[beekman]

Okay here's the deal, I'm in the midst of plowing through National Police Gazettes for a book project, and I decided to relieve some of the tedium of screening microfilm by keeping track of HW doings. I decided to work up ratings for the guys I ran across and I'm hoping to create something of a snapshot of the American HW picture in 1900-01 (the reels I'm working on right now).
The big names of those years already in teh game were (champion) Jeffries, Corbett, Maher, Fitzsimmons, a used up Kilrain, Tom Sharkey (who seemed to spend most of those two years carousing), and "Kid" McCoy. Jack Johnson was active, but fighting mostly at 167 lbs. Marvin Hart was also beginning to get some attention during this period.
Some of the fighters I'm posting have already been posted by others. However, I have tweaked all of them. The first group I'm going to post are these tweaked guys. I've lowered the overall rating on most, as I'm a bit "tight" in my ratings. I hope none of the original raters get upset by this (and I've left all the original poster names on them). I've also added hometowns, career records, and, in some cases, brief notes to the bios of these guys. I'll try to add totally new guys as I have time (meaning it may take awhile for me to complete this project).
Beekman