Works for me: https://web.archive.org/web/20210127155137/https://www.hugmansworldchampionshipboxing.com/heavy
Beat Walcott in June 1949, when Walcott was Ring #1 and the title was vacant following Louis' retirement in March 1949. Beat Louis in September...
1880 - What had Elliott done with the gloves to be ranked? All I know is that he was outclassed by Ryan in 1878 in an exhibition, and then lost...
One of Harding’s books: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t1vd7pd08&seq=1
In August 1880, Alf Greenfield deposited £100 at the Sporting Life office and challenged any man in the world to fight him for between £600 and...
On 26th February 1880, Alf Greenfield fought Jim Stewart in a gloved contest under Queensbury rules for a £200 cup. Stewart was described as the...
The Minneapolis journal January 10, 1903: "During the eighties existed a boxing school taught by one of the best masters of ring craft the...
Sporting Life lists him as 27 in April 1884, putting his birth date somewhere between May 1856 and April 1857.
Thanks for the list Matt. I think Bill Farnan has to be in this list, he beat Jackson twice in 1884 and was being spoken of as a potential...
Hi guys, still here. Not really looked at this in a while, but here’s an attempt at a ranking to start the decade, at the end of 1879: 1) John...
Yes he was, and it’s clear if you read anything from late 2023 that most considered him to be part of the top 10. I’ve spent a lot of time...
Yes, Wallin was ranked in the top 10 between the Gassiev and Joshua fights by Ring, TBRB, ESPN, Boxrec, BadLeftHook, WBC, IBF and WBO. He was...
Jake Paul vs Joshua Itauma vs Zhang Any combination of Usyk / Parker / Kabayel / Fury Dubois vs Wardley
Yes, technically. But in reality he became the man by beating Fury, and he hasn’t stopped being the man since.
I think it’s an interesting exercise, and I’m glad he’s doing it. Nobody is arguing that AJ is #1 at the moment. However, it is true to say that...
