The Greats...

This gives Lavigne Vs McKeever as a draw
The Philadelphia Record - Mar 9, 1897
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QDEWnZBrHwAC&dat=18970309&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Boxrec uses the San Francisco Call for some reason, which doesn't seem the ideal source for it.

 

I have him in my top 10.

 

Just taking a quick look I’d nitpick the following

Far too high
Rosenbloom, Ted Kid Lewis, Levinsky, Nelson

Too high
L. Lewis, Johnson, Britton

Far too low
Jofre, Ortiz, Monzon

Too low
Pep, Duran, Robinson, Armstrong (surely SRR is top 3 and Armstrong a lock for top 5?)

Ross really third out of the Ross-Canzoneri-McLarnin trio?

You might want to consider Luis Rodriguez. It’s hard to watch their series and think Rodriguez didn’t get the better of it and overall probably did better at Middleweight (though never got the title). Rodriguez should rank near Griffith at least. His resume is incredible, especially if you value wins over bigger men.

No Julio Cesar Chavez, Ruben Olivares, Kid Gavilan, Holman Williams or Alexis Arguello? Surely they are top 50 in anyone’s book? Jake LaMotta probably too.

 

I have to agree with McGrain that I don't understand the picks for Mills and Miske

Miske was just a contender, not even the best heavyweight contender of the 1910s, and the best person in Mills' resume is Len Harvey, and Harvey arguably isn't even top 100 p4p

Both you and McGrain overrate George Dixon. He doesn't make my top 50.

Glad to see Levinsky is in your list, even if he's a bit high. I also have Levinsky top 100.

Dick Tiger is a lil too high, as well as Bivins and Nonpariel. Might you consider raising Saddler?

You're still missing Barney Ross, among others (like Arguello and Marciano). But really, Where's Ross?

 

Am I blind????

Also imo Marciano is at least a top 60 staple. McGrain has him somewhere in the 60s

 

Names isn’t just resume. For example Shane Mosley and Miguel Cotto will go into the hall of fame and have a better “name” than Meldrick Taylor or Chucho Castillo or Lionel Rose or Jose Luis Ramirez or Roger Mayweather for example, who aren’t in. Does that make Canelo’s wins over them superior? You’ve got to put into context resume is also accomplishments and not strictly name. Olivares was the one and only champion at Bantamweight in a Golden era and Chavez was dominant and unified in two divisions. Some guys stop other guys being great or Hall of fame and that can lead to misleading views on their “resumes”.

Springs Toledo has a great criteria for all-time rankings and there’s quite a few categories I think like 7-8 areas. Ring generalship/skills has to be included IMO and I don’t think resume is strictly names. You can’t convince me that Lewis KO8 Tyson, Holmes KO10 Ali, Lewis W12 or Robinson W10 Armstrong are better than Trinidad KO12 Vargas or Olivares KO5 Rose for example. That’s a problem with just doing fast research and looking for glittering names. The research takes months, years and there’s no exact science so it’s beyond difficult.

 

How about Frank Bruno having 22 fights in one year.

What the ****? Has any boxer surpassed that?

 

Rays Robinson and Leonard, Duran, Ali, Joe Louis. I'd say they fit the qualifications.