N.Y.A.C. Annual Rankings

[Slapsie]

The New York Athletic Commission announced its first annual rankings for 1916.

Heavyweight
1. Harry Wills, Champion
2. Joe Jeannette
3. Sam Langford
4. Frank Moran
5. Fred Fulton
6. Luther McCarty
7. Tommy Burns
8. Jack Johnson
9. Frank Goddard
10. George Rodel

Light Heavyweight
1. Jack Dillon, Champion
2. Battling Levinsky
3. Tommy Gibbons
4. Billy Papke
5. John Lester Johnson
6. Chuck Wiggins
7. Leo Houck
8. Bob McAllister
9. Charles (Trader) Horn
10. Big Chief Turner

Middleweight
1. Frank Klaus, Champion
2. Johnny Wilson
3. Mike Gibbons
4. Albert (Buck) Crouse
5. Jeff Smith
6. Packey McFarland
7. Al McCoy
8. Harry Greb
9. Billy Miske
10. Fay Keiser

Welterweight
1. Ted (Kid) Lewis, Champion
2. Jimmy Clabby
3. Jack Britton
4. Tom McCormick
5. Fred Kay
6. Johnny Griffiths
7. Joe Mandot
8. Mike O'Dowd
9. Wildcat Ferns
10. Art Magirl

Lightweight
1. Benny Leonard, Champion
2. Freddie Welsh
3. Louis de Ponthieu
4. Eddie Fitzsimmons
5. Jack Blackburn
6. George Chaney
7. Jimmy Duffy
8. Johnny Corbett
9. Lew Tendler
10. Leach Cross

Featherweight
1. Johnny Kilbane, Champion
2. Abe Attell
3. Johnny Dundee
4. Peanuts Schieberl
5. Tommy O'Toole
6. Frankie Britt
7. Kid Julian
8. Eddie Coulon
9. Percy Cove
10. Eddie O'Keefe

Bantamweight
1. Johnny Coulon, Champion
2. Kid Williams
3. Charles Ledoux
4. Eddie Campi
5. Philadelphia Pal Moore
6. Johnny Ertle
7. Patsy Cline
8. Nat Brooks
9. Frankie Burns
10. Charley Goldman

Flyweight
1. Jimmy Wilde, Champion
2. Pete Herman
3. Memphis Pal Moore
4. Joey Fox
5. Eugene Criqui
6. Joe Symonds
7. Johnny Rosner
8. Lawrence Hall
9. Jack (Kid) Wolfe
10. Young Zulu Kid

Fight of the Year
Benny Leonard TKO in 7th over Freddie Welsh to capture lightweight title (9/6/16, New York)

Newcomer of the Year
Jock Malone, St. Paul, Minn. (8-0-2)

[javier_83]

a new universe?

[mh2365]

This should be good

[Slapsie]

Originally Posted by javier_83

a new universe?

Yes. It took me a while to get up and running; that is, to gather a sufficient number of fighters. (I now have nearly 3,000 trial horses and tomato cans in the universe.) I wanted to be up to full speed around the time that Benny Leonard took over as lightweight champ.

Only eight divisions, at least to start. Every fighter appears five or six times per year. Every champ must defend within five or six months.

Automatic aging is turned on, and that rather than historical actuality determines career length.

[javier_83]

Exelent!! well we are going to be here reading

[Lee]

Welcome Slapsie, will be fun to follow along

[CONN CHRIS]

Great to have you here Slapsie.

[Slapsie]

Jan. 12, 1917--Jack Dillon stopped Tommy Gibbons in the 11th round of their scheduled 15-round light-heavyweight title bout in New Haven, Conn.

Dillon was defending his title for the first time since regaining it from Billy Papke, the former middleweight champion, in August of last year.

Dillon has now defeated Gibbons twice in light-heavyweight title bouts. The Frankfort, Ind., fighter won a split decision in March 1913 before he and Gibbons battled to two consecutive draws over the next 11 months.

The fight was stopped in the 11th because of cuts over both of Gibbons's eyes. Dillon has only one knockout and six TKO's in 45 career bouts. He improved his record to 35-2-8.

Gibbons left the ring with a record of 33-4-4. After the bout, the 25-year-old from St. Paul, Minn., announced that he would move up in class to fight as a heavyweight.

[mh2365]

Dillon is currently 23-0 with 15 stoppages in my uni. Surprising he has so few stoppages for you.

Was/is Tommy Ryan in your uni?

[Slapsie]

Originally Posted by mh2365

Was/is Tommy Ryan in your uni?

Tommy Ryan retired in 1907 with a record of 72-12-4 (29). He reigned as the N.Y.A.C. welterweight champ from 1890 to 1895, when he resigned the title upon taking the middleweight crown off Jim Hall's head. Ryan was dethroned in 1897 by Charles (Kid) McCoy--his first career loss. He was knocked out by McCoy in the second round a year later.

In 1900, Ryan finally got even with McCoy, kayoing him in the sixth to regain the middleweight title. Mike Donovan made him the ex-champ three years later, and after Ryan failed in a bid to unseat Philadelphia Jack O'Brien as light-heavy champion four months later--only his fourth loss in 63 fights by that point--he entered the end stage of his career. He lost eight of his last 24 fights.

Ryan's career winning percentage of .809 is the 21st best in the history of my universe.

[Slapsie]

Title Bouts

1917-01-12, New Haven, Conn.
Jack Dillon retained LHW title against Tommy Gibbons by TKO, 11

1917-02-19, New York, N.Y.
Benny Leonard retained LW title against Freddie Welsh by SD, 15

1917-03-06, London, Eng.
Pete Herman captured FLY title from Jimmy Wilde by TKO, 3

1917-03-14, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mike Gibbons captured MW title from Frank Klaus by KO, 10

1917-04-07, Bronx, N.Y.
Harry Wills retained HW title against Joe Jeannette by TKO, 12

1917-04-15, Cleveland, O.
Johnny Kilbane retained FW title against Tommy O'Toole by UD, 15

1917-05-05, Newark, N.J.
Ted (Kid) Lewis retained WW title against Jack Britton by TKO, 11

1917-06-21, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jack Dillon retained LHW title against Billy Miske by SD, 15

1917-06-21, New Orleans, La.
Pete Herman retained FLY title against Jimmy Wilde by TKO, 13

1917-06-26, Chicago, Ill.
Johnny Coulon retained BW title against Pekin Kid Herman by KO, 12

1917-07-10, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Benny Leonard retained LW title against Leach Cross by UD, 15

1917-08-24, Minneapolis, Minn.
Mike Gibbons retained MW title against Johnny Wilson by TKO, 2

1917-09-12, New Orleans, La.
Harry Wills retained HW title against Jess Willard by KO, 9

1917-10-06, San Francisco, Calif.
Johnny Kilbane retained FW title against Abe Attell by UD, 15

1917-10-19, Akron, O.
Ted (Kid) Lewis retained WW title against Johnny Griffiths by Tech UD, 13

1917-11-04, Memphis, Tenn.
Memphis Pal Moore captured FLY title from Pete Herman by SD, 15


1917 Annual Rankings

Heavyweight
1. Harry Wills, Champion
2. Tommy Gibbons
3. Jack Taylor
4. Sam Langford
5. Luther McCarty
6. Victor McLaglen
7. Bartley Madden
8. Bill Brennan
9. Frank Moran
10. Jack Johnson

Light Heavyweight
1. Jack Dillon, Champion
2. Billy Miske
3. Billy Papke
4. Bob McAllister
5. Georges Carpentier
6. Battling Levinsky
7. Leo Houck
8. Joe Beckett
9. Mike McTigue
10. Larry Williams

Middleweight
1. Mike Gibbons, Champion
2. Harry Greb
3. Johnny Wilson
4. Jeff Smith
5. Al McCoy
6. Fay Keiser
7. Glenn Coakley
8. Al Grayber
9. Frank Mantell
10. Frank Klaus

Welterweight
1. Ted (Kid) Lewis, Champion
2. Jack Britton
3. Jimmy Clabby
4. Fred Kay
5. Johnny Griffiths
6. Johnny Basham
7. Eddie Shevlin
8. Mike O'Dowd
9. Waldemar Holberg
10. Jimmy Hanlon

Lightweight
1. Benny Leonard, Champion
2. Freddie Welsh
3. George Chaney
4. Lew Tendler
5. Rocky Kansas
6. Louis de Ponthieu
7. Johnny Corbett
8. Llew Edwards
9. Joe Welling
10. Eddie Fitzsimmons

Featherweight
1. Johnny Kilbane, Champion
2. Abe Attell
3. Johnny Dundee
4. Peanuts Schieberl
5. Eddie O'Keefe
6. Frankie Britt
7. Kid Julian
8. Leo Johnson
9. Grover Hayes
10. Steve (Kid) Sullivan

Bantamweight
1. Johnny Coulan, Champion
2. Kid Williams
3. Eddie Campi
4. Nat Brooks
5. Frankie Burns
6. Charles Ledoux
7. Pekin Kid Herman
8. Philadelphia Pal Moore
9. Patsy Cline
10. K. O. Mars

Flyweight
1. Memphis Pal Moore, Champion
2. Pete Herman
3. Jimmy Wilde
4. Joey Fox
5. Jack (Kid) Wolfe
6. Eugene Criqui
7. Young Zulu Kid
8. Frankie Mason
9. Percy Jones
10. Johnny Rosner

Newcomer of the Year
Mike Dundee, Rock Island, Ill. (9-0-0)

[mh2365]

Good stuff!

[Slapsie]

Title Bouts

1918-01-09, Philadelphia, Pa.
Jack Dillon retained LHW title against Bob McAllister by SD, 15

1918-01-17, Baltimore, Md.
Benny Leonard retained LW title against George Chaney by UD, 15

1918-01-25, New York, N.Y.
Harry Greb captured MW title from Mike Gibbons by MD, 15

1918-02-08, Minneapolis, Minn.
Johnny Coulon retained BW title against Johnny Ertle by TKO, 10

1918-02-22, New York, N.Y.
Harry Wills retained HW title against Bartley Madden by TKO, 13

1918-03-09, Sydney, Australia
Ted (Kid) Lewis retained WW title against Fred Kay by UD, 15

1918-04-19, New York, N.Y.
Johnny Dundee captured FW title from Johnny Kilbane by SD, 15

1918-05-12, Long Island, N.Y.
Memphis Pal Moore retained FLY title against Tancy Lee by UD, 15

1918-06-14, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Harry Greb retained MW title against Mike Gibbons by Draw, 15

1918-06-22, New York, N.Y.
Benny Leonard retained LW title against Lew Tendler by UD, 15

1918-07-04, New York, N.Y.
Harry Wills retained HW title against Victor McLaglen by KO, 2

1918-07-19, St. Louis, Mo.
Pete Herman captured BW title from Johnny Coulon by KO, 14

1918-08-08, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ted (Kid) Lewis retained WW title against Waldemar Holberg by KO, 1

1918-08-23, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jack Dillon retained LHW title against Gene Tunney by TKO, 8

1918-10-03, Cleveland, O.
Johnny Dundee retained FW title against Johnny Kilbane by TKO, 12

1918-11-10, London, England
Jimmy Wilde captured FLY title from Memphis Pal Moore by TKO, 11

1918-11-11, Minneapolis, Minn.
Harry Greb retained MW title against Mike Gibbons by UD, 15

1918-11-25, Paris, France
Benny Leonard retained LW title against Louis de Ponthieu by UD, 15

1918-12-13, New Orleans, La.
Pete Herman retained BW title against Johnny Coulon by MD, 15

1918-12-20, Louisville, Ky.
Harry Wills retained HW title against Bill Brennan by UD, 15

Heavyweight
1. Harry Wills, Champion
2. Sam Langford
3. Tommy Gibbons
4. Luther McCarty
5. Victor McLaglen
6. Fred Fulton
7. Bill Brennan
8. Frank Goddard
9. Albert Pooley
10. Jack Taylor

Light Heavyweight
1. Jack Dillon, Champion
2. Billy Miske
3. Bob McAllister
4. Gene Tunney
5. Kid Norfolk
6. Georges Carpentier
7. Battling Levinsky
8. Joe Beckett
9. Mike McTigue
10. Leo Houck

Middleweight
1. Harry Greb, Champion
2. Johnny Wilson
3. Mike Gibbons
4. Jeff Smith
5. Al McCoy
6. Fay Keiser
7. Harry Mallin
8. Gene Brosseau
9. Glenn Coakley
10. Billy Murray

Welterweight
1. Ted (Kid) Lewis, Champion
2. Jack Britton
3. Jimmy Clabby
4. Johnny Griffiths
5. Kid Graves
6. Panama Joe Gans
7. Mike O'Dowd
8. Reddy Holt
9. Waldemar Holberg
10. Jimmy Hanlon

Lightweight
1. Benny Leonard, Champion
2. Llew Edwards
3. Louis de Ponthieu
4. Lew Tendler
5. Eddie Fitzsimmons
6. Joe Welling
7. Freddie Welsh
8. Jimmy Duffy
9. Leach Cross
10. Johnny Corbett

Featherweight
1. Johnny Dundee, Champion
2. Johnny Kilbane
3. Peanuts Schieberl
4. Eddie O'Keefe
5. Eddie Coulon
6. Frankie Fleming
7. Frankie Britt
8. Steve (Kid) Sullivan
9. Chick Hayes
10. Grover Hayes

Bantamweight
1. Pete Herman, Champion
2. Johnny Coulon
3. Kid Williams
4. Charles Ledoux
5. Eddie Campi
6. Frankie Burns
7. Nat Brooks
8. Joe Lynch
9. Pekin Kid Herman
10. Frankie Jerome

Flyweight
1. Jimmy Wilde, Champion
2. Memphis Pal Moore
3. Percy Jones
4. Al (Battling) Murray
5. Joe Symonds
6. Jack (Kid) Wolfe
7. Joey Fox
8. Tancy Lee
9. Johnny Rosner
10. Young Zulu Kid

Newcomer of the Year
Frankie Schoell, Buffalo, N.Y., 10-0-0 (2)

[Slapsie]

1. Jimmy Barry (1890-1901), 44-1-0 (25) .978
2. Jack McAuliffe (1884-1896), 41-1-1 (23) .953
3. Young Mitchell (1886-1894), 40-1-2 (37) .930
4. John L.Sullivan (1879-1891), 47-6-1 (41) .870
5. Stanley Ketchel (1903-1910), 32-4-1 (27) .865
6. Jim Jeffries (1897-1905), 38-6-0 (21) .864
7. Harry Harris (1897-1907), 49-5-3 (14) .860
8. Joe Gans (1892-1909), 72-9-3 (34) .857
9. Jem Driscoll (1901-1914), 64-7-4 (16) .853
10. Al Neill (1900-1911), 52-6-3 (23) .852