Last fighter looking at from the early 1946 Rankings. Lee Savold was heavy in the mix of heavyweight title consideration going into 1950, be it through the BBBC concocting it's own rendition for a World Heavyweight Title to involve their local Bruce Woodcock.
You'll see I split Savold into a LHW and HW ratings which are quite different from each other. He appeared after putting on the weight and moving up the heavy ranks really helped his career to take over where the first couple years as a Light Heavy were with mixed results.
Lee Savold - LWH/HW - USA
Career Record: W98(KO 72) / L41(KO 12) / D3
TITLES:
EBU Heavyweight Title
Iowa State Heavyweight Title
Unknown information has been left blank.
The included website obituary article on Savold and revolvy.com notes his date of birth as 3-22-1916,not 1915 as noted in BoxRec.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10960794/lee-savold Lists his date of birth as March 22, 1915.
He was born Lee Hulvaer, his parents of Norwegian ancestry who were farmers and ranchers. Savold resided in Spring Lake, N.J. and passed away in Neptune, N.J. Jersey Shore Medical Center.
Another good article on Savold's career can be found at:
http://www.boxing.com/lee_savold_hea...the_world.html
This article puts Savold's birth date as 3/22/15. So take your pick. It also puts his career record as W100(KO 72) / L38(KO 10) / D3 / 1NC
Savold's early career from 1933 through his fight with Andy Miller in late May 1935 appears by weight and his opponents as fought as a light heavyweight. Beginning June 1935 against Frank Androff he's fighting heavier weight opponents. So I've split Savold into LHW and HW rating along those time periods which puts his record in each:
LHW Sept 1933 to May 1935 W20(KO 11) / L15(KO 5) / D2
HW June 1935 to Feb 1952 W78(KO 61) / L26(KO 7) / D1