Year -End HW ratings pre-Ring Magazine.e

It is if there are no outstanding black contenders around.

You could argue that Jem Mace was prety rigourous in fighting the best available challengers, though politics scuppered a couple of key fights.

Sullivan was essentialy meeting the best challengers before he broke his arm.

The champions who took long sabaticals such as Corbett, Fitzsimmons and Willard generaly did fight the #1 man when they finaly fought.

I think that in general terms, the pre Louis era was characterised by higher quality defences less often.

 

Thinks Hank Griffin is a tad under rated in the 1890's

 

that's a great list, now lets go back to the 1700's.

 

How many years was Johnson?

 

Thanks for this Matt, although I dont see what Wells had done to merit a rating in 1911. He was really a novice then , plus he was bombed out by the ordinary Gunner Moir in Jan of that year.

 

Fred Storbeck's record going into the Commonwealth title fight was 1-0-0 The win over Hague was not really a British title fight because Hague had lost twice to Englishmen the previous year, to Nutty Curran, and Jewey Smith, but because the fights did not take place at the NSC they refused to recognize them ,typical autocratic bull**** on their part.

 

Petty Officer Curran was absolutely *******s.There's some good stuff on him in " The Great White Hopes", by Graeme Kent.