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JCWeb · 07-30-2006, 12:26 AM

Division Profile

Total Boxers: 52 RL: 22 TC: 30

RL by Career Stage:

End: 1
Post: 4
Prime: 5
Pre: 11
Beg: 1 (0 new in 1913)

Rated: 15
800+: 2
500+: 10
200+: 14

Jan 1913 Rankings (Perf Pts and Changes from 1912 in Parens)

Champ: Jack Dillon 21-1-2 (15) (873) (+3)
1. George Gardner 50-13-2 (32) (820) (NC)
2. Jack Sullivan 38-20 (18) (787) (+4)
3. Leo Houck 29-9-4 (10) (719) (-1)
4. Georges Carpentier 18-1 (16) (678) (+1)
5. Bob McAllister 18-3 (13) (649) (+4)
6. Battling Levinsky 19-2 (12) (627) (+2)
7. Charlie Haghey 33-21-3 (24) (588) (NC)
8. Dave Smith 17-2 (15) (522) (new)
9. Phila Jack O'Brien 54-9-3 (27) (507) (-9)
10. Fred Cooley 24-14-1 (16) (470) (-6)

Comments: Still some aging fighters hanging in there, particularly Gardner, who is at End career stage, and Haghey, O'Brien and Cooley are all at Post. Carpentier and Smith, with 19 bouts, will hit Prime soon and the rest are there already. No TCs in Top 10 again and look for the final TC title to be wrested from Carrick (the GBU belt) in the next two years. Dillon is unbeaten in his last 15 (13 wins, 2 draws) and appears settled into a long title run. Gardner is still ranked #1 despite a less than stellar year. Sullivan was 3-1 for the year, having a 5-bout win streak snapped by Dillon which dropped him below Gardner in the rankings, whom he beat earlier in the year. Houck defeated O'Brien but his year was marred by that DQ loss to Haghey in the USBA title bout. Carpentier has only lost once, to O'Brien, and is eyeing Gardner's EBU title belt. McAllister was 4-0 in 1912, with impressive TKO wins over Wille and Smith and a UD over Cooley. Levinsky is now at Prime and has registered solid wins versus Cooley and Wille after his premature shot at the NABF title versus Sullivan. Haghey is aging and inconsistent at best. Smith captured the CBU belt but stumbled after a 16-0 career start with losses to Carpentier and McAllister. O'Brien had a really bad year, going 1-3 and taking a big ratings hit when he lost a SD to journeyman HW Jim Stewart. Cooley is on a four-bout losing streak.

Other Notables: Wille dropped out of the Top 10, down one spot to #11, and is mired in a 5-bout losing streak. TC Chuck Carrick still holds the GBU belt and is ranked #12 with a 26-24-1 (7) mark and 287 pp. Right behind him at #13 is Howard Morrow, who stumbled in his title bout with Dillon but still hopes to advance to the Top 10. His record stands at 14-1 (10).

Prospects: Tommy Gibbons is 10-0-1 (8), one win over a real-life guy (KO 1 versus Larry Williams), the rest versus TCs (the one draw was the result of a first round head butt). Harry Reeves, the likely successor to Carrick as the GBU champ, is a perfect 10-0 (8), all versus TCs. Bob Sweeney has a 8-0 (6) mark, also all versus TCs. Frank Farmer is 8-0 (4), beating Williams and 7 TCs. Williams checks in with 6 KOs versus TCs matched with the two losses to other prospects. All the other prospects (Albert Lloyd, Charles Grande, Clay Turner and Battling Siki) have yet to lose versus TC opposition.

Retirements: None in 1912. Look for Gardner to call it quits in 1913.

Looking Ahead: Still a thin division, and no new entries on the way for 1913. Look for Carpentier to challenge for Gardner's CBU crown, and for McAllister and/or Levinsky to step up and mount a bid for either the NABF or USBA honors. Gibbons looks like the best of the young prospects, but look for him to be brought along slowly.

07-30-2006, 12:26 AM	#95
JCWeb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,042	1912-Light Heavys Part II Division Profile Total Boxers: 52 RL: 22 TC: 30 RL by Career Stage: End: 1 Post: 4 Prime: 5 Pre: 11 Beg: 1 (0 new in 1913) Rated: 15 800+: 2 500+: 10 200+: 14 Jan 1913 Rankings (Perf Pts and Changes from 1912 in Parens) Champ: Jack Dillon 21-1-2 (15) (873) (+3) 1. George Gardner 50-13-2 (32) (820) (NC) 2. Jack Sullivan 38-20 (18) (787) (+4) 3. Leo Houck 29-9-4 (10) (719) (-1) 4. Georges Carpentier 18-1 (16) (678) (+1) 5. Bob McAllister 18-3 (13) (649) (+4) 6. Battling Levinsky 19-2 (12) (627) (+2) 7. Charlie Haghey 33-21-3 (24) (588) (NC) 8. Dave Smith 17-2 (15) (522) (new) 9. Phila Jack O'Brien 54-9-3 (27) (507) (-9) 10. Fred Cooley 24-14-1 (16) (470) (-6) Comments: Still some aging fighters hanging in there, particularly Gardner, who is at End career stage, and Haghey, O'Brien and Cooley are all at Post. Carpentier and Smith, with 19 bouts, will hit Prime soon and the rest are there already. No TCs in Top 10 again and look for the final TC title to be wrested from Carrick (the GBU belt) in the next two years. Dillon is unbeaten in his last 15 (13 wins, 2 draws) and appears settled into a long title run. Gardner is still ranked #1 despite a less than stellar year. Sullivan was 3-1 for the year, having a 5-bout win streak snapped by Dillon which dropped him below Gardner in the rankings, whom he beat earlier in the year. Houck defeated O'Brien but his year was marred by that DQ loss to Haghey in the USBA title bout. Carpentier has only lost once, to O'Brien, and is eyeing Gardner's EBU title belt. McAllister was 4-0 in 1912, with impressive TKO wins over Wille and Smith and a UD over Cooley. Levinsky is now at Prime and has registered solid wins versus Cooley and Wille after his premature shot at the NABF title versus Sullivan. Haghey is aging and inconsistent at best. Smith captured the CBU belt but stumbled after a 16-0 career start with losses to Carpentier and McAllister. O'Brien had a really bad year, going 1-3 and taking a big ratings hit when he lost a SD to journeyman HW Jim Stewart. Cooley is on a four-bout losing streak. Other Notables: Wille dropped out of the Top 10, down one spot to #11, and is mired in a 5-bout losing streak. TC Chuck Carrick still holds the GBU belt and is ranked #12 with a 26-24-1 (7) mark and 287 pp. Right behind him at #13 is Howard Morrow, who stumbled in his title bout with Dillon but still hopes to advance to the Top 10. His record stands at 14-1 (10). Prospects: Tommy Gibbons is 10-0-1 (8), one win over a real-life guy (KO 1 versus Larry Williams), the rest versus TCs (the one draw was the result of a first round head butt). Harry Reeves, the likely successor to Carrick as the GBU champ, is a perfect 10-0 (8), all versus TCs. Bob Sweeney has a 8-0 (6) mark, also all versus TCs. Frank Farmer is 8-0 (4), beating Williams and 7 TCs. Williams checks in with 6 KOs versus TCs matched with the two losses to other prospects. All the other prospects (Albert Lloyd, Charles Grande, Clay Turner and Battling Siki) have yet to lose versus TC opposition. Retirements: None in 1912. Look for Gardner to call it quits in 1913. Looking Ahead: Still a thin division, and no new entries on the way for 1913. Look for Carpentier to challenge for Gardner's CBU crown, and for McAllister and/or Levinsky to step up and mount a bid for either the NABF or USBA honors. Gibbons looks like the best of the young prospects, but look for him to be brought along slowly.