What if Ring Magazine rankings had existed during Jack Johnsons career?

1933

1 Carnera – W Shaaf, Sharkey, Uzcuden
2 Jim Maloney – W Risko
3 Art Lasky – W Van Noy
4 Jack Van Noy – L Maloney, Laskey
5 Johnny Risko – W Sharkey & OthersL Van Noy
6 Tommy Loughran – W Sharkey & Others L Risko
7 King Levinskey – W Sharkey & others L Loughran, Risko
8 Jack Sharkey – L Carnera, Levinskey, Loughran
9 Max Baer – W Schmelling
10 Max Schmelling – L Max Baer
11 Ernie Schaaf – W Poreda, L Carnera, then died.
12 Jim Braddock – W Kennedy & Others
13 Dan McCorkindale W Perroni – L Levinskey & others (pre rank)
14 Patsy Perroni - W Risko, Gastinago L McCorkindale
15 Isidoro Gastinago – W Kennedy & others L Loughran, Perroni
16 Paul Cavalier – W Kennedy & others
17 Bob Olin – W Gainer
18 Al Gainer – L Olin
19 Sekyra – W Kennedy L Gainer & others
20 Lee Ramage – W Hunt, Christner, Winston, Birkie L Shucco (pre rank)
21 Unknown Winston – W Birkie & others L pre rank
22 Hans Birkie - W Braddock (pre rank) & others L Ramage, Winston
23 Babe Hunt – W Kennedy & others
24 Walter Neusal – W Kennedy, Poreda & others
25 Mickey Walker – W Kennedy
26 Les Kennedy – Braddock, Castonago, Cavaneir, Sekyra, Birke, Hunt, Neusal, Walker
27 Stanley Poreda – W Heeney L Schaaf, Kennedy, Neusal


As a bit of a side issue, it is quite interesting that we are in 1933 and the no2 ranked fighter is a Gene Tunney Victim and the number.

Les Kennedy was at one time a decent fighter, but Stanley Poreda’s loss to Kennedy may be the worst loss since I started doing these rankings despite the upset over Poreda, he lost a lot of fights! It is a little sad for me that guys like Stribling, Tuffy Griffiths and Larry Gains will lose their hard earned positions over this, but that is life I guess (and I am the only one probably taking much notice anyway). Still, it looks like it is the start of a big Braddock move into the rankings, so maybe it will not work out as bad as I think.

 

bump... Special mention to Jack Van Noy who finally helped me find the first part of this rankings thread for Rumsfeld (who himself probably wasnt that interested in it anyway).

 

Very interesting thread.