July 1886 2/7/86 Pat Killen (#10) beat James Daly by 3rd round KO. 4/7/86 Pat Killen (#10) beat Tom Donnelly by 2nd round KO. 5/7/86 Peter Nolan...
1886 January 1886 4/1/86 Patsy Cardiff (#9) drew with Jim Brady following an accidental injury in the 7th round. 6/1/86 Jack Burke (#2) beat...
Good spot, thanks. I've checked the newspapers and you are right - both Boxrec and CBZ list this in the wrong year.
July 1885 On 1st July 1885, George Fryer (#8) left America and returned to England, having failed to secure a match for the championship. 1/7/85...
1885 January 1885 9/1/85 Dominick McCaffrey (#3) fought a 3-round no-decision bout with Denny Kelliher. 12/1/85 George Godfrey (#9) fought a...
@mattdonnellon Thanks for your input, it’s helpful seeing how your rankings compare. Do you know whether Kilrain fought Greenfield in 1885? I can...
July 1884 3/7/84 Jake Kilrain (#3) drew with Jem Goode over 5 rounds. 3/7/84 Patsy Cardiff beat James McClarney for the Championship of Illinois....
1884 January 1884 In Jan, John L Sullivan (#1) beat Jeff Tomkins by 1st round KO. 10/1/84 McHenry Johnson beat Harry Woodson in 3 rounds. 12/1/84...
1883 January 1883 10/1/83 Charles Hadley (#7) beat Harry Woodson by 2nd round KO. 18/1/83 Charles Hadley (#7) drew with George Godfrey (#9) over...
In this thread I hope to make a decent attempt at ranking the top 10 heavyweights from 1882 onwards, tracking any movements. I obviously won't...
If rankings existed in those days, Sullivan’s list of fights against top 10 fighters is probably something like this: Dalton - Won Ryan - Won...
Just to add some information from a few year later: In October 1883, John L Sullivan was reported as follows: "Mike Gillespie, of Boston, says...
As I see it, Johnson entered the top 10 when he beat Joe Kennedy in March 1902. He reached #5 by the end of 1902, and beat Ed Martin and Sam McVea...
Thanks for doing this, it’s very interesting. A few points if you decide to do a third version: 1859 - Morrissey had retired by the end of the...
The following is from the New York Herald the following year, on 14th March 1877: Goss then spoke in an indignant way of the treatment he had...
