Tommy Ryan breaks down the top fighters of 1907

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  1. McGrain

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    Yes. Jabbed him, manhandled him, and made him miss a lot, and blocked even more.

    The Evening World scored it a shutout.

    The San Fransisco Chronicle had him winning all eight of the final rounds as he stepped up the aggression.

    Boston Chronicle had it 9-3-2


    That's about the best card i've seen for Gans. He won the first three rounds and then none thereafter for that paper.
     
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  2. teeto

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    I don't want to believe this!

    I never knew the bout was so one sided, i was clueless.
     
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  3. McGrain

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    It was a drubbing.

    The fight was agreed at 138, Langford came in over.

    And just to re-state, in my delight at getting to talk about this fight, Gans had a genuine stomach problem going in. It was attested to by the doctor.
     
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  4. teeto

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    The strength of Langford is pretty ridiculous and you'd always have him imposing himself on Gans in a fantasy fight if it never actually happened. But the novice factor is shocking, and a great also.
     
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  5. McGrain

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    Interesting that we are talking about Langford, Ryan didn't. He'd already beaten Blackburn, Jeanette and had just beaten Barry and Jackson...clearly Ryan doesn't rate him as a HW, perhaps he felt Jackson had somehow eliminated him
     
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  6. teeto

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    Langford just can't get a break, even now.

    Like i say, i'm not surprised on his comments on Gans, but it is interesting how he seems to ignore Langford, very actually. Do you have him p4p number one still?
     
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  7. McGrain

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    Yeah, I think Langford was best.
     
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  8. janitor

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    Not much really.

    If the curent heavyweight champ is a middleweight, then you are always going to feel a bit disalusioned with the state of the division, without disrespect to the fighter.

    Burns was a great pound for pound fighter but he was always going to look like a weak heavyweight cahmpion compared to Jeffries.
     
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    No.

    Burns was avaricious.

    Once he had made all the money he could beating white fringe contenders, he decided to cash out against a black dynamite fighter. If he won the fight it was merely a bonus.

    If McVea's manager had made the right offer before Johnsons, then we would be talking about the title reign of Sam McVea, and how it impacted on the sport.
     
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  10. Drew101

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    And that was the point that I was trying to make. Burns made no attempt to hide the fact that he was as much a businessman as he was a fighter and that didn't go over particularly well, especially given his barnstorming and the fact that he was succeeding Jefferies. Ryan may not have held a personal grudge against him, but I think that might be one reason why he labeled Burns' reign as a joke.
     
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  11. Drew101

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    Interesting that Ryan doesn't mention Driscoll, who was already developing a scary rep over in the UK by this time.
     
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  12. McGrain

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    Yeah, it's very much an American perspective, but a nice one for all that.
     
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  13. GPater11093

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    What a great thread, i was looking for this the other day.
     
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  14. Senya13

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    His injury was questionable, I recall. As for how many fights he had and how many KOs, unfortunately, nobody has taken the time to research him properly. I might do one day, perhaps.
     
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  15. burt bienstock

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    Abe Attell's part in the Black Sox baseball scandal has diminished his reputation in the ring very much...Fairly or unfairly...
     
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