[professordp]

Hootowl9 asked me to work up a rating for Stan Savold, older brother of 40s-50s heavyweight contender Lee. Hoot's working on his own rating, which I think will be definative.

Stan, also an heavyweight, was pretty much a prelim fighter who appeared mostly on Minnesota undercards between 1934 and 1940. He compiled a record of 4 (KO 3) and 19 (KO'd 5 times) against local talent.

Outside of his record, there really isn't much to go on with Stan. No descriptive accounts of his matches or the guys he fought. Moreover, the only opponent I found that was rated for TBCB is Johnny Paycek who kayoed Savold in the 4th of a ten rounder. For the rest, I was dealing with sketchy information on a group of local pugs.

Using what I call "The Conn Chris Sub-Zero Ratings", I was able to put together a rough composite which I then tested in sims with Paycek. After a bit of tweaking, I was able to refine Savold's rating to the point where I had him consistantly hitting the mat for the count between rounds three and six against Paycek.

All things considered, the result, if not the rating, is fairly realistic. But by no means is the attached a finished product.

I'll wait for Hoot to give us the real deal!