Barney Ross, Toni Canzoneri and Jimmy McLarnin

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  1. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Funny,how the wheels turn.In the 1940s,when i was growing up, most all experts who saw
    the great fighters from the early 1900s til the Ray Robinson era, chose a Joe Walcott,
    Jack Britton, and Ted Kid Lewis as superior welterweights over Barney Ross,and Jimmy McLarnin. Were those writers wrong in their ratings ? I think not !
    We have no film of the great Jack Britton, but Ted Kid Lewis of England,aside from the
    Carpentier debacle, looks mighty impressive...