Just did my 1910s list. I'll start to do more than 10 once we get to the 1930s. It's honestly incredible how much some of these guys just did a year let alone an entire decade. It makes making the lists for the early decades kinda overwhelming. Which is why I'm only doing 10. I couldn't tell you who was greater between the bantamweight trio of the 1910s to save my life. So I won't.
Less than a week for the 1910s deadline, which is March 12. The 1920s Deadline is March 26. Other deadlines coming soon.
Sorry i missed the first two rounds but here is my top ten of the 1910s 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
Will proceed to an ongoing list of the 1930's III. 1910s 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 IV. 1920s 1: Harry Greb 2: Tommy Loughran 3: Maxie Rosenbloom 4: Benny Leonard 5: Mickey Walker 6: Sammy Mandell 7: Tiger Flowers 8: Jimmy Slatttery 9: Dave Shade 10: Jack Delaney 11: Pete Latzo 12: Jimmy McLarnin 13: Jackie Fields 14: Joe Glick 15: Joe Dundee 16: Young Stribling 17: Kid Norfolk 18: Benny Bass 19: Mike McTigue 20: Gene Tunney 21: Fidel La Barba 22: "Bud" Taylor 23: Jack Dempsey 24: Pancho Villa 25: Len Harvey V. 1930s 1: Henry Armstrong 2: Tony Canzoneri 3: Maxie Rosenbloom 4: Lou Ambers 5: Joe Louis 6: Freddie Miller 7: Barney Ross 8: Jonh Henry Lewis 9: Fred Apostoli 10: Marcel Thil 11: Vince Dundee 12: Panama Al Brown 13: Freddie Steele 14: Teddy Yarosz 15: Battling Battalino 16: Kid Chocolate 17: Lou Brouillard 18: Jimmy McLarnin 19: Billy Patrolle 20: Tiger Jack Fox 21: Young Corbett III 22: Ceferino Garcia 23: Peter Kane 24: Fritzie Zivic 25: Benny Lynch VI. 1940s 1: Sugar Ray Robinson 2: Willie Pep 3: Ike Williams 4: Ezzard Charles 5: Holman Williams 6: Joe Louis 7: Jimmy Bivins 8: Archie Moore 9: Beau Jack 10: Chalky Wright 11: Charley Burley 12: Henry Armstrong 13: Sandy Saddler 14: Jake LaMotta 15: Bob Montgomery 16: Bert Lytell 17: Kid Gavilan 18: Manuel Ortiz 19: Lloyd Marshall 20: Tony Zale 21: Gus Lesnevich 22: Sammy Angott 23: Eddie Booker 24: Tami Mauriello 25: Fritzie Zivic VII. 1950s VIII. 1960s IX 1970s X. 1980s XI. 1990s XII. 2000s XIII. 2010s Peace
I like this list Noel. All of my top 7 appear in your top 8. 8 of your top 10 appear in mine. You have Wills at 9 & me at 12, so no big difference there. The only big difference is Jack Johnson, who was my #4 in the 1900's, doesn't appear in my 25. For me his 12-1-1 record, with only a few of those wins notable, wasn't enough. I think the 1910's was one of the strongest decades, possibly only 2nd to the 40's. The fact that Freddie Welsh, Johnny Kilbane, Pal Moore, Pete Herman, Kid Williams, Jack Dempsey nor Kid Norfolk appear in either of our top 10's, is testamount to this, imo.
Thanks Greg.I have to admit i am a big fan of Johnson and i get critcised many times for ranking him so highly and that i understand but i am happy with my choice.I pondered for many hours over this top 10 because as you rightly point out there are so many great fighters to consider
Me too. I rank Johnson #6 all time at HW & as mentioned had him #4 in the 1900's. It's just I feel it was that decade, rather than the 1910's, when he was at his best & where he did his best work. That's just my view, the important thing, of course, is that you're happy with your list, and like I say, it's a list I like. I particularly like your inclusions of McFarland & T. Gibbons. McFarland was 48-0-3 in the decade & was considered to be on the better end of at least one of those draws, vs Freddie Welsh. He beat my #5 all time WW Jack Britton x 2 & my #6 all time MW Mike Gibbons during the 1910's, as well as Jimmy Duffy, Matt Wells, the brilliant Owen Moran, Dick Hyland, Tommy Murphy x 3 and Young Erne x 2. Amazing record. Tommy Gibbons went 47-0-2 & beat Harry Greb (no less!), the 15lbs heavier Battling Levinsky, Billy Miske x 2, Willie Brennan, Buck Grouse, Gus Christie x 4, George Chip x 5, Clay Turner x 2 and Bob Moha. That really is an extradorinary record.
Take your time. The next deadline is March 26, and then it will be 2 a month going forward. That said (and this goes for everyone), it's NEVER too early to get in other decades that are a couple of months away. My guess is this will ultimately wrap in September.
2000’s: 1. Manny Pacquiao 2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 3. Bernard Hopkins 4. Shane Mosley 5. Erik Morales 6. Juan Manuel Marquez 7. Marco Antonio Barrera 8. Joe Calzaghe 9. Winky Wright 10. Rafael Marquez 2010’s: 1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 2. Andre Ward 3. Canelo Alvarez 4. Manny Pacquiao 5. Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez 6. Gennady Golovkin 7. Timothy Bradley 8. Oleksandr Usyk 9. Terence Crawford 10. Tyson Fury
1910s 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
Welcome to the forum. Did you consider including Harry Greb &/or Tommy Gibbons? I like your high rankings of McFarland & Wilde.
1920s Benny Leonard Harry Greb Tommy Loughran Jack Dempsey Mickey Walker Gene Tunney Jack Britton Poncho Villa Lew Tendler Harry Wills Johnny Dundee Louis “Kid” Kaplan Charles Bernard “Bud” Taylor Jimmy McLarnin
