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1901 comes to a close with still only one champion ....

HEAVYWEIGHTS (72)
CH peter jackson 9-0-0 (5)
1. john l sullivan 6-0-0(4)
2. frank childs 8-1-1(5)
3. james jeffries 9-1-0(8)
4. bob armstrong 7-1-1(4)
5. charley mitchell 6-1-0(4)

club (7) - daly, kieley, felix, crossley, dooley, malloy, dalton

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS (16)
1. george gardner 5-1-1(1)
2. jack root 7-3-0(3)
3. jack sullivan 5-2-1(0)
4. duncan mcdonald 2-1-0(1)
5. mike kine 0-1-2(0)

club (0)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS (30)
1. jack dempsey 10-0-0(5)
2. billy mccarthy 7-1-0(2)
3. jack burke 7-1-2(3)
4. bob fitzsimmons 7-0-0(5)
5. joe butler 6-0-0(5)

club (7) - p. mccoy, brady, greenfield, chandler, upham, mcglade, mcclellan

WELTERWEIGHTS (10)
1. tommy ryan 8-0-0(4)
2. joe walcott 4-2-2(0)
3. rube ferns 4-2-0(0)
4. jimmy gardner 2-2-2(0)
5. willie lewis 2-2-0(0)

club (1)- matthews

LIGHTWEIGHT (21)
1. billy meyer 7-0-0(3)
2. joe gans 8-0-0(2)
3. jack mcauliffe 6-0-1(5)
4. george lavigne 6-1-0(4)
5. jem carney 5-2-0(2)

club (3) - gibbons, mcpartland, cushing

FEATHERWEIGHTS (8)
1. jem driscoll 6-0-0(2)
2. young griffo 7-1-0(0)
3. harry lyons 6-3-0(3)
4. abe attell 5-3-0(0)
5. young corbett 4-3-0(1)

club (2) - smith, murphy

BANTAMWEIGHTS (12)
1. terry mcgovern 9-2-0(7)
2. george dixon 6-1-0(0)
3. owen moran 2-0-0(0)
4. billy plimmer 3-2-2(0)
5. harry forbes 3-3-2(1)

club (1) - neil


There will be a champion in every division by the end of 1902 .... if no one qualifies then the #1 and #2 will fight in December. This should be the last rankings by PP as there should be enough to list by the LBA rating as I have it set to 10 fights.

I'm going to spend some time trying to rate a few fighters from 1902 before I start the next year, even if they are punching bags, I could use the #'s in the lower weights

FIGHT OF THE YEAR
In what was probably a preview of the eventual featherweight championship, Jem Driscoll met Young Griffo. It was a back and forth fight, with alot of close rounds. I thought it was very tough to score. Going into the final round both TT and I had Driscoll up 87-86. Driscoll put Griffo on the canvas 2 times in the 10th to win the round 10-7 on all scorecards.

It turns out he needed it winning a split decision. He won 95-93, 95-94 and lost 94-95 meaning he was down on all score cards going into the 10th.