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End of June 1909
Rough month for the champions as they went 1-2-2. Three champs retained their title but only Jack Johnson did so convincingly. Billy Baker lost his as did Billy Papke. Although the controversy surrounding the Papke fight caused the commissioner (me) to declare the title vacant and order an immediate rematch between Papke and McCoy.
Several fighters made their debuts in the rankings this month and several fighters moved up to main.
Movement
HW - Bill Farnam (15-15-1) club to main
LH - Henri Placke (5-6-2), Rough Thompson (8-4) club to main
MW - Ed Denfass (8-4), Bill Fleming (8-0) club to main
WW - Jack McGinty (8-0-2) club to main
LW - Billy Willis (8-2), George Washington (6-4-3), George Siddons (8-3), Johnny Clark (8-3-2) club to main
FW - Billy Ross (6-7), Percy Cove (8-2-1), Jack Pearson (5-7-1) club to main
BW - Jimmy Barry (8-0) club to main
Debut rankings (#of fighters ranked HW-61/LH-20/MW-30/WW-19/LW-29/FW-20/BW-19/FLY-2)
HW - Stockings Conroy (7-5-3) (A58/C59/F59)
HW- George Perry (7-4-4) (A48/C50/F48)
WW - William Sullivan (9-4-2) (A18/C18)
LW - Eddie Hanlon (11-3-1) (A2/C2)
LW - Jack Daly (8-6-1) (A27/C27)
FW - Jerry Marshall (8-6-1) (A10/C10)
BW - Johnny Murphy (13-1-1) (A3/C2)
BW - Hugh McGovern (7-4-4) (A11/C11)
June's fights attached
Last edited by mh2365; 04-15-2007 at 07:08 PM.
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