Dont have to be specific but round of ie top ten or 30-40 etc Henry Armstrong Tommy Loughran Stanley Ketchel Larry Gains Roberto Duran Ted Kid lewis Benny Lynch Max Baer
I'd have Armstrong #1, Duran in or near the top 10, and Loughran and Lewis probably somewhere in the top 50. Not sure about the others.
Armstrong - 2 Duran - 5-8 Lewis - 40-50 Loughran - 60-70 Ketchel - 80-90 Lynch - 90-100 Baer and Gains - outside
Someone fill me in on Larry Gains and the reasoning behind his being placed in this company, please. I know nothing about him.
1. Henry Armstrong 2. Roberto Duran 3. Stanley Ketchal 4. Benny Lynch 5. Tommy Loughran 6. Ted Lewis 7. Max Baer 8. Larry Gains
For the record, I've never even heard of Gains. That surprises me, at least of he's being mentioned amongst these fighters.
Well, I know a bit about Larry Gains but have no idea why he is in this company. I'd rather mention someone like Len Harvey, a former welter/middleweight, who twice beat (an aging) Larry Gains who weighed over 200 pounds.
Armstrong- Just barely above Duran Top 3 Duran top 3 Loughran around 50-55 Ketchel about like Loughran top 60 Lewis Top 70 Lynch Top 100 Baer Not even close to top 200 Gains Below Baer Actually this was pretty easy compared to some of the other lists.
He was a "Murderer's Row" type fighter (although I don't know if that label officially existed in his time) that was very much respected by his peers, but reportedly had trouble getting big fights or advancing his career. He holds a stoppage win over up-and-coming future champ Max Schmeling. He had a fight with Primo Carnera that I believe ended suspiciously in a DQ win for Carnera; I think it's on youtube.
I remember reading Schmeling said he was very sick for that fight...I think he vomitted in the corner and the ref stopped it.