Considered Greb, but thought his greatness was in the 1920s where I listed him #2 after Leonard. I would have placed Tommy Gibbons at 21, but stopped at 20, since I didn’t think he should be placed in the top 10 of that era. Everyone else I thought had a shot.
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. Greb went 147-9-15 in the 1910s. He ended the decade 73-0-3 as he was coming into his prime. He beat Battling Levinsky x 6 (including when outweighed 10-15lbs), Jeff Smith x 3 (including when outweighed by 9lbs), Jack Dillon x 2, Billy Miske (outweighed by 19lbs), Mike McTigue x 2, Mike Gibbons (1-1), Wille KO Brennan x 3, Buck Crouse, Gus Christie x 3, Willie Meehan x 2 (inlcuding when outweighed by 32.5lbs), Eddie McGoorty, Bob Moha x 3, Clay Turner x 5, Leo Houck x 3 & Bill Brennan x 4 (including when outweighed by 26lbs). It''s extraordinary dominance over a wide range of high quality fighters, he's #1 in the decade for me. Tommy Gibbons went 47-0-2 in the 1910s. He beat Greb, 15lbs heavier Battling Levinsky, Billy Miske x 2, Willie KO Brennan, Buck Crouse, Gus Christie x 4, George Chip x 5, Clay Turner x 2 and Bob Moha. I rank his record as the 4th greatest in the decade.
I agree Tommy Gibbons was an excellent fighter. But he kept beating the same people as you point out. As you know, George Chip was a middleweight and he kept beating him. He fought and kept beating Gus Christie four times, also a middleweight, who lost, I believe 17 times before losing to Gibbons. Gibbons had good wins, but never a champion. I realize that fighters fought much more often at the turn of the 20th century but some of his fights seem like padding his record. In any event, Tommy Gibbons was a tough and Hall Of Fame boxer. Of all the boxers during that ten year span in all weight divisions, I ranked Tommy Gibbons one spot below Mike Gibbons at 21. But I don’t think he was one of the top ten boxers during that decade.
1910’s 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
@Rumsfeld My 1910s list is done i'll post it here so you don't have to go looking for it because theres 12 pages in this thread. III. 1910s 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
1930s Joe Louis Henry Armstrong Barney Ross Tony Canzoneri Lou Ambers Maxie Rosenbloom Benny Lynch Panama Al Brown Kid Chocolate Max Baer Max Schmeling Sixto Escobar Billy Conn Jimmy McLarnin John Henry Lewis Freddie Miller Peter Kane Jackie Fields Jack Sharkey Al Holstack
1940s Sugar Ray Robinson Joe Louis Willie Pep Ezzard Charles Ike Williams Charley Burley Archie Moore Manuel Ortiz Sandy Saddler Billy Conn Jake LaMotta Jersey Joe Walcott Marcel Cerdan Bob Montgomery Joey Maxim Tony Zale Beau Jack Rocky Graziano Kid Gavilan
1920s 1 Gene Tunney 2 Harry Greb 3 Tommy Loughran 4 Benny Leonard 5 Mickey Walker 6 Jack Dempsey 7 Pancho Villa 8 Tommy Gibbons 9 Harry Wills 10 Young Stribling
1950s Sugar Ray Robinson Rocky Marciano Floyd Patterson Archie Moore Jersey Joe Walcott Laszlo Papp Pascual Perez Ezzard Charles Sandy Saddler Duilio Loi Kid Gavilan Sonny Liston Gene Fullmer Carmen Basilio Ingemar Johansson Alphonse Halimi Harold Johnson Eddie Machen Joey Maxim Carl “Bobo” Olsen Willie Pep Hogan “Kid” Bassey Joe Brown Davey Moore Joey Giambra
I'm gonna allow volunteers to keep working on 1910s list an extra week. Gonna try and get an Inoue-Fulton preview out before I get to this.
1960s Muhammad Ali Joe Frazier Carlos Ortiz Dick Tiger Sonny Liston Emile Griffith Eder Jofre Ruben Olivares Avila Vincente Salvidar Bob Foster Jose Napoles Luis Rodriguez Jose Torres Horacio Accavallo Ishmael Laguna Fighting Harada Joey Giardello Floyd Patterson Ingemar Johansson Mauro Mina Harold Johnson Benny “Kid” Paret Eddie Machen Doug Jones Denny Moyer
Thanks, but no need to worry. I comb through every post start to finish for every edition, which is my own fault entirely, because I originally was thinking of a single deadline. I'm sure this thing will be a few dozen pages longer by the time I reach the 1990s.
The following 10 lists have been logged for the 1910s. I have several more to get through yet, and am hoping to finish by Sunday night. If anyone makes any changes from the 10 I have already logged, please let me know. Thank you!! @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 @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 @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 @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 @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 @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 @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 @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 @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 @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
I believe I have 7 to go. I'll officially close the 1910s approximately 48 hours from this post. If anyone else wants to make submissions until that time, please feel free to do so. @McGrain