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1920 Recap - Part II
Finally, the PFP list at the end of 1920, changes from last year in Parens:
1. Harry Wills HW (USBA Champ) 1612 (+2)
2. Pete Herman BW (WBA Champ) 1522 (+3)
3. Mike O'Dowd MW (WBA Champ) 1382 (+6)
4. Bartley Madden HW 1344 (+3)
5. Art Magirl WW (USBA Champ) 1325 (-3)
6. Sam Robideau LW (WBA Champ) 1303 (new)
7. Benny Leonard LW 1302 (-6)
8. Jack Dempsey HW 1271 (+2)
9. Jack Dillon LHW (USBA Champ) 1239 (new)
10. Panama Joe Gans MW (NABF Champ) 1211 (new)
Dropouts from last year's list: Sam McVey (was #4), McFarland (was #6) and Sam Langford (was #8).
A bit of a shakeup in the list, mainly the result of Magirl and Leonard, the two longest serving WBA champs, being ousted from their titles. Leonard is the senior member of the list, as this is his fifth successive appearance. Herman may be set to dominate as Attell did a few years back in the FW division, primarily because of lack of top flight competition at the highest level. Meanwhile, the HW, MW and LW ranks, with multiple fighters in the top 10, appear to be the most competitive, although the second fighter from the LW division appears to be an artifact of the DQ loss suffered by the highly-rated Leonard, who was approaching the stratosphere of the 1700-plus group a the time of his surprising defeat.
I will make a forecast for next year: LH Champ Harry Greb will join the PFP list in 1921.
Will take a bit of a break before kicking off the new year of matches for 1921...
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