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Originally Posted by bear
Finally finished working through Turpin's book, Forgotten Men of the Prize Ring. In addition to adding all of the fighters Turpin did biographies for I also rated all of the fighter;s that were mentioned in the biographies as worthy opponents of Turpin's fighters.
I plan on working through a few other record compilations and add any missing fighters. Will be visiting Bill Schutte's two editions of Schutte's American Supplement of Boxing and Tracy Callis & Jan Skotnicki's Gladiators of the Ring.I'll also revisit Bill Mathews The English Boxing Champions (1872-1910) and Record Book. This should add a bunch of "name" fighters from the dawn of the Queensbury era to the advent of the Ring Magazine's Rankings.
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Excellent work bear, felt myself lagging recently, but reading of your workload has gone some way towards rejuvenating me.
Every rating is appreciated. Thanks.
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"I occasionally agreed to carry an opponent, almost always in what is known as a tune-up fight. I never considered it morally wrong as long as I was winning the fight. I was never a killer, like some fighters. I never enjoyed knocking out a guy who I knew had no chance to beat me." Sugar Ray Robinson
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