1910-19
1 Dempsey
2 langford
2 mcvey
4 willard
5 norfolk
6 clarke
7 mccarty
8 g.smith
9 miske
10 dillon
11 moran
12 fulton
13 carpentier
14 levinsky
15 b.j.johnson
16 palzar
17 coffey
18 morris
19 wells
20 P.Flynn
1920-29
1 tunney
2 wills
2 godfrey
4 sharkey
5 gibbons
6 greb
7 loughran
8 firpo
9 gains
10 stribling
11 brennan
12 griffiths
13 uzcuden
14 weinert
15 heeney
16 renault
17 risko
18 maloney
19 Delaney
20 VonPorat
1930-39
1 schmeling
2 m.baer
2 braddock
4 carnera
5 pastor
6 farr
7 schaaf
8 hamas
9 walker
10 rosenbloom
11 lewis
12 nova
13 galento
14 neussel
15 fox
16 retzlaff
17 poreda
18 lasky
19 mann
20 ettore
Top 20 HW's by Decade. (1910-1939)
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dempseyfire
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Joe who? (Grin)
Sorry this is part 2. Part 1 had the following intro which probably should have accompanied this part also.
"I am in the process of rating the top 200 Heavyweights of alltime, a daunting task. The methodology I am applying is to rate the top 20 for each decade, a total of 260 boxers and then use this template to do up the 200."
I intend to post my ratings for the decades in four parts as the total would be too big a post for forum readers to absorb in a short span of time and offer their criticisms and opinions.
NB A fighter is rated in only one decade, the one in which IMO he did his best work. Sometimes this can be arbitary, think Jeffries, Louis, Doughlas for example but in the final shake-up it wont matter.
NB2! While I have rated the men by decade I'm rating them on them on their career body of work.
The main criteria is career accomplishments, not potential or peak performance. Head to head comes into play only when I find it hard to split two fighters and I'm sure the biggest factor is my own biases and lack of knowledge.
I'm comfortable eneough with Dillon and Clarkes rating. Clarke beat or held even Wills, McVey, Jeannette, Langford, Norfolk, McCarthy and a lot of other useful guys. Dillion was allmost unbeatable for a period and handed the likes of Cowler and Moran hammerings at their best.
Levinsky, Miske, Smith, Weinert, Flynn are others he met and matched. Fulton was in and out and had a short though impressive peak.
Sorry this is part 2. Part 1 had the following intro which probably should have accompanied this part also.
"I am in the process of rating the top 200 Heavyweights of alltime, a daunting task. The methodology I am applying is to rate the top 20 for each decade, a total of 260 boxers and then use this template to do up the 200."
I intend to post my ratings for the decades in four parts as the total would be too big a post for forum readers to absorb in a short span of time and offer their criticisms and opinions.
NB A fighter is rated in only one decade, the one in which IMO he did his best work. Sometimes this can be arbitary, think Jeffries, Louis, Doughlas for example but in the final shake-up it wont matter.
NB2! While I have rated the men by decade I'm rating them on them on their career body of work.
The main criteria is career accomplishments, not potential or peak performance. Head to head comes into play only when I find it hard to split two fighters and I'm sure the biggest factor is my own biases and lack of knowledge.
I'm comfortable eneough with Dillon and Clarkes rating. Clarke beat or held even Wills, McVey, Jeannette, Langford, Norfolk, McCarthy and a lot of other useful guys. Dillion was allmost unbeatable for a period and handed the likes of Cowler and Moran hammerings at their best.
Levinsky, Miske, Smith, Weinert, Flynn are others he met and matched. Fulton was in and out and had a short though impressive peak.