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    Part 2 - 100 ATG List - Golden Age Era

    We now proceed with the Golden Age of Boxing. This started in 1920s wherein boxers would no longer have to slug it out for 30, 40, or 50 rounds. This Era celebrates boxers as Rockstars having been the greatest athletes in the world. TV is not yet mainstream and everyone will either to go the fight or tune in to their radios.

    Here is the list:

    01. Sugar Ray Robinson 1940
    02. Ezzard Charles 1940
    03. Henry Armstrong 1931
    04. Archie Moore 1935
    05. Willie Pep 1940
    06. Joe Louis 1934
    07. Barney Ross 1929
    08. Tony Canzoneri 1925
    09. Sandy Saddler 1944
    10. Jimmy McLarnin 1923
    11. Charley Burley 1936
    12. Rocky Marciano 1947
    13. Holman Williams 1932
    14. Billy Conn 1934
    15. Kid Gavilan 1943
    16. Ike Williams 1940
    17. Panama Al Brown 1922
    18. Jake LaMotta 1941
    19. Carmen Basilio 1948
    20. Kid Chocolate 1927
    21. Manuel Ortiz 1938
    22. Fidel LaBarba 1924
    23. Marcel Cerdan 1934
    24. Frankie Genaro 1920
    25. Joe Brown 1941

    26. Benny Lynch 1931
    27. Harold Johnson 1946
    28. Jimmy Bivins 1940
    29. Maxie Rosenbloom 1923
    30. Lou Ambers 1932
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    #2
    What are these rankings even being based on?

    I'm guessing NOT Boxing ability.

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      #3
      Mostly Resume. Then their overall ability and impact to the Sport.
      So 60-30-10
      I guess this is the universally recognized definition of Greatness.

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        #4
        Originally posted by asero_831 View Post
        Mostly Resume. Then their overall ability and impact to the Sport.
        So 60-30-10
        I guess this is the universally recognized definition of Greatness.
        Then I'd suggest more research and actually viewing the footage.

        I dunno how Charles and Moore could be ranked that high. It's absurd.

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          #5
          I have Joe Louis higher than Charles, but each to their own.

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            #6
            Originally posted by hansS View Post
            I have Joe Louis higher than Charles, but each to their own.
            A lot of fighters rank higher than both.

            Like Conn... whom he has well outside the top 10

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              #7
              Originally posted by hansS View Post
              I have Joe Louis higher than Charles, but each to their own.
              P4p Charles ranks higher than Louis. Better resume and great skill set. At heavyweight it's Louis by a landslide.

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                #8
                Originally posted by hansS View Post
                I have Joe Louis higher than Charles, but each to their own.
                - -No, Dempsey and then Louis had the biggest impact on boxing in this era listed, Jack on the finances and Joe on the social structure backed such a stellar full career in this "supposed era."

                The OP is obviously well meaning but muddled in he has Panama Brown 1922 listed but no Dempsey who made more in his last fight alone than did Panama in his entire career.

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                  #9
                  Jack Dempsey debuted in 1914 and he is part of Old School Era.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by asero_831 View Post
                    Jack Dempsey debuted in 1914 and he is part of Old School Era.
                    - -Thanks for revealing the archaic, chopped up timeline limitations of your decade model.

                    Dempsey made his entire fame and fortune in the 20s, riding out half his time there in Hollywood to sever the contractual oppression Rickard and Kearns had over him.

                    You're welcome!

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