Top 35 Best Bare-Knuckle Boxers Ever

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  1. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I wonder how much vodka one needs to drink to make a list like this? I seriously doubt the author of the list knew anything about some of the boxers on the list, except their name and results of fights. Not to mention that many names are listed twice.

    Top 25 Best Bare-Knuckle Boxers Ever

    1. Simon Byrne - Ireland
    2. Ben Caunt - England
    3. Tom Cribb - England
    4. Lenny McLean - England
    5. Daniel Mendoza - England
    6. Tom Molineaux - US
    7. Tom Sayers - England
    8. Roy Shaw - England
    9. John L. Sullivan (first heavyweight champion) - US
    10. William 'Bendigo' Thompson - England
    11. Bartley Gorman - England/Ireland
    12. "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey - United States
    13. Jack McAuliffe - United States
    14. Barney Aaron - United States
    15. Abe Hicken - United States
    16. Sam Collyer - United States
    17. Caleb Baldwin - England
    18. Dutch Sam - England
    19. Jack Randall - England
    20. Dick Curtis - England
    21. “Young” Dutch Sam - England
    22. Jack Hannan - England
    23. Johnny Broome - England
    24. Jonny Walker - England
    25. Bob Travers - England
    26. Johnny Moneghan - United States
    27. James Hart - United States
    28. Johnny Moneghan - United States
    29. Barney Aaron - United States
    30. Patrick “Scotty” Brannigan - United States
    31. Owney Geoghegan - United States
    32. Sam Collyer - United States
    33. Billy Edwards - United States
    34. Arthur Chambers - United States
    35. Charley Norton - United States
     
    Senya13, Apr 22, 2008
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  2. mcvey

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    I should think two bottles at least.There are 8 or 9 on there Ive never heard of.
     
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  3. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't think there are more than several people in the world who have seen fight reports of Sam Collyer, John Monoghan, Jim Hart, 'Scotty' or Owen Geogegan.
     
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  4. joe33

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  5. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No Hen Pearce??? He is top ten imo. The Rocky Marciano of his era. With the unbeating 7-0 record to boot.
     
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  6. Russell

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    I think I've heard of like five of these guys.
     
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  7. radianttwilight

    radianttwilight Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No Jem Mace?

    * waits for Janitor *
     
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  8. janitor

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    Having guys like McLean and Shaw on the list is absurd. Those guys are nothing more than overhyped bar brawlers, not necisarily verry good ones. Stonehands would knock them both over with one sweep of his arm.

    To suggest that they should be ranked among men like Cribb and Mendoza who were champions of their eras is more than a stretch.
     
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  9. janitor

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    Mace would be a prety good pick for the best pound for pound bareknuckle boxer of all time.

    He cleaned house from middleweight to heavyweight and unified the British and American titles effectivley becoming the first world champion.

    He also did more to develop moderm boxing technique than any man since Daniel Mendoza.
     
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  10. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mace had some shameful moments in his career to be P4P best. I'd pick Dutch Sam as #1.
     
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  11. dalek

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    couldn't see spring,belcher,king or heenan either.too many modern guys lacking in proper credentials.
     
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  12. Ted Spoon

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    Daniel Mendoza, 'Dutch' Sam, Jem Belcher, Tom Sayers and Jem Mace were p4p Bare Knuckle fighters.

    Jem Belcher, Hen' Pearce and Tom Cribb should be riding at the top of a heavyweight list.
     
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  13. Russell

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    Like?
     
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  14. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is the worst list I have seen. No Figg, Broughton, Brain, Belcher, Pearce, or Spring? Yikes. Cribb deserves his high rating and should also rate ahead of Byrne and Caunt. He is not a bad pick for number one. Sullivan also should move up a few notches.
     
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  15. McGrain

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    I should be on there.
     
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