson took on Tiger Flowers in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, for a 15-round bout to determine the colored light heavyweight title.