It would be impressive if he had won all those fights. However he lost all the Moore and Charles fights,lost both to Olson , both Machen fights, and lost to Marshall and Pastrano. E.G. Jack Johnson Sam McVey Luther McCarty Joe Gans Bob Fitzsimmons Kid Williams Hugo Kelly Peter Maher Bob Fitzsimmons Al Kaufman Dixie Kid Jack O Brien Dave Holly Joe Walcott Joe Grimm fought them all,and they all beat him.
Greb (Walker, Tunney, Flowers, Loughran) Robinson (LaMotta, Basilio, Gavilan, Graziano, Zivic) Ali (Frazier, Foreman, Liston, Patterson) Charles (Burley, Walcott, Moore, Louis) All of these guys deserve to rank up their based on who they beat.
Amen, and his victory over Patterson was a robbery. He has a lot of names on his resume but lost most of the time to most of them.
Jimmy McLarnin defeated 12 Hall of Famers*: Pancho Villa Fidel La Barba Lou Ambers Billy Petrolle Tony Canzoneri Barney Ross Kid Kaplan Jackie Fields Benny Leonard Young Corbett III Bud Taylor Sammy Mandell *You could also cheat and add a 13th, Ruby Goldstein, who's in the Hall as a referee.