@Rumsfeld I'm gonna be gone from the forum after tomorrow for quite a long time. But early tomorrow I'll try and finish lists for you.
IV. 1920s @Rumsfeld 1. Jack Dempsey 2. Harry Greb 3. Gene Tunney 4. Tommy Loughran 5. Micky Walker 6. Tommy Gibbons 7. Benny Leonard 8. Battling Ski 9. Harry Wills 10. Jack Sharkey
Hasn't been 48 hours yet, hope I make it @Rumsfeld 1910s 1. Sam Langford 2. Tommy Gibbons 3. Harry Greb 4. Battling Levinsky 5. Fred Fulton 6. Jack Dillon 7. Jack Johnson 8. Gunboat Smith 9. Jimmy Wilde 10. George Carpentier
The 1910s Survey is officially closed. The following submissions have been logged. Thank you very much to all who volunteered! 18. SwappanDutta @SwappanDutta 1. Sam Langford 2. Tommy Gibbons 3. Harry Greb 4. Battling Levinsky 5. Fred Fulton 6. Jack Dillon 7. Jack Johnson 8. Gunboat Smith 9. Jimmy Wilde 10. George Carpentier 17. Del Boy @Del Boy 1. Jack Johnson 2. Harry Greb 3 Harry Wills 4. Tommy Gibbons 5. Battling Levinsky 6. Mike Gibbons 7. Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis 8. Sam Langford 9. Benny Leonard 10. Georges Carpantier 11. Jack Dillion 12. Johnny Kilbain 13. Packey McFarland 14. Jack Britton 15. Sam Mcvea 16. LXG @LXG Benny Leonard Packey McFarland Jimmy Wilde Sam Langford Jack Johnson Jack Dempsey Jack Britton Ted Kid Lewis Harry Wills Jeremiah “Joe” Jeannette Barney Lebrowitz (Battling Levinsky) Johnny Dundee Johnny Kilbane Les Darcy Sam McVey Freddie Welsh Georges Carpentier Eugene Criqui Pete Herman Mike Gibbons 15. Gui Dosnera @Gui Dosnera 1: Sam Langford 2: Harry Greb 3: Jack Britton 4: Ted Kid Lewis 5: Johnny Dundee 6:Benny Leonard 7: Jack Dillon 8: Battling Levinsky 9: Harry Wills 10:Freddie Welsh 11: Leo Hauck 12: Joe Jeanette 13: Packey McFarland 14: Mike Gibbons 15: Kid Norfolk 16: Billy Miske 17: Tommy Gibbons 18: Sam McVea 19: Lew Tendler 20: Mike O'Dowd 21: Jimmy Wilde 22: George Chip 23: Les Darcy 24: Johnny Kilbane 25: Ad Wolfgast 14. Noel857 @Noel857 1 Harry Greb 2 Sam Langford 3 Jack Johnson 4 Tommy Gibbons 5 Packey McFarland 6 Jimmy Wilde 7 Benny Leonard 8 Mike Gibbons 9 Harry Wills 10 Ted Kid Lewis 13. Lee Hyett @Lee Hyett 1) Les D'Arcy 2) Ted 'Kid' Lewis 3) Jimmy Wilde 4) Ad Wolgast 5) Jack Britton 6) Johnny Coulom 7) Jeff Smith 8) Johnny Kilbane 9) Abe Attell 10) Digger Stanley 12. Ih8ohio @Ih8ohio 1. Harry Greb 2. Jack Johnson 3. Jimmy Wilde 4. Sam Langford 5. Ted “Kid” Lewis 6. Packey McFarland 7. Freddie Welsh 8. Ad Wolgast 9. Johnny Kilbane 10. Mike Gibbons 11. DanTheBoxingFan69 @DanTheBoxingFan69 1) Jack Johnson 2) Harry Greb 3) Jimmy Wilde 4) Benny Leonard 5) Sam Langford 6) Packey McFarland 7) Jack Dillon 8) Harry Willis 9) Battling Levinsky 10) Tommy Gibbons 10. Gudetama @Gudetama 1. S Langford 2. H Greb 3. B Leonard 4. J Wilde 5. P Mcfarland 6. J Britton 7. Kid Lewis 8. J Johnson 9. T Gibbons 10. J Dempsey 11. H Wills 12. F Welsh 13. P Herman 14. M Gibbons 15. J Dillon 16. J Kilbane 17. Battling Levinsky 18. Kid Norfolk 19. J Jeanette 20. S Mcvey 21. L Tendler 22. J Dundee 23. Kid Williams 24. L Darcy 25. G Carpentier 9. BoxingFanOfIranianDescent @BoxingFanOfIranianDescent 1. Sam Langford 2. Jimmy Wilde 3. Jack Johnson 4. Tommy Gibbons 5. Mike Gibbons 6. Battling Levensky 7. Packey McFarland 8. Billy Miske 9. Jack Dempsey 10. Stanley Ketchel 8. Joe Grantham @Joe Grantham 1. Jack Johnson 2. Sam Langford 3. Benny Leonard 4. Jimmy Wild 5. Harry Wills 6. Harry Greb 7. Packey McFarland 8. Jack Britton 9. Johnny Dundee 10. Billy Miske 7. Jason Thomas @Jason Thomas 1---Sam Langford 2---Jimmy Wilde 3---Mike Gibbons 4---Jack Dillon 5---Johnny Kilbane 6---Jack Britton 7---Mike O'Dowd 8---Kid Norfolk 9---Frank Klaus 10-Joe Jeannette 6. White Bomber @White Bomber 1. Harry Greb 2. Jack Johnson 3. Sam Langford 4. Jimmy Wilde 5. Benny Leonard 6. Mike Gibbons 7. Harry Wills 8. Ted Kid Lewis 9. Freddie Welsh 10. Jack Dempsey 5. mattdonnellon @mattdonnellon 1-Benny Leonard 2-Harry Greb 3-Jimmy Wilde 4-Sam Langford 5-Harry Wills 6-Jack Dempsey 7-Sam McVea 8-Joe Jeannette 9-Kid Norfolk 10-Jack Johnson 11-Tommy Gibbons 12-Packey McFarland 13-Jeff Clarke 14-Jess Willard 15-Luther McCarty 16-Gunboat Smith 17-Jack-Dillon 18-Georges Carpentier 19-Battling Levinsky 20-Freddie Welsh 21-Jack Britton 22-Ted Lewis 23-Johnny Kilbane 24-Pete Herman 25-Billy Miske 4. Greg Price99 @Greg Price99 1. Harry Greb 2. Sam Langford 3. Jimmy Wilde 4. Tommy Gibbons 5. Packey McFarland 6. Benny Leonard 7. Mike Gibbons 8. Jack Britton 9. Jack Dillon 10. Ted Kid Lewis 11. Freddie Welsh 12. Harry Wills 13. Johnny Kilbane 14. Philadelphia Pal Moore 15. Pete Herman 16. Kid Williams 17. Jack Dempsey 18. Kid Norfolk 19. Billy Miske 20. Lockport Jimmy Duffy 21. Johnny Dundee 22. Lew Tendler 23. Jeff Clark 24. Joe Lynch 25. Johnny Coulon 3. Rubber Glove Sandwich @Rubber Glove Sandwich 1. Harry Greb 2. Sam Langford 3. Tommy Gibbons 4. Packey McFarland 5. Jimmy Wilde 6. Benny Leonard 7. Jack Britton 8. Mike Gibbons 9. Ted Kid Lewis 10. Freddie Welsh 2. Dynamicpuncher @Dynamicpuncher 1. Harry Greb 2. Jimmy Wilde 3. Sam Langford 4. Tommy Gibbons 5. Packey McFarland 6. Mike Gibbons 7. Benny Leonard 8. Jack Dillon 9. Harry Wills 10. Johnny Kilbane 1. Austinboxing @Austinboxing 1. Jimmy Wilde 2. Jack Johnson 3. Tommy Gibbons 4. Jack Britton 5. Harry Wills 6. Battling Levensky 7. Benny Leonard 8. Jonny Dundee 9. Jack Dillon 10. Sam Langford
BTW, it's still going to take me a couple of days to get through the 1910s results. But for what it's worth, I definitely think this one is the most thought-provoking to date.
Spoiler alert, and something I found particularly interesting. No one inside the Top 10 appeared unanimously on all 18 lists. Most in the Top 10 only appeared on 12 or 13 lists out of 18. And on a related note, that's giving me a lot of faith in my scoring system (which has been revised since the first Surveys back in 2020, in hopes of helping to balance out peculiar things, whether it be an odd omission, oversight, and various other anamolies). But yes, the 1910s has far less consensus in the Top 10 when compared to the 1890s and 1900s.
There's some very strange stuff going on in this one. Not "bad", and I am in no way meaning to sound critical of ANY of the participants. But I've done enough of these that my inner math dork is utterly fascinated by the unusual numbers behind the results (which I think are solid - what a bad ass decade!)
I'm glad you've posted this. I've seen some lists and thought "how the hell have you excluded.......?" or "he only had 2% (not a genuine example) of his career fights in this decade, how can his record be one of the 10 best in that decade?". I suspect some of the strange stuff you refer to, is partially explicable by differing degrees to which posters have applied the criteria, of only fights from the decade in question contributing towards a fighters ranking in that decade.
It's a strong era. I think that, combined with the fact that we have more participants, and more general diversity of opinion - it has me utterly fascinated! Now I'm even more curious to see how these progress into the 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond.
1920s deadline fastly approaching. Officially about 46 hours left, but I may stretch that an extra 48. But still, sooner is better. Get your 1920s lists in!!