From Boxrec; In April of 1885 "...W.R. Hardin the Sporting writer of New York asserts that the pugilists of the world stand in the following...
I didn't mention Pritchard at all, to me he's a 1890's guy and the point about a lot of them not been true heavyweight as we know it today is...
The reason I have stuck with gloves only is because an integrated approach has already been done to perfection on this forum and this definitive...
Burke is terribly underrated, his placing has little or nothing to do with fighting Sully, though he did better than most at the time. He had 5...
Excellent as always, I'd have Foley above Farnan at this point. Tom Allen didn't fight again after 1879 but actually didnt retire until 1883, he...
Yes, these two in a league of their own during the decade, no problem putting Jackson at number one. I went with Sullivan as from 1880 to 1887 he...
BTW Moses is not British,
You are bang on correct, Simon Lock influenced me a lot with that great thread and I indeed modified some of my opinions based on that.
This is a thread that attempts to unravel this period of heavyweight boxing. I hope to get educated by and also educate the very limited number of...
Great, informative piece of work!
Godfrey Wills Smith McTigue Maloney Dempsey
Max Schmeling
Id say yes, Ingo was a top, top puncher and took out several elite fighters.
Yes and Ed Smith and Fitz were not on the heavyweight radar at that time, Sullivan chose Corbett over Slavin but as with Goddard John L was...
