Rate best sub 175 men pre 1930.

Input respected.
Like Choynski but not that high. To me he was almost a game keeper. Only the very best beat him at his peak, 1890-1900 Corbett, Fitz, Maher, Sharkey, Jeffries(draw) etc, people zone in on his Johnson fight, in the greater scheme of things not a big fight. Johnson was learning his trade on the road and Joe was 3/4 years past his best.
A really concussive puncher, P4P great puncher, good boxer too but a bit chinny. misses my top 10 but a great fighter.
Burns I take on board, for a few years he really was something, dominating O'Brien, Jim Flynn and Hart-good stuff.

 

A dry run;

1-Langford
2-Tunney
3-Fitz
4-Greb
5-Loughran
6-Clarke
7 Burns,
8 Gibbons
9 Norfolk
10 Ketchel
11 Walker
12 Root,
13 McCoy
14 Dillon
15 Choynski
16 O'Brien
17 Ryan
18 Walcott
19 Carpentier
20 Levinsky
21 Miske
22 Gardner
23 Childs
24 Delaney
25 Stribling

 

Boilermaker, have you started drinking the contents of dem der barrells?

Jeff Clarke-bottom tier for you, re-evaluate please (and I'll do the same with Darcy).

Look at his first 150 or so fights that bring him up to 1915 when he was coming 30, losses only to Langford, Jeannette(avenged) Dixie Kid (who had his number) Wuest(avenged) and a Jack Reed(?)
He beat a slew of fighters some good, some great. Try Jim Johnson, Twin Sullivan, Maher, Jim Barry. Or try Norfolk, Levinsky, Luther McCarty, Jeanette, SAM LANGFORD and a draw with HARRY WILLS?