The best Hw's ever.

A lot of time is spent here ranking Hw's from different eras against each other but what I want to tap into is the vast knowledge here of many of the posters.
I propose we try and pick the best 30 in each 30 year span since the inception of gloved fighting a la Queensbury Rules. This would beak down as up to 1921, 1922 to 1951, 1952 to 1981, 1982 to date.
there are many expert posters here on these eras, the regulars here know who they are and also several enthusiastic new posters.
One rule only, we have to decide which period to place a fighter as he can only appear in one group but this doesn't matter much as we will be assessing them on their complete body of work.
I will list a rooster of the up to 1921 guys but anybody can feel free to add, subtract or criticize.

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and we can then argue the rankings.
1880's to 1921 roster;
Sullivan
Kilrain
Mitchell
Godfrey
McAulliffe
Slavin
Farnan
Goddard
Corbett
Choynsky
Jackson
Denver Ed Smith
Fitz
Maher
O'Donnell
Ruhlin
Sharkey
Jeffries
McCoy
Childs
Armstrong
Griffin
Root
Hart
O'Brien
Gardner
Burns
Hart
Johnson
Martin
McVea
Jeannette
Langford
Ross
Flynn
Kaufman
Clarke
Gunboat Smith
McCarthy
Morris
Willard
Coffey
Levinsky
Carpentier
Moran
Miske
Gibbons
Norfolk
Fulton
Brennan
Dempsey
Wills

I make that 51 that we have to cull to 30 and then hopefully rate. This list is off the top of my head and I guarantee that I missed a few notables.

 

Great, hopefully McVey, Boilerm, McGrain, Mendoza, etc take an interest.
And if the likes of Klompton, Suzie and others looked at their eras of expertise and new guys like Lufcrazy, old boys like Cross-trainer and a host of other knowledgeable boxing guys that can make this really worthwhile.

 

Go do the homework then!

 

Thanks Mac. I think we should not worry for now about the position of the top 5 or so, we have had enough Tyson, Lewis, Holy stuff and deffo enough Johnson, Jeff stuff.
Much more interesting to see how Hart rates with Maher or Gunboat, Firpo with Buddy Baer, Tommy Jackson with Ron Lyle, Moorer with Byrd etc. What do you think?
EG Jeffries, Johnson, Dempsey, all top five and then fill the best from Corbet, Jackson, Wills, Langford, Fitz or whoever?

 

Great stuff, lads. I'll get back to it when I'm not too busy.