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Jan 1923 BW Division Profile

Total: 92 RL: 55 TC: 37

RL by Career Stage:
End - 4
Post - 4
Prime - 17
Pre - 21
Beginning - 9 (5 New)

Rated: 28
800+: 11
500+: 19
200+: 27

Jan 1923 Rankings (Perf Pts and Changes from Jan 1922 in Parens):

Champ: Joe Lynch 27-7 (14) (1381) (+6)
1. Pete Herman 40-4-2 (15) (1349) (-1)
2. Memphis Pal Moore 32-10-2 (12) (1046) (-1)
3. Charles Ledoux 43-12 (31) (1012) (NC)
4. Abe Goldstein 23-5-1 (10) (990) (+1)
5. Jack Kid Wolfe 31-14-4 (8) (953) (+2)
6. Kid Williams 38-13-3 (17) (934) (-2)
7. Philadelphia Pal Moore 45-17-5 (14) (901) (+1)
8. Packey O'Gatty 24-4-1 (15) (884) (+4)
9. Johnny Coulon 47-12-6 (17) (827) (-7)
10. Joe Burman 23-6-4 (11) (814) (+3)

Comments: All the above at Prime, except for Herman and Williams at Post and Coulon who has reached End career stage. Lynch won all four title bouts in 1922, extending his win streak to seven. Herman resumed his career after the title loss, scoring a MD 10 over Ledoux, but then wound up the year on a sour note, a TD 4 with Joe Burman. Memphis Pal Moore racked up wins over Ertle and Campi before suffering his title bout loss. Ledoux went 2-2 for the year, dropping MDs to Herman and Goldstein while scoring wins over Coulon (a UD 10) and Tremaine (a TKO). Goldstein split the two title bouts, scoring a MD 10 over Ledoux to remain a top flight contender. Wolfe fought a series of USBA title bouts, but was held to a draw by Burns. Williams faded after a winless 1922, despite managing draws in title clashes with Wolfe and Philly Pal Moore. Philly Pal scored a UD over George Marks, a MD versus Burman in addition to the draw with Williams. O'Gatty moved into the top ten by virtue of UD wins over Rubidoux and Dastillon plus a KO 4 over ex-Champ Coulon, fashioning a five-bout win streak. Coulon slid down the list, having lost his last four contests. Burman eased into the top ten despite the MD loss to Philly Pal Moore which snapped a four-bout win streak that included a pair of KOs over veteran Frankie Conley.

Other Notables: Dropping out of the top group from last year are Little Jack Sharkey, who slipped from #9 to #14, suffering UD losses to Burns and Ertle despite and SD win versus Joe Fox and a UD versus Eddie Campi, who slipped five spots down to #15 after losing his last seven, going winless since 1920. Winding up one spot short at #11 was Frankie Burns, who suffered the loss to Wolfe and won only once, a UD versus Sharkey, in four 1922 bouts. CBU Champ Johnny Brown is #12, compiling a 16-0-1 (14) record for 704 PPs, including a KO over veteran FLY Tancy Lee, the one draw coming versus Dastillon in the EBU title bout. Dastillon winds up one spot lower, at #13, adding a TKO versus Campi and a UD loss to O'Gatty in addition to his EBU title bouts, running his record to 22-20-3 (15) for 668 PPs. Ad Rubidoux finished up the Pre-Prime portion of his career with a 17-3 (15) mark, good for 17th spot in the rankings, bouncing back from a UD 10 loss to O'Gatty with a KO versus Conley and a SD over Pete Sarmiento. Sarmiento debuts at #18 with an impressive 15-2 (12) mark, adding 1922 wins over Midget Smith (via TKO) and Frankie Jerome (UD) before the loss to Rubidoux snapped a six-bout win streak. British prospect Harry Lake debuts one spot lower, at #19, winning just three of five to wind up the year at 13-4 (11), struggling through a TKO loss to FLY Young Zulu Kid and a UD loss to fellow Brit Joe Fox but then registering a MD 10 over Dynamite Murphy.

Prospects: Harold Smith wound up 13-0 (10) , topping off 10 TC wins with UDs over Dynamite Murphy and Bobby Green and a TKO over Indian Russell. Bud Taylor is a perfect 12-0 (9), adding Murphy (a UD) and Howard Mayberry (via TKO) to his 10 TC victims. Mayberry dropped to 12-2 (11) after suffering TKO losses to Taylor and Midget Smith in his last two. Midget Smith finished at 10-2-2 (7), after suffering his second loss (a TKO) to Sarmiento but registered impressive KO wins over Henny Catena and Murphy despite being held to a draw by FLY Elky Clark. The loss was Catena's first after 10 TC wins; his record stands at 10-1 (4). Charley Phil Rosenberg's perfect start was spoiled by a draw with Murphy, and he wound up 1922 at 10-0-1 (9); Murphy finished at 8-3-2 (5), running into trouble once he faced some RL opponents. Bobby Green finished the year at 9-1 (7) after suffering a loss to Harold Smith, his first non-TC opponent. Chuck Hellman (9-0, 7 KO), Eddie Cannonball Martin (8-0, 8 KO), Canadian Vic Foley (8-0, 7 KO), Brit Teddy Baldock (8-0, 6 KO), Bushy Graham (8-0, 4 KO), Dixie LaHood (7-0, 4 KO), Amos Carlin (6-0, 5 KO), Tommy Milton (6-0, 5 KO) and Connie Curry (6-0, 5 KO) all remain undefeated versus TC competition. Panama Al Brown is off to a promising 5-0 (4) start, as is Happy Atherton (4-0, 2 KO).

Retirements: None in 1922.

Looking Ahead: Lynch, having toppled just about all the leading contenders recently, may be set for a fairly lenghty run as WBA Champ. Ledoux may be prepared to make a WBA title run, or alternatively, issue a challenge to the EBU titleholder, Dastillon. O'Gatty, Brown and Rubidoux may be prepared to rise in the ranks, and Brown and Lake may be candidates for a renewal of GBU BW title action. Five new BWs are set to start their careers in 1923, paced by Italian Kid Francis and the USA's Archie Bell.