New Non-HW Boxers Rated

[IceTea]

Policarpo Diaz Lightweight 44-3 28 KOs

-- Lost a lopsided decision to Pernell Whitaker in 1991 for the Lightweight belt

-- Was the European Lightweight Champion from 11-88 -- 9-90

-- Won via TKO against Gert Bo Jacobson TKO 6

[crusadecat]

I'm glad a had a day off today, Can finally get back into Title Bout Biz again.

[wanderer]

Does anybody have Harold Brazier and/or Duke Mckenzie rated?

[IceTea]

brazier is in the game I think.

MJ

[mh2365]

brazier was in my database ... not sure if he came with the game or I got him from someone else, but here he is

[David Myers]

Non-heavies from the Twenties

I've prepared a .zip archive containing over 90 fighters from the 1920s in the lower weight divisions--31 welterweights, 33 lightweights, and 32 featherweights. (I'd started out to post the fighters one by one, but the task was too time-consuming. What is more, even one-division archives proved too large for the OOTP Forums.)

Consequently, Cornerwork has the whole archive and should post it soon.

Contained are the following welterweights:

Pete August
Sid Barbarian
Leonard Bennett
Harry "Kid" Brown
Sam Bruce
Luke Carr
Meyer Cohen
Pat Corbett
Paul Demsky
Andy DiVodi
Madison Dix
Billy Drako
Charley Feraci
Don Fraser
Ruby Goldstein
Willie Harmon
Piet Hobin
Ted "Krashing" Krache
Canada Lee
Cleto Locatelli
Fred "Dummy" Mahan
Freddie Polo
Manuel Quintero
Morrie Schlaifer
Joe Schlocker
Dorey Shimar
Joe Simonich
Jack Sparr
Bobby Tracey
Archie Walker
Georgie Ward

Also included are photos of Goldstein, Schlaifer, and Ward.

The following lightweights will be found in the .zip:

Davey Abad
Joe Benjamin
Tommy Cello
Sammy Dorfman
Harry Dublinsky
Davie Flash
Bruce Flowers
Bobby Garcia
Oscar Goldman
Joey Goodman
Al Gordon
Billy Grime
Ever Hammer
Alex Hart
Willie Jackson
Stanislaus Loayza
Joe Marcus
Harry Mason
Phil McGraw
Tommy O'Brien
Augie Pisano
Luis Rayo
Joe Salas
Solly Seeman
Baby Sal Sorio
Francois Sybille
Billy Townsend
Johnny Trambitas
Benny Valgar
Luis Vicentini
Sammy Vogel
Billy Wallace
Al Winkler

Also included are pictures of Cello, Hammer, Mason, O'Brien, Salas, Sorio, and Townsend.

And these 32 featherweights are in the archive:

Eddie "Cowboy" Anderson
Georgie Balduc
Bobby Brady
Benny Brostoff
Enrique Chafferdet
Milton Cohen
Wilbur Cohen
Al Corbett
Henry Falegano
Johnny Farr
Ignacio Fernandez
Vic Foley
Danny Frush
Josep Girones
Sailor Willie Gordon
Johnny Helstein
Abie Israel
Danny Kramer
Knud Larsen
Andy Martin
Edouard Mascart
Lew Mayrs
Young Nationalista
Paul Noack
Leo "Kid" Roy
Babe Ruth
Joey Sangor
Pete Sarmiento
Al Tripoli
Allan Whitlow
Santiago Zorilla
Phil Zwick

Also included are pictures of Farr, Kramer, Nationalista, Roy, Sarmiento, and Zorilla.

Hope these fighters help some of you guys fill out your universes!

[SAL]

Thanks David for the smaller guys. Guess I'll head over to cornerwork and see if they are available yet and get them added to my universe.

By the way, the featherweight you rated named Babe Ruth, surely is not the Great Bambino?

Scot

[vistaman44]

David;
Great work! No wonder it's been quiet on the Texas front lately. You've been busy! Thanks again.

[David Myers]

Scot,

At 215 pounds, the Bambino would have fought as, er, a heavyweight. I know little else about the featherweight who fought under the name Babe Ruth except that he was from Louisville. He lost to Barney Ross, Petey Sarron, Freddie Miller, Cecil Payne, and King Tut among others during his career. He did, however, beat Eddie Shea, Lew Mayrs, Georgie Balduc, Bobby Garcia, Billy Petrolle, and Red Chapman.

[David Myers]

Basil Galiano

Here's a fighter whom I didn't include in the Twenties Non-Heavies .zip archive at Cornerwork. He fought as a junior welterweight.

[Gunsmoke]

Guys I've just posted David's file to Cornerwork so download and enjoy this fantastic collection of fighters.

Cheers,
Mark

[David Myers]

Happy Atherton

Indianapolis-based bantamweight, fought from 1922 to 1931.

[David Myers]

George Marks

A Jewish bantamweight out of L.A. who fought from 1918 to 1926. A picture of him is here.

[David Myers]

Dick Corbett

An English bantamweight with a career record of 130-36-17 who fought from 1926 to 1943 (when he was killed in a Nazi air raid).

[David Myers]

Dynamite Murphy

An Italian-American bantamweight out of Sacramento (real name: Phonse Lazzari) who fought from 1920 to 1932.

[David Myers]

Chuck Hellman

A Finnish-born bantamweight fighting out of Portland, Ore., he was rated #7 in the year-end rankings in Ring Magazine. Hellman fought from 1921 to 1928.

[David Myers]

Archie Bell

I've written out his ratings on this thread before, but here's an exchange file for the Brooklyn-born banty who fought from 1922 to 1931. A head shot of him can be found under the "Missing Fighter Photos" thread.

[David Myers]

Howard Mayberry

The tragic Mayberry, who died in 1933 following surgery to remove his leg, fought from 1920 till the car accident that mangled him. Originally from Duluth, the bantamweight moved to Canada in 1923.

[David Myers]

Kid Francis

Francesco Buonagurio, a bantamweight out of Naples with a career record of 87-11-8. He fought from 1923 to 1935. During the Second World War, he was murdered by the Nazis.

(Ironically, he lost on points in 1933 to Young Perez, who was also murdered by the Nazis--in Auschwitz. You could probably compile an All-Star team of boxers who died at German Nazi hands.)

[David Myers]

Dixie LaHood

An interesting bantamweight. Born in Brazil to Syrian parents, he grew up in and fought out of Butte, Mont. He was managed by John L. Sullivan, and fought from 1922 to 1932.