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...
Hi, I know they fought in 1870, and there are lots of sources for that fight. I’m interested in whether they fought again in 1876.
Cyber Boxing Zone lists Jem Mace as beating Tom Allen in 1876 in Virginia City, Nevada. Wikipedia also lists the bout on Jem Mace's page, as...
Cyber Boxing Zone has Jack Knifton's first fight as being in 1876, but you have him listed from 1874.
When did Goss stop being champion? Is Miller’s claim that he beat Goss for the title wrong because Goss didn’t hold the title when they fought,...
