Would anyone include John L Sullivan in their Top Ten HW?

jackson was one of fitz's teachers.

sullivan was a much better version of goddard, see joe choynski's thoughts on that.

sullivan ruined kilrain, so slavin feasting on john l's leftovers is moot.

sullivan ducked the late 80's and early 90's contenders. they came to that point after sullivan's marked decline.

jackson has a great resume.

 

Buddy BAer has John L Sullivan in his top 10 in 1969 Ogden standard. sorry it is so hard to read with other articles mixed in.

Buddy Baer Names Jack Dempsey As Greatest Heavyweight Boxer Buddy Baer one of the honored guests of the Max Eaer Heart Fund program at Weber High School day evening today Jack Dempsey as the greatest heavyweight of all time He also picks Sonny Listen to be the next heavyweight champion of the world At Breakfast this morning at Finer Foods Cafe Buddy was asked to exclude his famous er Maxie and pick the 10 greatest heavyweight fighters of all time perhaps in late May My guess is the L A Sports Arena Buddy is loud in his praise of the Eagles lodges for establishing the Max Baer Heart Fund program Jack Dempsey heads the list by Last year the take was over a mile said Buddy There will said Buddy This year never be another fighter of the i the total may reach a national abilities of Dempsey He had ure Of million thing After Dempsey and not sarily in order I'd have to include Max Schmeling Joe Louis Gene Tunney Rock Marciano James J Corbett James J Jefferies John L Sullivan Jack Johnson and I'd put Floyd Patterson current NOTES ON A NAPKIN Buddy Baer made 39 TV grams in Germany a few months ago and also appeared in two tion pictures But for the man tour he would have had a fancy part in Bonanza He would pion in 10th place i have been cast as Hoss Incidentally I believe Patterson is the poorest heavyweight the sport I Buddy also entertained troops has ever had as a champion He's around the world for a fee been floored in every one of his i Per year getting only bare title battles expenses Like Ogden's Jackie Burke I came along 20 years too soon Gee Prior to his recent heart attack Buddy weighed 338 pounds He now balances the scales at 304 and hopes to get down to 275 During his boxing career his best fighting weight was 245 0 I still have motion picture and TV said likeable Buddy today I had a Health Store in Sacramento but disposed of it Buddy says his two toughest fights were with one of the greatest champions of all-time Joseph Louis Barrow I Buddy plans a national jaunt in j 1963 in the interest of the Max i Baer Heart Fund Strange as it may appear the writer and 1 Jack Dempsey appeared as liners in a Max Baer Heart Fund i program at Woodland Calif a year i ago The delegation greeting Baer at i the Sal Lake Airport Tuesday in- j I'd love to be in my prime now and Val Berkeley Murray President believe me I'd be a serious con- JACK DEMPSEY tender One of the most under rated heavyweights of all-time is Rocky Marciano who retired undefeated Red Wilson Stan Swanke Bud Kopp Gale Mathie Wood Marv Casteel Ken Thorpe Cub Bair Griffith Signs With Paret For Title Bout ROCKY WAS said Buddy He's now on a world wide refereeing tour He could punch and take a punch Getting around to the current poor crop of heavyweights Buddy If Sonny Listen and Floyd j YORK terson meet this year for the j savs tys title fight with weight diadem Listen will stop the welterweight champion Benny Kid champion Listen is a sensational j paret must be called a rubber puncher and Patterson goes down match because of the long stretch when hit Patterson in this one between the purses of champion won't be able to run or hide for j challenger 15 rounds I don't think this one will go 15 rounds one record The night Maxie in New York in round four Buddy lost a decision to Paret of Cuba gets a guarantee with the privilege of 40 per cent of all net receipts Joe Louis flattened his brother cording to contracts just signed for their title fight at Madison Square Garden March 24 Ford Smith of Montana Buddy j Griffith of New York and the picked up just under for islands receives only a this preliminary which wound up i guarantee with the privilege of 20 the program per cent Buddy in getting about That's a long long said i picked up the highest preliminary Griffith the pride of fee in all boxing New York's trade And Asked anent the proposed Gene it seems longer to me

 

Fighters were taking part in "legal" or "semi-legal" matches for over half a century before Sullivan appeared on the scene. There had been a lot of gloved fighting (both exhibition-like and serious boxing) in New York and other big cities for at least a couple of decades before John L., including by famous (back then, now forgotten though) names. That didn't make gloved boxing popular. I'm not sure it would have become popular for another decade or two if not for Sullivan.

 

WTF ?

 

I'd probably rate John L.Sullivan and Peter Jackson among the top 10 or top 15, possibly top 5.