The Top Ranked Boxers of All-Time from Massachusetts
Notes: Fighters are ranked on the list of the state they were born in.
Where a fighter grew up or went to school is not factored into this list.
Ranking Explanation
Rnk
Athlete
Weight Class
Rookie Yr
Birthplace
Overall Rank
1
Rocky Marciano
Heavyweight
Brockton
20
2
Sandy Saddler
Featherweight
Boston
54
3
John L. Sullivan
Heavyweight
Roxbury
4
Mike Twin Sullivan
Welterweight
Cambridge
5
Sal Bartolo
Featherweight
Boston
6
Tony DeMarco
Welterweight
Boston
7
Mike Glover
Light Heavyweight
Lawrence
8
John Ruiz
Heavyweight
Methuen
9
Johnny Indrisano
Welterweight
Boston
10
Honey Mellody
Welterweight
Charlestown
11
Jack "Twin" Sullivan
Light Heavyweight
Cambridge
12
Matty Baldwin
Featherweight
Boston
13
Dick Finnegan
Featherweight
Boston
14
Andy Callahan
Lightweight
Lawrence
15
Tommy Robson
Middleweight
Chelsea
16
Danny Kramer
Fe
Mushy Callahan held the junior welterweight world championship for nearly three and a half years and after his boxing career ended, he trained the biggest Hollywood stars on the sets of their movies. Yet among fans of Jewish boxing, Callahan isn't revered like Benny Leonard nor is he admired like Barney Ross. Though his championship reign was long, it was hampered by several factors: the "synthetic" nature of his crown, his losses in over-the-weight bouts, and his propensity to duck the toughest challengers. His conversion to Catholicism after his career also contributed to Callahan's fallen star within the Jewish boxing community.
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Vincent Morris Scheer was born on November 3, in New York to Jewish Austrian parents named Max and Anna. The family moved across the country to Los Angeles and settled in Boyle Heights when Vincent, who was known as Moishele, was two years old. Max sold produce near the intersection of Brooklyn Ave and Soto. Meanwhile, young Moishele got into a lot of fights. He resented when other kids called him "Maurice" and had no problem showing them with his fists. After a while, no one wanted to call him Maurice anymore, so he soon developed the nickname
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