New Non-HW Boxers Rated

[David Myers]

<b>Sammy Bienfield</b>

Another Jewish banty out of Brooklyn, Bienfield (if it's pronounced like it would be in German, the name would be said "beanfield") fought from 1923 to 1925.

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<b>Ad Rubidoux</b>

A bantamweight from San Bernardino, Calif., who fought from 1919 to 1927.

[David Myers]

<b>Henry Catena</b>

A Norfolk, Va., bantamweight who fought from 1922 to 1927.

[David Myers]

<b>Mickey Cohen</b>

A Jewish bantamweight out of Cleveland who later became a notorious <a href="http://www.life.com/Life/lifebooks/mobsters/mickey.html" target="_blank">gangster</a> in L.A. He fought in the early Thirties.

[David Myers]

<b>Carl Tremaine</b>

A Canadian banty who fought out of Cleveland from 1919 to 1929.

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<b>Amos Carlin</b>

A New Orleans bantamweight, listed at #11 in <i>Ring</i>'s year-end rankings for 1926, who died the next year in a drowning accident. A picture of him, along with his obituary, is <a href="http://www.harrygreb.com/amoskidcarlin.html" target="_blank">here</a>.

(Although <i>Ring</i> had him ranked as a banty, Boxrec shows him as a flyweight. After all, Carlin fought Pancho Villa for the flyweight title. [Villa won in a newspaper decision.] In my universe, he is a fly.)

[David Myers]

<b>Nipper Pat Daly</b>

An improbable bantamweight who started fighting professionally in 1922 at the age of nine (!) and was finished by the time he was 18. Be sure to check out the excellent story on him by clicking the website link that I've provided in the ratings.

[David Myers]

<b>Felix Friedemann</b>

A mediocre German bantamweight of the Twenties (career record: won 17 (KOs 5); lost 19; drawn 11).

[David Myers]

<b>"Cuban" Bobby Brown</b>

Here's a tragic light heavy. Bobby Brown, the "Cuban Wonder," won 34 fights (27 by knockout) against just nine losses. Three weeks after losing to Tony Galento in October 1929, he died from his injuries.

[David Myers]

Here is a picture of Bobby Brown in a fighting pose.

[David Myers]

<b>Dave Maier</b>

I can't explain my affinity for this light heavy. A hard-punching southpaw out of Milwaukee, he lost to George Nichols for the vacant NBA title in 1932.

[David Myers]

Here's a picture of Maier in fighting pose. And an obit of him is <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/nobits/may00/maier20r051900.asp" target="_blank">here</a>.

[David Myers]

<b>Georgie Rivers</b>

A flyweight who fought out of L.A. in the early twenties. Picture of him is below.

[David Myers]

A picture of Georgie Rivers to go along with his ratings.

[crusadecat]

Hey David thanks for the fighters, btw i rated Mickey Cohen a while back, our ratings are kinda similar but I think you were a bit more generous to him than i was, I rated him out as a 1 and i think yours is a 3 for him, I know that we differed in his cf's the most, otherwise we were close in the other depts. Keep up the good work,

[David Myers]

Crusadecat,

Another Mickey Cohen also fought at about the same time--<a href="http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=047585" target="_blank">"Irish" Mickey Cohen</a>, a lightweight out of Denver, who boxed from 1926 to 1935. He faced some good fighters: Baby Arizmendi, Chalky Wright, Varias Milling, Harry Dublinsky, all of whom he lost to. He did beat Mike Dundee, Dublinsky once, Tommy Grogan, Davey Abad, and Memphis Pal Moore.

Perhaps he should be rated 3, with "Gangster" Mickey Cohen a 1.

[David Myers]

<b>Harold Smith</b>

A Chicago bantamweight who was #6 in <i>Ring</i>'s year-end rankings for 1924. He fought from 1921 to 1930, beating Joe Lynch and Young Montreal, but losing to Tony Canzoneri, Bushy Graham, and Memphis Pal Moore.

A picture follows.

[David Myers]

A headshot of Harold Smith.

[crusadecat]

Yeah David i think you nailed it the 3 sounds correct for Irish Mickey and Gangster Mickey certainly looks like a 1 .

[mh2365]

anyone want to take a crack at rating this guy .... seems to good not to be in the game

http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=046200