Where can you find the old NBA ratings for the 30s and up?

Good question. Some of the "Old Guys" in the Classic Forum, may
have actually been on the NBA Rating Committee.

 

Early 30's Quarterly rankings here:
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association's_Quarterly_Ratings:_1932

 

Man, I'd love it if they could populate the rest of those years.

 

I tried adding a year once, but some of the fighters ranked in the lower weights I'd never heard of and couldn't find on boxrec. I got discouraged.

 

If it was Mexican fighters then it is understandable, because so many went simply by their nicknames. If you knew their full name it would help. Such as Lorenzo Gutierrez never fought under that name. He fought as 'Halimi' Gutierrez, but boxrec has his record under Lorenzo. I once was looking for info on a Mexican fighter named Diablito Campos and their was no record. I discovered from an old mag that his first name was Augustin. I informed boxrec and suddenly 30 fights populated his record. i even found a fighter who had 3 different records with 2 variations to his first name and also a nickname. Again, i informed them and today it is melded together. It is not only Mexicans however, Valentin Galeano, a world class bantam out of Paraguay has his record under boxrec under his nickname Kid Pascualito and Filipino bantam Fernando Cabanela has had fights under that name and Fernando Lumacad (whichever was the real name). My God, you could write an article on this subject.

 

Rt...that is why I said "early 30's". Somehow we will have to get back in some archived documents of the newspapers and/or mags in those eras to piece it all together.

 

After this put it back in my mind, I went back to my 1936 ratings and managed to fill in the gaps. The only real question mark is 5th ranked flyweight Bob McGee, who I've assumed is the same as the Bobby McGhee (aka Magee) who was ranked by the Ring at flyweight back in 1934. Two issues with that. Firstly the link from the Ring ratings to Bobby McGhee leads to an empty page. Secondly it's hard to see how Bobby Magee was a top 10 flyweight in 1936.

I've gone ahead and uploaded it anyway. Alternative theories on Bob McGee's identity gratefully received!

 

Did the Police Gazette ever have their own ratings?

 

I would say you are spot on that that is Bobby Magee. It may be hard to figure why he was rated, but then again the flys back then were flooded with British flys and he fought so often against them that we may be missing something that was a standout at the time. But good job, man.