Was Benny Leonard the greatest Jewish fighter that ever lived ?

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  1. HairyHighlander

    HairyHighlander BASS !! HOWLOWCANUGO ?? Full Member

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    Also, where do you rank Barney Ross ?

    Was he a close second ?

    Was he perhaps first ?



    Thoughts please, if you have the time.

    The whole Jewish changing name scenario is quite interesting to me.

    Thanks again for any info you could forward me.

    :thumbsup
     
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  2. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Easily the best. That record of his is phenominal. You could make a case for Ross, Maxie Rosenbloom or Abe Attell being second.
     
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  3. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1 Benny Leonard
    2 Abe Attell a close second
    3 Ted kid Lewis, Britains greatest fighter
    4 Joe Choynski
    5 Barney Ross
    6 Maxie Rosenbloom
    7 Battling Levinsky
    8 Lew Tendler
    9 Harry Lewis
    10 Jackie Kid Berg
     
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  4. HairyHighlander

    HairyHighlander BASS !! HOWLOWCANUGO ?? Full Member

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    Thanks Surf, thats a few more names for me to check out.

    Apologies if my Benny L hysteria seems a bit overboard as i could of simply added it to my previous thread but this has a different angle perhaps (Jewish)

    Cheers :good
     
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  5. HairyHighlander

    HairyHighlander BASS !! HOWLOWCANUGO ?? Full Member

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    KABOOM !!!!!!

    Thanks Burt........another few to add to the list :good

    My next thread is going to be about Stillmans and more importantly, the trainers and cutsmen.

    I look forward to some great insight.

    Of course theres Fried's book and Dundee's which i have to admit i have slightly gone off as it has reached the point that he has Ali under his wing and well.....it just seems to have taken a different direction......but i will continue with it of course.


    Apologies if these threads have been done before as i expect at some stage they have but it aint easy finding them amidst the fantasty matchup threads.

    Anyways :thumbsup
     
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  6. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Very interesting list Burt......Lewis and Choynski over Ross ?

    Sadly, I don´t know enough about Attel and Harry Lewis.....two guys I need to research......Levinsky too......
     
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  7. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Solly Krieger was another tough Jewish belter. As was Georgie Abrams. Both middleweights and both among the best of their time, which was pretty stacked all around.

    Many consider world champion Benny Bass to be an all-time great. They get no argument from me.

    Mushy Callahan was Jewish.
    Kid Kaplan
    Jackie Fields
    Sid Terris
    Al Singer
    Abe Goldstein
     
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  8. highguard

    highguard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    very good lists,

    as a jew myself its nice to see a time before most of us
    were nerdy lawyers lol
     
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  9. MrOliverKlozoff

    MrOliverKlozoff The guy in shades Full Member

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    I don't but I'll say it. Ranking Ross above Leonard is not at all crazy. He's a close second to me.

    :lol:
     
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  10. TAC602

    TAC602 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ross and Leonard are arguably both Top 10 all-time. Leonard with certainty.

    Ray Arcel: GOAT Trainer?

    Koufax wasn't exactly a scrub trying his hand at baseball.
     
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  11. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    There is a debate if Greb was Jewish. Tunney who was well read said so many times. Greb is in the Jewish Hall of fame.

    Other names not mentioned here. If you go far back, guys like Dutch Sam, and Mendoza were also Jewish.
     
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  12. Conn

    Conn Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    I don't like to divide fighters up by religion or race or ethnicity or whatever, but I think Benny Leonard and Abe Attell could both be argued as the greatest fighter of all-time no qualifiers needed.
     
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  13. Flea Man

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    Ross for me...nah, I ain't got the bottle, Leonard, then Ross (both in my top ten P4P G.O.A.T list)
     
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  14. Conn

    Conn Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    i'd rate Barney Ross somewhere behind Attell and Leonard.
    but he was obviously a great fighter in his own right.
     
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  15. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Benny was,without doubt,the best Jewish fighter who ever lived. One of the best ever,pound for pound,period.
     
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