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The Top Ranked Boxers of the 1890s
Notes: Ranking Explanations
| Rnk | Athlete | Weight Class |
| 1 | Bob Fitzsimmons | Middleweight |
| 2 | Tommy Ryan | Middleweight |
| 3 | Kid Lavigne | Lightweight |
| 4 | Charles Kid McCoy | Middleweight |
| 5 | Dan Creedon | Middleweight |
| 6 | George Dixon | Featherweight |
| 7 | Peter Maher | Heavyweight |
| 8 | Frank Erne | Lightweight |
| 9 | Joe Choynski | Light Heavyweight |
| 10 | Mysterious Billy Smith | Welterweight |
| 11 | Jim Barron | Welterweight |
| 12 | Paddy Slavin | Heavyweight |
| 13 | Joe Goddard | Heavyweight |
| 14 | Young Griffo | Featherweight |
| 15 | Joe Walcott | Welterweight |
| 16 | Jim Hall | Middleweight |
| 17 | Peter Jackson | Heavyweight |
| 18 | Tom Duggan | Middleweight |
| 19 | Pedlar Palmer | Bantamweight |
| 20 | Terry McGovern | Bantamweight |
| 21 | Tommy Williams | Welterweight |
| 22 | Joe Butler | Light Heavyweight |
| 23 | James J. Jeffries | Heavyweight |
| 24 | Joe Gans | Lightweight |
| 25 | Solly Smith | Featherweight |
| 26 | Tom Sharkey | Heavyweight |
| 27 | Tommy West | Middleweight |
| 28 | Henry Baker | Light Heavyweight |
| 29 | Charles McKeever | Lightweight |
| 30 | George Green | Welterweight |
| 31 | Jack McAuliffe | Lightweight |
| 32 | Bill Doherty | Middleweight |
| 33 | Bobby Dobbs | Welterweight |
| 34 | Harry Laing | Heavyweight |
| 35 | James J. Corbett | Heavyweight |
| 36 | Tom Tracey | Middleweight |
| 37 | Ben Jordan | Featherweight |
| 38 | Matty Matthews | Lightweight |
| 39 | Jack Everhardt | Lightweight |
| 40 | Martin Denny | Lightweight |
| 41 | Alec Greggains | Middleweight |
| 42 | George Dawson | Lightweight |
| 43 | Edward Starlight Rollins | Middleweight |
| 44 | Jimmy Carroll | Lightweight |
| 45 | George Godfrey | Heavyweight |
| 46 | Bob Armstrong | Heavyweight |
| 47 | Peter Felix | Heavyweight |
| 48 | Denver Ed Smith | Heavyweight |
| 49 | Buffalo Martin Costello | Middleweight |
| 50 | Jim Williams | Light Heavyweight |
| 51 | Dick Burge | Welterweight |
| 52 | Frank Craig | Middleweight |
| 53 | Dal Hawkins | Welterweight |
| 54 | Stanton Abbott | Lightweight |
| 55 | Kid McPartland | Lightweight |
| 56 | Steve O'Donnell | Heavyweight |
| 57 | Torpedo Billy Murphy | Featherweight |
| 58 | Mick Dunn | Middleweight |
| 59 | Tut Ryan | Heavyweight |
| 60 | Jack Slavin | Light Heavyweight |
| 61 | Dick O'Brien | Middleweight |
| 62 | Jimmy Murphy | Lightweight |
| 63 | Sam Baxter | Lightweight |
| 64 | Tim Hegarty | Featherweight |
| 65 | William Robinson | Welterweight |
| 66 | Jimmy Dime | Lightweight |
| 67 | Nonpareil Jack Dempsey | Middleweight |
| 68 | Joe McAuliffe | Heavyweight |
| 69 | Dave Sullivan | Featherweight |
| 70 | Oscar Gardner | Featherweight |
| 71 | Gus Ruhlin | Heavyweight |
| 72 | Young Jack McAuliffe | Lightweight |
| 73 | Billy Plimmer | Bantamweight |
| 74 | Jack Bonner | Middleweight |
| 75 | Jim Daly | Light Heavyweight |
| 76 | Jimmy Ryan | Middleweight |
| 77 | Austin Gibbons | Lightweight |
| 78 | Fred Johnson | Bantamweight |
| 79 | Dick Moore | Middleweight |
| 80 | Eddie Santry | Featherweight |
| 81 | Frank Childs | Heavyweight |
| 82 | Mick Dooley | Heavyweight |
| 83 | Jack Perryman | Middleweight |
| 84 | Jimmy Handler | Welterweight |
| 85 | Tommy White | Featherweight |
| 86 | Spike Sullivan | Lightweight |
| 87 | Andy Walsh | Lightweight |
| 88 | Ted White | Middleweight |
| 89 | Wilmington Jack Daly | Lightweight |
| 90 | Charles Turner | Middleweight |
| 91 | Jim Burge | Featherweight |
| 92 | Jimmy Barry | Bantamweight |
| 93 | Martin Flaherty | Bantamweight |
| 94 | Andy Bowen | Lightweight |
| 95 | George McKenzie | Welterweight |
| 96 | Owen Ziegler | Lightweight |
| 97 | Sammy Kelly | Featherweight |
| 98 | Jack Root | Light Heavyweight |
| 99 | George Corfield | Flyweight |
| 100 | Joe Kennedy | Heavyweight |
| 101 | Tommy Dixon | Featherweight |
| 102 | Sandy McGregor | Lightweight |
| 103 | Ted Pritchard | Middleweight |
| 104 | Dolly Lyons | Bantamweight |
| 105 | New York Jack O'Brien | Lightweight |
| 106 | George Elbows McFadden | Lightweight |
| 107 | Shadow Billy Maber | Lightweight |
| 108 | Billy Hill | Welterweight |
| 109 | Charley Johnson | Welterweight |
| 110 | Jack McGowan | Featherweight |
| 111 | Billy Rotchford | Featherweight |
| 112 | Joe Wilson | Welterweight |
| 113 | Nick Burley | Light Heavyweight |
| 114 | Ned Ryan | Middleweight |
| 115 | Peter Boland | Middleweight |
| 116 | Barney Malone | Lightweight |
| 117 | Al Neill | Middleweight |
| 118 | George Kessler | Middleweight |
| 119 | Professor Billy McCarthy | Middleweight |
| 120 | Frank McConnell | Lightweight |
| 121 | Jack Bennett | Light Heavyweight |
| 122 | Young Mitchell | Middleweight |
| 123 | Fred Morris | Heavyweight |
| 124 | Arthur Valentine | Lightweight |
| 125 | Jack Downey | Lightweight |
| 126 | Jem Smith | Heavyweight |
| 127 | Austin Rice | Featherweight |
| 128 | Bill Jennings | Middleweight |
| 129 | Eddie Connolly | Welterweight |
| 130 | Joe Dunfee | Light Heavyweight |
| 131 | Alf Tompkins | Featherweight |
| 132 | Dido Plumb | Middleweight |
| 133 | Australian Billy Smith | Heavyweight |
| 134 | Billy Woods | Middleweight |
| 135 | Bill Minter | Middleweight |
| 136 | Charles Toff Wall | Middleweight |
| 137 | Harris Martin | Middleweight |
| 138 | Billy Stift | Middleweight |
| 139 | Paddy J. Purtell | Heavyweight |
| 140 | Tim Murphy | Bantamweight |
| 141 | Jack Gibbs | Middleweight |
| 142 | Paddy Gallagher | Middleweight |
| 143 | Mike Leonard | Welterweight |
| 144 | Harry Overton | Lightweight |
| 145 | Jake Kilrain | Heavyweight |
| 146 | Owen Sullivan | Heavyweight |
| 147 | Harry Mace | Welterweight |
| 148 | Jim Richardson | Middleweight |
| 149 | William Kid Parker | Lightweight |
| 150 | Jack Malloy | Light Heavyweight |
| 151 | Jack "Kid" Madden | Bantamweight |
| 152 | Willard Bean | Middleweight |
| 153 | Billy Gallagher | Welterweight |
| 154 | Casper Leon | Bantamweight |
| 155 | Jerry Barnett | Featherweight |
| 156 | Billy Eyles | Lightweight |
| 157 | Chiddy Ryan | Featherweight |
| 158 | Jack King | Featherweight |
| 159 | Horace Leeds | Welterweight |
| 160 | George Powell | Welterweight |
| 161 | Charles Bull McCarthy | Lightweight |
| 162 | George Gardner | Middleweight |
| 163 | Paddy Smith | Lightweight |
| 164 | George Stanley | Welterweight |
| 165 | Jerome Quigley | Lightweight |
| 166 | Nipper Peakes | Featherweight |
| 167 | Friday O'Neill | Welterweight |
| 168 | Jabber Tom Carey | Middleweight |
| 169 | Joe Ellingsworth | Middleweight |
| 170 | Kid Broad | Featherweight |
| 171 | Mick Ryan | Light Heavyweight |
| 172 | Pepper Griffin | Welterweight |
| 173 | Danny Needham | Welterweight |
| 174 | Frank Dutch Neal | Welterweight |
| 175 | Harry Nickless | Welterweight |
| 176 | Jack Burke | Heavyweight |
| 177 | Morgan Crowther | Featherweight |
| 178 | Walter Johnson | Heavyweight |
| 179 | Eddie Pierce | Featherweight |
| 180 | Chiddy Ryan | Lightweight |
| 181 | Pat Killen | Heavyweight |
| 182 | Johnny T. Griffin | Featherweight |
| 183 | C.C. Smith | Heavyweight |
| 184 | Al O'Brien | Welterweight |
| 185 | Aurelio Herrera | Featherweight |
| 186 | Young William Lyndsay | Lightweight |
| 187 | Billy Ernst | Lightweight |
| 188 | Harry Fisher | Welterweight |
| 189 | Jack Ward | Bantamweight |
| 190 | Bill Mahan | Lightweight |
| 191 | Frank Purcell | Lightweight |
| 192 | Tom Wilson | Featherweight |
| 193 | Tommy Sullivan | Featherweight |
| 194 | Jim Holloway | Lightweight |
| 195 | Tom Partridge | Middleweight |
| 196 | Pat Daly | Lightweight |
| 197 | Spider Weir | Featherweight |
| 198 | Kid Hogan | Bantamweight |
| 199 | Herbert Goddard | Light Heavyweight |
| 200 | Tom McCarthy | Light Heavyweight |
| 201 | Herb McKell | Lightweight |
| 202 | Billy Myer | Lightweight |
| 203 | Jack Farrell | Featherweight |
| 204 | Tom Ireland | Featherweight |
| 205 | Charley Miner | Featherweight |
| 206 | Jim Franey | Middleweight |
| 207 | Maxey Haugh | Bantamweight |
| 208 | Young Frank McShane | Lightweight |
| 209 | Dominick McCaffrey | Heavyweight |
| 210 | Herman Bernau | Middleweight |
| 211 | John Mahoney | Lightweight |
| 212 | Patsy Haley | Bantamweight |
| 213 | Marty McCue | Featherweight |
| 214 | Artie Tully | Welterweight |
| 215 | Danny McBride | Lightweight |
| 216 | Harry Ware | Flyweight |
| 217 | Jack Ashton | Heavyweight |
| 218 | Pablo Fanque | Middleweight |
| 219 | Jack Fallon | Heavyweight |
| 220 | Jim Fogarty | Light Heavyweight |
| 221 | Paddy Shea | Heavyweight |
| 222 | Hite Peckham | Light Heavyweight |
| 223 | Jack Valentine | Middleweight |
| 224 | John O'Brien | Welterweight |
| 225 | Lachie Jack Thompson | Middleweight |
| 226 | Yankee | Featherweight |
| 227 | Bill Heffernan | Middleweight |
| 228 | Joe Portley | Flyweight |
| 229 | Mike Sears | Featherweight |
| 230 | Johnny Gorman | Lightweight |
| 231 | Tommy Hogan | Lightweight |
| 232 | Herbert Sinnott | Light Heavyweight |
| 233 | Charley Kelly | Bantamweight |
| 234 | Jim Verrall | Middleweight |
| 235 | Sid Barnes | Welterweight |
| 236 | Jack Fox | Lightweight |
| 237 | Abe Willis | Featherweight |
| 238 | Billy Mateer | Lightweight |
| 239 | Harry Edwards | Middleweight |
| 240 | Tim Kearns | Lightweight |
| 241 | Dan Keely | Middleweight |
| 242 | Young Pluto | Lightweight |
| 243 | Charley Strong | Heavyweight |
| 244 | Jim Dier | Welterweight |
| 245 | Pete McCoy | Welterweight |
| 246 | Joe Bernstein | Featherweight |
| 247 | Jack Reid | Welterweight |
| 248 | Felix Scott | Middleweight |
| 249 | Harry Neumeier | Middleweight |
| 250 | Jim Williams II | Flyweight |
| 251 | Billy Leedom | Light Heavyweight |
| 252 | Bill Chester | Lightweight |
| 253 | Mike Conley | Heavyweight |
| 254 | Tom Lees | Heavyweight |
| 255 | Danny McMahon | Featherweight |
| 256 | Arthur Akers | Middleweight |
| 257 | Luke Stevens | Featherweight |
| 258 | Philadelphia Jack O'Brien | Middleweight |
| 259 | Eddie Curry | Featherweight |
| 260 | Johnny Van Heest | Featherweight |
| 261 | Jack Stelzner | Heavyweight |
| 262 | Con Doyle | Middleweight |
| 263 | Frank Glover | Light Heavyweight |
| 264 | Harry Webster | Lightweight |
| 265 | Willie Smith | Bantamweight |
| 266 | Ben Marks | Welterweight |
| 267 | Charlie Woods | Welterweight |
| 268 | Ed Gorman | Featherweight |
| 269 | Harry Downie | Welterweight |
| 270 | Nunc Wallace | Flyweight |
| 271 | John Ball | Featherweight |
| 272 | Australian Billy Edwards | Middleweight |
| 273 | Arthur Jones | Featherweight |
| 274 | Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll | Middleweight |
| 275 | Mick McCarthy | Featherweight |
| 276 | Ed Dunkhorst | Heavyweight |
| 277 | Tim Callahan | Lightweight |
| 278 | Tom Brennan | Heavyweight |
| 279 | Charlie Dunn | Middleweight |
| 280 | Bill Whatley | Welterweight |
| 281 | George Chrisp | Middleweight |
| 282 | Theodore Van Buskirk | Heavyweight |
| 283 | Will Curley | Bantamweight |
| 284 | Harry Forbes | Featherweight |
| 285 | Jack Slattery | Heavyweight |
| 286 | Jerry Marshall | Featherweight |
| 287 | Billy Whistler | Bantamweight |
| 288 | Billy Wilson | Heavyweight |
| 289 | Jack Delaney | Lightweight |
| 290 | Jack Fitzgibbon | Lightweight |
| 291 | Jack Gavin | Featherweight |
| 292 | James Anderson | Bantamweight |
| 293 | Ted O'Neill | Featherweight |
| 294 | Al Weinig | Middleweight |
| 295 | Gil Goulette | Featherweight |
| 296 | Harry Brodigan | Bantamweight |
| 297 | Bill Greaves | Lightweight |
| 298 | Chris Johnson (WLT) | Welterweight |
| 299 | Mose LaFontise | Welterweight |
| 300 | Reg Agnew | Featherweight |
| 301 | Dave Reese | Lightweight |
| 302 | Johnny La Vack | Featherweight |
| 303 | Ned Starkey | Bantamweight |
| 304 | Billy Keough | Heavyweight |
| 305 | Joe Cain | Lightweight |
| 306 | Alf Gower | Featherweight |
| 307 | Billy Vernon | Welterweight |
| 308 | Danny Dougherty | Bantamweight |
| 309 | George Stout | Featherweight |
| 310 | Ben Seth | Welterweight |
| 311 | Charles Bogan | Lightweight |
| 312 | Jim Judge | Welterweight |
| 313 | Pittsburgh Kid Hogan | Featherweight |
| 314 | Bill Chesterfield Goode | Light Heavyweight |
| 315 | Jack O'Brien | Lightweight |
| 316 | Jack Waldron | Welterweight |
| 317 | Bob Thompson | Welterweight |
| 318 | Jimmy McHale | Welterweight |
| 319 | Abe Ullman | Middleweight |
| 320 | Jack Skelly | Featherweight |
| 321 | Tom Woodley | Welterweight |
| 322 | Cal McCarthy | Featherweight |
| 323 | Texas Jack Burke | Lightweight |
| 324 | Fred Ross | Lightweight |
| 325 | Jimmy McCabe | Light Heavyweight |
| 326 | Joe Sheehy | Heavyweight |
| 327 | Jack Smith | Featherweight |
| 328 | Dick Case | Welterweight |
| 329 | Mexican Pete Everett | Heavyweight |
| 330 | Tim Draffin Murphy | Light Heavyweight |
| 331 | Tom Gardner | Flyweight |
| 332 | Danny Baugh | Bantamweight |
| 333 | Jack Levy | Bantamweight |
| 334 | Patsy Corrigan | Bantamweight |
| 335 | Fred Mayo | Flyweight |
| 336 | Jack McKeeck | Bantamweight |
| 337 | Jim Kenrick | Flyweight |
| 338 | Benny Leon | Featherweight |
| 339 | Joe Barrett | Bantamweight |
| 340 | Bob Bailey | Bantamweight |
| 341 | Charlie Exall | Flyweight |
| 342 | Morris Rauch | Bantamweight |
| 343 | Alf Allen | Bantamweight |
| 344 | Jim McCormick | Light Heavyweight |
| 345 | Jack Hare | Bantamweight |
| 346 | Bill Keogh | Light Heavyweight |
| 347 | Joe Cotton | Welterweight |
| 348 | Charley Burns | Welterweight |
| 349 | Doc Kennedy | Bantamweight |
| 350 | Alf Levy | Flyweight |
| 351 | Jimmy Rose | Bantamweight |
| 352 | Billy Forsyth | Bantamweight |
| 353 | Fred Preston | Light Heavyweight |
| 354 | Llew Morgan | Bantamweight |
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