Massive effort! My 1882 ratings for comparison; 1-Sullivan 2-Hadley 3-Godfrey 4-Kilrain 5-C C Smith 6-Grant 7-Mitchell 8-Cleary 9-McCaffrey...
Going by Quarry as a yardstick, I'd say he would be just below Machen, Moore, Patterson, Folley, Ingo etc and around Williams, Valdez level,...
How about Jeff Clarke? He defeated Battling Levinsky, Luther McCarty, Wuest, Langford, Norfolk , and Gunboat.He also drew with Wills, Jeannette,...
Firstly, a great list. I'm a fan of early fighters so I'd have Maher, Choynski, Root, McCoy, Burns and O'Brien in the mix. Certainly, I'd include...
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Hi, fella called MATT here...Choynski wasnt in my year-end rankings until 1890. I have never seen regular rankings pre Ring so I'd love to see the...
Burke and Donovan fought an exhibition when Burke first arrived in Australia so I don't know if you want to include it...
Great work! Thanks,
Miller beat Goss with blackened gloves, Ryan actully defeated Miller with the same equipment. Miller and Dwyre had several close glove battles,...
Miller was in-or-around the best in the World, circa 1880 but most of the fights he mentioned were exhibitions, the top guys sparred each other...
Well done, fair play. Maybe consider the top Aussies too, Foley, Miller especially.
I recall reading of a Jim Jeffords-Jim Jeffries somewhere too.Perhaps an amature fight.
I have slightly doubted that fight even.What did Pollock think?
Have never seen anything substantive.
