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djday45 · 11-03-2009, 03:36 AM

Jan 1st 1920

Today the National Boxing Board of Review announced that boxing is changing from its amateur status to a profesional sport. The Board have been in negotiating with the sports current top amateurs and trainers for over a year and was delighted to announce that nearly all the top amateurs on the current scene both in the US and in Europe are on board and also the board is in the process of bringing over the great amont of training talent curently within the European amateur game.

A world championship tournament will be arranged for this year and the board also announced its initial ratings for January 1920.

1. Harold Lloyd USA
2. Douglas Fairbanks USA
3. Lon Chaney USA
4. John Barrymore USA
5. Richard Barthelmess USA
6. William S Hart USA
7. Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle USA
8. Buster Keaton USA
9. Conrad Veidt Germany
10. Emil Jannings Switzerland

All the fighters will have their records tracked from their first professional fight and a list of trainers already commited to the pros are as follows.

Robert Wiene, DW Griffith, Buster Keaton, Cecil B DeMille, Fred Niblo, Wallace Worsley, Hal Roach, Clarence Brown, Carl Dreyer, Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle
Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, Ersnt Lubitch, John Ford, Victor Sjostrom
FW Murnau, King Vidor and Victor Fleming.

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djday45 All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,474 Thanks: 3 Thanked 19x in 12 posts	National Boxing Board of Review announcement Jan 1st 1920 Today the National Boxing Board of Review announced that boxing is changing from its amateur status to a profesional sport. The Board have been in negotiating with the sports current top amateurs and trainers for over a year and was delighted to announce that nearly all the top amateurs on the current scene both in the US and in Europe are on board and also the board is in the process of bringing over the great amont of training talent curently within the European amateur game. A world championship tournament will be arranged for this year and the board also announced its initial ratings for January 1920. 1. Harold Lloyd USA 2. Douglas Fairbanks USA 3. Lon Chaney USA 4. John Barrymore USA 5. Richard Barthelmess USA 6. William S Hart USA 7. Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle USA 8. Buster Keaton USA 9. Conrad Veidt Germany 10. Emil Jannings Switzerland All the fighters will have their records tracked from their first professional fight and a list of trainers already commited to the pros are as follows. Robert Wiene, DW Griffith, Buster Keaton, Cecil B DeMille, Fred Niblo, Wallace Worsley, Hal Roach, Clarence Brown, Carl Dreyer, Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, Ersnt Lubitch, John Ford, Victor Sjostrom FW Murnau, King Vidor and Victor Fleming.