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    Top 25 European fighters 1915-1940

    Near impossible to do this list but here is one nevertheless.


    1:Ted Kid Lewis
    232-45-25 ENGLAND
    2: Freddie Welsh
    121-29-17 WALES
    3: Jimmy Wilde
    139-4-0 WALES
    4: Jimmy McLarnin
    55-11-3 N. IRELAND
    5: Kid Williams
    160-30-12 DENMARK
    6: Jack Kid Berg
    157-26-9 ENGLAND
    7: Georges Carpentier
    88-16-6 FRANCE
    8: Eugene Criqui
    101-16-15 FRANCE
    9: Marcel Thil
    113-23-14 FRANCE
    10: Benny Lynch
    88-14-17 SCOTLAND
    11: Johnny Dundee
    200-74-45 ITALY
    12: Cleto Locatelli
    101-41-18 ITALY
    13: Benny Bass
    191-41-9 UKRAINE
    14: Max Schmeling
    56-10-4 GERMANY
    15: Kid Francis
    103-16-14 FRANCE/ITALY
    16: Pete Sanstol
    97-6-8 NORWAY
    17: Charles Ledoux
    100-30-6 FRANCE
    18: Mike McTigue
    109-45-14 REP.IRELAND
    19: Gustav Eder
    121-17-24 GERMANY
    20: Gustave Roth
    113-11-12 BELGIUM
    21: Jackie Brown
    107-24-9 ENGLAND
    22: Emile Pladner
    105-16-13 FRANCE
    23: Peter Kane
    89-8-2 ENGLAND
    24: Newsboy Brown
    68-13-10 RUSSIA
    25: Bep van Klaveren
    80-21-9 NETHERLANDS
    #2
    Kid Kaplan deserves a mention, pretty amazing line up of boxers though compared too some of the other lists.

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      #3
      Battlin Nelson who knocked out Joe Gans a few times?

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        #4
        Marcel Cerdan (1934-49) - 111-4 (65 KOs)

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          #5
          Originally posted by NChristo View Post
          Kid Kaplan deserves a mention, pretty amazing line up of boxers though compared too some of the other lists.
          Good shout, he was an oversight, i'll look into whether he should be on the list at a later date. Have I missed anyone else?

          Originally posted by LacedUp View Post
          Battlin Nelson who knocked out Joe Gans a few times?
          He'll be on the pre-1915 list.

          Originally posted by sonnyboyx2 View Post
          Marcel Cerdan (1934-49) - 111-4 (65 KOs)
          He was on my 1940-1965 list.

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            #6
            Cerdan was also the Welter & Middleweight European Champ.

            Skill wise was one of the best world wide at both weights.
            He is easily the most underated fighter, most fans don't even know who he was.
            Ray

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              #7
              Originally posted by Ray Corso View Post
              Cerdan was also the Welter & Middleweight European Champ.

              Skill wise was one of the best world wide at both weights.
              He is easily the most underated fighter, most fans don't even know who he was.
              Ray
              back in 1977 before VHS or DVD, i attended an "Evening of Boxing" which was hosted by British Promotor Micky Duff & his son. They played old 9mm & 16mm reel to reel fight-film of Marcel Cerdan, Joe Frazier, Bob Foster & Muhammad Ali. They showed around 8 to 10 fights of Cerdan, who looked incredible..

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                #8
                Originally posted by Humean View Post
                Near impossible to do this list but here is one nevertheless.


                1:Ted Kid Lewis
                232-45-25 ENGLAND
                2: Freddie Welsh
                121-29-17 WALES
                3: Jimmy Wilde
                139-4-0 WALES
                4: Jimmy McLarnin
                55-11-3 N. IRELAND
                5: Kid Williams
                160-30-12 DENMARK
                6: Jack Kid Berg
                157-26-9 ENGLAND
                7: Georges Carpentier
                88-16-6 FRANCE
                8: Eugene Criqui
                101-16-15 FRANCE
                9: Marcel Thil
                113-23-14 FRANCE
                10: Benny Lynch
                88-14-17 SCOTLAND
                11: Johnny Dundee
                200-74-45 ITALY
                12: Cleto Locatelli
                101-41-18 ITALY
                13: Benny Bass
                191-41-9 UKRAINE
                14: Max Schmeling
                56-10-4 GERMANY
                15: Kid Francis
                103-16-14 FRANCE/ITALY
                16: Pete Sanstol
                97-6-8 NORWAY
                17: Charles Ledoux
                100-30-6 FRANCE
                18: Mike McTigue
                109-45-14 REP.IRELAND
                19: Gustav Eder
                121-17-24 GERMANY
                20: Gustave Roth
                113-11-12 BELGIUM
                21: Jackie Brown
                107-24-9 ENGLAND
                22: Emile Pladner
                105-16-13 FRANCE
                23: Peter Kane
                89-8-2 ENGLAND
                24: Newsboy Brown
                68-13-10 RUSSIA
                25: Bep van Klaveren
                80-21-9 NETHERLANDS
                hey, nice list there sure you missed a couple of names but well done

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by LacedUp View Post
                  Battlin Nelson who knocked out Joe Gans a few times?
                  a bit before this time period but i must clear something up here, Nelson was a scandinavian but began fighting in the USA and stayed there and maybe Canada as well. Bat was a US citizen

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by McGoorty View Post
                    a bit before this time period but i must clear something up here, Nelson was a scandinavian but began fighting in the USA and stayed there and maybe Canada as well. Bat was a US citizen
                    and one of my all time favourite heroes of the ring, at least in my fave top ten. He was not a fighter for the faint of heart

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