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Considered Greb, but thought his greatness was in the 1920s where I listed him #2 after Leonard. I would have placed Tommy Gibbons at 21, but stopped at 20, since I didn’t think he should be placed in the top 10 of that era. Everyone else I thought had a shot.

 

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.

Greb went 147-9-15 in the 1910s. He ended the decade 73-0-3 as he was coming into his prime. He beat Battling Levinsky x 6 (including when outweighed 10-15lbs), Jeff Smith x 3 (including when outweighed by 9lbs), Jack Dillon x 2, Billy Miske (outweighed by 19lbs), Mike McTigue x 2, Mike Gibbons (1-1), Wille KO Brennan x 3, Buck Crouse, Gus Christie x 3, Willie Meehan x 2 (inlcuding when outweighed by 32.5lbs), Eddie McGoorty, Bob Moha x 3, Clay Turner x 5, Leo Houck x 3 & Bill Brennan x 4 (including when outweighed by 26lbs). It''s extraordinary dominance over a wide range of high quality fighters, he's #1 in the decade for me.

Tommy Gibbons went 47-0-2 in the 1910s. He beat Greb, 15lbs heavier Battling Levinsky, Billy Miske x 2, Willie KO Brennan, Buck Crouse, Gus Christie x 4, George Chip x 5, Clay Turner x 2 and Bob Moha. I rank his record as the 4th greatest in the decade.

 

I agree Tommy Gibbons was an excellent fighter. But he kept beating the same people as you point out. As you know, George Chip was a middleweight and he kept beating him. He fought and kept beating Gus Christie four times, also a middleweight, who lost, I believe 17 times before losing to Gibbons. Gibbons had good wins, but never a champion. I realize that fighters fought much more often at the turn of the 20th century but some of his fights seem like padding his record. In any event, Tommy Gibbons was a tough and Hall Of Fame boxer. Of all the boxers during that ten year span in all weight divisions, I ranked Tommy Gibbons one spot below Mike Gibbons at 21. But I don’t think he was one of the top ten boxers during that decade.

 

1910’s

1. Jack Johnson
2. Harry Greb
3 Harry Wills
4. Tommy Gibbons
5. Battling Levinsky
6. Mike Gibbons
7. Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis
8. Sam Langford
9. Benny Leonard
10. Georges Carpantier
11. Jack Dillion
12. Johnny Kilbain
13. Packey McFarland
14. Jack Britton
15. Sam Mcvea

 

@Rumsfeld My 1910s list is done i'll post it here so you don't have to go looking for it because theres 12 pages in this thread.

III. 1910s
1. Harry Greb
2. Jimmy Wilde
3. Sam Langford
4. Tommy Gibbons
5. Packey McFarland
6. Mike Gibbons
7. Benny Leonard
8. Jack Dillon
9. Harry Wills
10. Johnny Kilbane

 

1930s

1. Joe Louis
2. Henry Armstrong
3. Barney Ross
4. Tony Canzoneri
5. Lou Ambers
6. Maxie Rosenbloom
7. Benny Lynch
8. Panama Al Brown
9. Kid Chocolate
10. Max Baer
11. Max Schmeling
12. Sixto Escobar
13. Billy Conn
14. Jimmy McLarnin
15. John Henry Lewis
16. Freddie Miller
17. Peter Kane
18. Jackie Fields
19. Jack Sharkey
20. Al Holstack

 

1940s

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Joe Louis
3. Willie Pep
4. Ezzard Charles
5. Ike Williams
6. Charley Burley
7. Archie Moore
8. Manuel Ortiz
9. Sandy Saddler
10. Billy Conn
11. Jake LaMotta
12. Jersey Joe Walcott
13. Marcel Cerdan
14. Bob Montgomery
15. Joey Maxim
16. Tony Zale
17. Beau Jack
18. Rocky Graziano
19. Kid Gavilan

 

1920s
1 Gene Tunney
2 Harry Greb
3 Tommy Loughran
4 Benny Leonard
5 Mickey Walker
6 Jack Dempsey
7 Pancho Villa
8 Tommy Gibbons
9 Harry Wills
10 Young Stribling

 

1950s

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Rocky Marciano
3. Floyd Patterson
4. Archie Moore
5. Jersey Joe Walcott
6. Laszlo Papp
7. Pascual Perez
8. Ezzard Charles
9. Sandy Saddler
10. Duilio Loi
11. Kid Gavilan
12. Sonny Liston
13. Gene Fullmer
14. Carmen Basilio
15. Ingemar Johansson
16. Alphonse Halimi
17. Harold Johnson
18. Eddie Machen
19. Joey Maxim
20. Carl “Bobo” Olsen
21. Willie Pep
22. Hogan “Kid” Bassey
23. Joe Brown
24. Davey Moore
25. Joey Giambra

 

1960s

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Frazier
3. Carlos Ortiz
4. Dick Tiger
5. Sonny Liston
6. Emile Griffith
7. Eder Jofre
8. Ruben Olivares Avila
9. Vincente Salvidar
10. Bob Foster
11. Jose Napoles
12. Luis Rodriguez
13. Jose Torres
14. Horacio Accavallo
15. Ishmael Laguna
16. Fighting Harada
17. Joey Giardello
18. Floyd Patterson
19. Ingemar Johansson
20. Mauro Mina
21. Harold Johnson
22. Benny “Kid” Paret
23. Eddie Machen
24. Doug Jones
25. Denny Moyer