Philly top 25...

[bennie]

1-Joe Frazier
2-Tommy Loughran
3-Harold Johnson
4-Jack Blackburn
5-Ike Williams
6-Sonny Liston
7-Midget Wolgast
8-Benny Bass
9-Joey Giardello
10-Jeff Chandler
11-Jack O'Brien
12-Lew Tendler
13-Bob Montgomery
14-George Godfrey
15-Tyrone Everett
16-Matthew Saad Muhammad
17-Battling Levinsky
18-Georgie Benton
19-Bernard Hopkins
20-Bennie Briscoe
21-Meldrick Taylor
22-Harry Lewis
23-Gil Turner
24-Percy Bassett
25-Gypsy Joe Harris

[silkov]

Nice thread, I ve always been intrigued by Philly fighters. I think Richie Kates was based in philly too... he certainly had a lot of fights in Philly.
He was in two of my favourite fights, his first bout with Victor Galindez and his fight with the great Saad.
Benny Bass was a great little fighter who was born in Russia, his fight with Tony Canzoneri for the Featherweight title was a classic with Bass breaking his collarbone early in the fight but carrying on to lose on points (and the title).
Midget Wolgast was a great character who was a playboy out of the ring and at one time 'was freindly' with Mae West.
Personally I'd have rated Saad a bit higher (top 10 at least) but thats just personal nit-picking on my part.... Saad is one of my all-time favourite fighters.

[silkov]

Just realised you left out Frank Fletcher.... the great 'Animal'.... surely one of the most exciting and savage fighters I ve ever seen!...... a fight between the 'animal' and Hagler would have been something to see when Fletcher was at his peak........ I honestly think Fletcher would have troubled Hagler with his non-stop aggression and desire.... The Fletcher who lost to Roldon and Mugubi was in my opinion burnt out by all the wars he'd had in such a short space of time.

[Ali Shill]

1-Joe Frazier
2-Tommy Loughran
3-Harold Johnson
4-Jack Blackburn
5-Ike Williams
6-Sonny Liston
7-Midget Wolgast
8-Benny Bass
9-Joey Giardello
10-Jeff Chandler
11-Jack O'Brien
12-Lew Tendler
13-Bob Montgomery
14-George Godfrey
15-Tyrone Everett
16-Matthew Saad Muhammad
17-Battling Levinsky
18-Georgie Benton
19-Bernard Hopkins
20-Bennie Briscoe
21-Meldrick Taylor
22-Harry Lewis
23-Gil Turner
24-Percy Bassett
25-Gypsy Joe Harris

If you are lifting somebody else's list, then at least credit them with it.

This list is from historian Chuck Hasson.

He co-wrote an excellent book on Philadelphia Boxing, "Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage 1876-1976".

Shill, toilet, garbage, mantra, Farhood, low mentality, modern media myth.

[Sweet Scientist]

Shill, toilet, garbage, mantra, Farhood, low mentality, modern media myth.

'Nice eye' on the Hasson book...

but...the last line sounds like Terap with Tourette Syndrome...

[Dave1armedTua]

Well, they let racists like you stick around, so I doubt they will do anything to anyone else.

[Sweet Scientist]

Sweet posts his drivel--and now he has an ally in trashing this site.

The moderators have no concern about the trash this site has tuned into.

This is not "drivel"????