Six degrees of separation is a theory that everyone in the world is separated by no more than six social connections.
In other words, you know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Queen Elizabeth. Or so the concept goes.
We’re borrowing the six degrees concept – well, sort of loosely – to connect fighters from the past to their more contemporary counterparts in our new occasional feature, “Degrees of Separation.”
Example: Let’s connect Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Super easy; we did it in two steps. Senior fought Grover Wiley, who fought Junior.
In this installment of the Boxing Junkie feature,we wanted to link Scottish 140-pound titleholder Josh Taylor with arguably the greatest fighter Scotland has ever produced, Jimmy Wilde.
Taylor, 29, is still active. Wilde last fought in 1923. Yes, our work was cut out for us … but we did it.
Check it out:
Jimmy Wilde fought …
Pancho Villa, who fought …
Jimmy McLarnin, who fought …
Barney Ross, who fought …
Henry Armstrong, who fought …
Ray Robinson, who fought …
Denny Moyer, who fought …
Vito Antuofermo, who fought …
Marvin Hagler who fought …
Ray Leonard, who fought …
Hector Camacho, who fought …
Oscar De La Hoya, who fought …
Manny Pacquiao, who fought …
Lucas Matthysse, who fought …
Viktor Postol, who fought …
Josh Taylor
Could you do it in fewer steps? Let us know via Twitter or Facebook. Or you can contact me on Twitter. And please follow us!
Read more:
Degrees of separation: Connecting John L. Sullivan to Deontay Wilder
Degrees of Separation: Linking Filipino greats Flash Elorde, Manny Pacquiao
Degrees of Separation: Linking Japanese greats Fighting Harada and Naoya Inoue
Degrees of Separation: Linking Tyson Fury to first U.K.-born heavyweight champ
Degrees of Separation: Connecting Canelo Alvarez with Mexican legends
Degrees of Separation: Linking the Mayweathers
Degrees of Separation: Linking Manny Pacquiao to Pancho Villa