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Finally, the pound-for-pound rankings.

1. Abe Attell, FW (WBA Champ) 1548 (NC)
2. Sam Langford, HW (WBA Champ) 1437 (+1)
3. Jack Johnson, HW (USBA Champ) 1269 (+1)
4. Jack Blackburn, LW (WBA Champ) 1267 (+4)
5. Joe Jeannette, HW (NABF Champ) 1158 (+2)
6. Tommy Burns, HW (CBU Champ) 1104 (new)
7. Freddie Welsh, LW (EBU, GBU Champ) 1093 (new)
8. Battling Nelson, LW no title 1091 (-3)
9. Jem Driscoll, LW (CBU Champ) 1075 (-7)
10. Packey McFarland, WW (NABF Champ) 1071 (new)

Dropped out: Phila Jack O'Brien, LH (was #6)
Jack Britton, WW (was #9)
Sam McVey, HW (was #10)

NOTE: Burns had been in the Top 10 list in a prior year.

Comments: Another record year with Attell cracking the 1500 pp barrier and two others not listed above 1000 (Britton at 1042 and McVey at 1036). Jury is still out, but there does seem to be ratings inflation in those divisions dominated by a handful of fighters who keep winning against lesser opponents.

Expect it to be about another month or so before the next series of reports, hopefully covering action in the year 1912.