Where does Jim Corbett rank as a HW ATG

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  1. andrewa1

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    Gonna try to make this the last day for the HW ATG polls. I have Corbett at #17. He beat the first world HW champ in any real sense, JL Sullivan, so has an ATG win. He introduced a level of science and professionalism into the HW Championship that had never existed before. He beat the best of the era before hand as well.

    He wasn't a dominant champ in that he only successfully defended it once or twice, and lost to plenty of others. And, being a fighter from the late 1800's, early 1900's, he wouldn't hold up well H2H. But his in era accomplishments and historical impact put him firmly in my top 25.