Heavyweight project for Heavyweight posters.

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  1. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    mattdonnellon, Feb 24, 2010
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  2. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    OK time to move on to 1910-34. We'll come back to the older era whwn we get a few more inputs and finalise it.
    1910 on has the black triumpet, Wills, Dempsey, Willard, Tunney, Sharkey, Schmeling, Godfrey, Baer and that pre Louis lot but I'D prefer if someone else listed the canidates for a top 25. It's a damn interesting period, Loughran, Miske, McCarthy, Greb, Carnera, Gunboat and the White Hopes. And the good light-heavys...and the ignored black like Gains and others... A list please gentlemen.
     
    mattdonnellon, Feb 24, 2010
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  3. Mendoza

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    I think their primes were from 1906-1915, so 1910 and up would make more sense.
     
    Mendoza, Feb 24, 2010
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  4. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mendoza look forward to your top 25 1910-34.
     
    mattdonnellon, Feb 24, 2010
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  5. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have Klondike at 23. He is now two times in it.
     
    bodhi, Feb 24, 2010
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  6. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    McCoy is an interesting name that isnt often talked about. It is interesting that Matt and Janitor both rate him so highly. Definitely worth another look.
     
    Boilermaker, Feb 24, 2010
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  7. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Doh!
    Good spot. Thanks I've edited it.
     
    mattdonnellon, Feb 25, 2010
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  8. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A list then but it's off the top of the head so please fill in my omissions;
    langford
    mcvey
    jeannette
    Jim Johnson
    Clarke
    Morris
    coffey
    palzar
    Gunboat
    McCarty
    Willard
    moran
    dillon
    PELKEY
    levinsky
    mcmahon
    cowler
    madden
    fulton
    carpentier
    miske
    greb
    brennan
    weinert
    gibbons
    tunney
    norfolk
    wills
    godfrey
    risko
    walker
    heeney
    maloney
    vonporat
    stribling
    sharkey
    uzcuden
    king levinsky
    schaaf
    renault
    baer
    sChneling
    carnera
    loughran
    rosenbloom
    fox
    braddock
    hamas
    neussel
    Jeez that's a lot of contenders and i KNOW I'VE MISSED A FEW!
     
    mattdonnellon, Feb 25, 2010
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  9. Rubber Warrior

    Rubber Warrior Resident ESB Soothsayer Full Member

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    I like video footage as opposed to biased newspaper reports and clippings before I start rating guys.....results aside. Know what I mean?
     
    Rubber Warrior, Feb 25, 2010
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  10. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Especially Jack Dempsey :lol:
     
    bodhi, Feb 25, 2010
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  11. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Schmeling
    Dempsey
    langford
    wills
    sharkey
    tunney
    baer
    carnera
    braddock
    Willard
    mcvey
    jeannette
    greb
    walker
    Gunboat
    godfrey
    neusel
    risko
    norfolk
    loughran
    uzcudun
    rosenbloom
    hamas
    stribling
    Firpo
     
    bodhi, Feb 25, 2010
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  12. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Grin! A mistake nonpareil.
     
    mattdonnellon, Feb 25, 2010
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  13. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Are they in order? if so very interesting.
     
    mattdonnellon, Feb 25, 2010
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  14. mattdonnellon

    mattdonnellon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1910-34
    1 dempsey
    2 tunney
    3 langford
    4 sharkey
    5 schmeling
    6 wills
    7 jeannette
    8 mcvey
    9 baer
    10 godfrey
    11 gunboat
    12 loughran
    13 willard
    14 greb
    15 gibbons
    16 mccarty
    17 miske
    18 norfolk
    19 clarke
    20 fulton
    21 moran
    22 firpo
    23 coffey
    24 hamas
    25 walker
    Hey someone must think some of these picks are shite...at least 50 other guys have claims to the last 5 places.
    Maybe we should move on to the more popular 1935-59, 60-84 or 85-09 before this thread dies a death?
     
    mattdonnellon, Feb 26, 2010
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  15. janitor

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    Art Lasky should probably be in there allong with Stanley Pored and Charlie Retzlaff.
     
    janitor, Feb 26, 2010
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