New Non-HW Boxers Rated

[CONN CHRIS]

ALBERT SCANLON WW

Hometown - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

3(3)-6-1; 1 NC

Scanlon fought in Queensland for five years, winning the Australian Welterweight Title in 1910 with a 7 round TKO over Bob Whitelaw. He lost 20 round decisions to Dave Smith, Jerry Jerome and Dixie Kid (in London).

[CONN CHRIS]

Albert Scanlon - Ausie WW (posed for photo in 1910 with Summers, et al)

[CONN CHRIS]

HARRY GREEN FW

Hometown - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

0-2-0

Green fought two pro bouts in Weston, both against Peter Cook, both TKO losses. Cook, of Scotland, went on to become the New Zealand Lightweight Champion.

[CONN CHRIS]

Harry Green - short time Aussie FW 1908-1910 (photo taken in 1910 with Summers, et al)

[CONN CHRIS]

ALF GOODWIN LW

Hometown - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (born in London, England)

6(4)-6-1

Goodwin fought some good opponents during his brief four years in the ring. He beat future New Zealand Lightweight Champ Peter Cook twice, Lost a 20 round decision to South Africa's Arthur Douglas, was KO'd in 9 by Johnny Summers and knocked Jack Dougherty out in 16 rounds. In 1910, he lost a chance at the Australian Lightweight title when he was stopped in the 12th by Herb McCoy.

[CONN CHRIS]

Alf Goodwin - Aussie LW 1910-1914 (1910 photo with other Aussie champs, contentenders and chumps)

[CONN CHRIS]

ED JESSOP LW

Born - London, England, UK
Hometown - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

7(0)-6-6

Jessop split a pair of fights with Hock Keys and drew with Bob Turner five times including once in 1902 with the Australian Lightweight title on the line.

[CONN CHRIS]

Ed Jessop - British born LW, fought in Australia 1901-1910 (1910 photo)

[CONN CHRIS]

YOSHINORI "Jimmy" SAKAMOTO FW

Hometown - Seattle, Washington, USA

3(2)-6-0

Sakamoto learned Judo as a boy in Seattle and took up boxing while attending Princeton in New Jeresy. He suffered detached retinas following his fight with Clark Anderson which would eventualy leave Sakamoto blind. He turned to writing and became the editor of the Japanese-American Courier where he quickly became a leader in the Japanese community. During World War II he was very oukspoken that second and third generation Japanese in America needed to demonstrate their loyalty to the US government. He even encouraged Japanese Americans to willingly and efficiently comply with the government's relocation plans. As a result, he was greatly resented by the community and never regained his place as a leader. He died crossing a Seattle street when he was struck by a car on December 3, 1955.

[CONN CHRIS]

Jimmy Sakamoto - USA FW 1925-1926

[CONN CHRIS]

Here's different pic of Jimmy Sakamoto. A little dark, but maye LeeSkye can weave some magic.

[CONN CHRIS]

MARK HIGGINS LW

Howntown - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

1(1)-4-0

Higgins lost a bid for the Australian Welterweight Title to Bob Whitelaw in 1908. His last bout was a bid for the Australian Lightweight Belt against Hughie Mehegan in 1911 which was also unsuccesful.

[CONN CHRIS]

Mark Higgins - Aussie LW 1908-1911 (1910 photo)

[CONN CHRIS]

JOE RUSSELL FW

Hometown - Brisbane, Queensland, Autralia

11(3)-11-4

Russell won the Austrlian Featherweight Title in 1910 with a 20 round decision over Billy Elliott after two earlier failed attempts. He defended the title four times, losing it to Frank Thorn in 1914.

[CONN CHRIS]

Joe Russell - Aussie FW 1910-1916 (1910 photo)

[CONN CHRIS]

I am starting to feel like the king of the stiffs, but I do like having interesting names and faces at the bottom of the food chain rather than the faceless tomato cans.

Here is one not quite so stiff, he at least has a pulse. Ableit, a shallow and irregular one:

FRANKIE DALY BW

Hometown - New York, New York, USA

9(1)-27-2; 7 NC

Daly began his career with a 10 round win over Jack Sharkey (BW). Although Sharkey didn't assemble a great record, he did go on to beat Kid Herman and had several title shots over his career. Unfortunately, that was the best win Daly had, in fact all of his victories came within his first 15 pro bouts. He was however a tough trial horse who was only stopped once in 45 pro bouts by a fellow named Young Houston. The list of boxers that tried and failed at stopping Daly is quite impressive.

Frankie lost decisions of ten rounds or more to Lockport Jimmy Duffy, Memphis Pal Moore, Abe Goldstein (4 times), Johnny Buff (twice), Kid Wolfe, Kid Herman, Kid Williams (twice), Frankie Genaro and Kid Roy.

EDIT: Actualy, he is pretty stiff and I'm not so sure about the pulse after all

[CONN CHRIS]

Frankie Daly BW 1914-1923

[CONN CHRIS]

WHITEY LESTER LW

Hometown - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

5(1)-6-1

Lester was stopped by all the big names he faced; George Lavigne, Patsy Sweeney and Joe Gans.

[CONN CHRIS]

Whitey Lester - LW 1898-1902

[CONN CHRIS]

LARRY BOLVIN FW

Hometown - Providence, Rhode Island, USA

43(21)-17-2

Bolvin fought most of his career in New England. He held wins over Aaron Seltzer, Jackie Wilson, Tony Costa, Harold Lacey, Carlos Cuebas, Joey Archibald, Everett Rightmire, Matt Perfetti and Jimmy Gilligan. He lost to Cabey Lewis, Luis Castillo, Manuel Ortiz, Lefty LaChance, Davey Crafword, Sal Bartolo, Jackie Callura, Archibald and Rightmire. Larry was stopped 7 times over 62 pro bouts.