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The Top Ranked Boxers of the 1880s

 

Notes: Ranking Explanations

 

Rnk Athlete Weight Class
1 John L. Sullivan Heavyweight
2 Peter Jackson Heavyweight
3 Pat Killen Heavyweight
4 Joe McAuliffe Heavyweight
5 Jake Kilrain Heavyweight
6 George Godfrey Heavyweight
7 Billy Wilson Heavyweight
8 Nonpareil Jack Dempsey Middleweight
9 Denver Ed Smith Heavyweight
10 Dominick McCaffrey Heavyweight
11 Charley Mitchell Light Heavyweight
12 Bill Chesterfield Goode Welterweight
13 Jim Pettengell Middleweight
14 Jack Burke Light Heavyweight
15 Harry Laing Light Heavyweight
16 Jack McAuliffe Lightweight
17 Dick Matthews Light Heavyweight
18 Professor Charles Hadley Heavyweight
19 Harris Martin Middleweight
20 Mervine Thompson Heavyweight
21 Patsy Cardiff Heavyweight
22 Frank Paddy Slavin Heavyweight
23 Billy Myer Lightweight
24 Peter J. Nolan Heavyweight
25 Charlie Dunn Lightweight
26 Ben Seth Welterweight
27 Bill Bradburn Heavyweight
28 Jack Hall Lightweight
29 Sam Baxter Welterweight
30 Billy Baker Light Heavyweight
31 Bob Fitzsimmons Heavyweight
32 Tom Lees Heavyweight
33 James Robertson Couper Heavyweight
34 Frank Taylor Middleweight
35 Jack Jones Middleweight
36 Jack Fallon Heavyweight
37 Jack King Featherweight
38 Spider Weir Featherweight
39 George LaBlanche Heavyweight
40 McHenry Johnson Heavyweight
41 Mike Cleary Light Heavyweight
42 Jack Stewart Heavyweight
43 Tom Robinson Heavyweight
44 Jack Ashton Heavyweight
45 George Kessler Middleweight
46 Gus Lambert Heavyweight
47 Mike Donovan Middleweight
48 Professor Billy McCarthy Middleweight
49 Paddy Duffy Welterweight
50 Mike Conley Heavyweight
51 James J. Corbett Heavyweight
52 Jim Brady Heavyweight
53 Australian Billy Smith Light Heavyweight
54 John Maloney Middleweight
55 Mick Dooley Light Heavyweight
56 Harry Downie Welterweight
57 Jimmy Conley Welterweight
58 Pablo Fanque Middleweight
59 Barney Donovan Middleweight
60 Joe Goddard Heavyweight
61 George Fryer Heavyweight
62 Jim Burge Middleweight
63 Joe Lannon Heavyweight
64 Young Mitchell Light Heavyweight
65 Ted Burchell Middleweight
66 George Seale Middleweight
67 Peter Boland Welterweight
68 Buffalo Martin Costello Middleweight
69 C.C. Smith Heavyweight
70 Frank Glover Heavyweight
71 Jack Bubbles Davis Middleweight
72 Dan Manning Middleweight
73 Fred Evans Lightweight
74 Tommy Williams Welterweight
75 Fred Johnson Bantamweight
76 Morry Abrahams Heavyweight
77 George Mullholland Lightweight
78 Jack Gavin Welterweight
79 John J. Farrell Featherweight
80 Danny Needham Welterweight
81 Charles Turner Welterweight
82 B.B. Baird Welterweight
83 Young Griffo Featherweight
84 Bill Mahan Lightweight
85 Torpedo Billy Murphy Lightweight
86 Ike Fake Featherweight
87 Pat Carroll Welterweight
88 Dan Keely Middleweight
89 George Wilson Welterweight
90 Anthony Diamond Welterweight
91 Harry Denny Lightweight
92 Owen Sullivan Middleweight
93 Jimmy Ryan Middleweight
94 Nunc Wallace Flyweight
95 Ted White Welterweight
96 Joe Choynski Light Heavyweight
97 Ted Pritchard Middleweight
98 Alf Suffolk Welterweight
99 Harry Mead Lightweight
100 Denny Kelliher Light Heavyweight
101 Bob Matthews Lightweight
102 Bill Cheese Welterweight
103 California Jack Dempsey Middleweight
104 Jim Hall Middleweight

 


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