Timeline of the premiere WW in the world.

another update to my timeline.

I've include YPJ because the use of the word catchweight, for them times, implies it would have been slightly over the limit.

I'm still happy with Langford and Gans claims in Walcott's absence.

Leonard has a small window where it seems he was beating the best WW's in the world but by and large that era is split between britton and lewis.

Lazto was a terrible champ and dundee soon usurps his claim, then legitimises his own by defeating lazto himself.

Dundee was another **** champion getting kncoked out to thompson in another "catchweight" fight. Thomspon immediately loses to Fields who shortly after loses to Corbett 3. In the meantime Brouillard picks up a belt but I don't think he was ever as good as Corbett 3 was.

The lineage is pretty solid then until Zivic beats armstrong until he starts losing in more "catchweight" fights (and people complain about catchweights today! it seems champions of yester year fought in nothing but bloody catchweights!

Anyways it might seem early for some but Robinson from 41 onwards seems the absolute elite WW out there (barring his loss to kid gavilan) for the next decade.

I never expected this division to deviate so much from the traditional lineage but all these catchweight losses completely undermine a champions claim imo.

p.s. I have no idea what a laphroig man is?

 

atsch for some reason I thought it was an abbreviation of the term sam-langford-roid

sipping whiskey I'm strictly teacher's atm.

When I go out i'll drink anything they serve.

 

yeah teacher's is by faaaaaarrrrrrrrrr the best cost-quality ratio out there atm.

 

You pissed?

 

Cool. Anyways i'm smashing some fifa now, done enough welterweight history for the night

 

No, I decide who has the best claim in times like that.

 

Numerous factors: who's beat better men; who performs better; has one beat the other etc.

I'll decide when I get to the 70's :good