The Top Dozen fighters of the 1910's

If you want me to have Greb in then I have to dump Mike Gibbons, of those names above McGoorty was top notch yet Darcy knocked him out twice, Chip was top notch, Darcy knocked him out, Jeff Smith also top notch Darcy beat him once too, Miske is top notch. Levinsky may be his best wins... The others are not as good in my opinion, Bartfield and Brennan and Wiggins are not top rankers and Dillon is between the top notch and the Bartfields. I think up until 1919 Mike Gibbons had been more impressive... also I don't like have the same guy in two different decades and clearly Greb's biggest scalps are in the 20's... oh McTigue, he is not as good as Chip or McGoorty and is about as good as Dillon I think.

 

Jeanette was a great fighter and Greb I put in my 20's list and yet you want me to recognise No Decision bouts ?
Unlike in Griffo's era they had newspaper decisions in Greb's day, in Griffo's newspapers just told the facts with no kickbacks as a result.... sorry but I discount all the 6 rounders and 10 rounders... you need to do more than glance at boxrec which is run by some low people. Joe jeanette deserves to be remembered.

 

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Griffo was long retired and living as an alcoholic on the streets of New York.

 

My actual thoughts when tossing up greb and Jeanette was in a head to head fight and I went for the bigger man but I can include Greb at the expense of Mike Gibbons.

 

Yep legitimate questions but i cannot ignore the lower weight classes either, it can be argued that the best fighters were welterweights and below... we have Herman and Wilde and Welsh and McFarland.. all fantastic fighters and Kid Lewis and Britton are pure certainties. I think Jeanette was in his prime for half the decade. and Dempsey is in my 20's list as his big fights were there.

 

Do you want the same names in this decade and the 20's ??? here's an idea McVey, make your list and show it... I will respect whatever you have as your opinion.

 

Jeanette seems actually more impressive than Johnson at the time,