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Romultiltus · 07-17-2006, 12:11 PM

Wow, the boys from New Haven fared better than I expected, defending the home turf.

Only 4 guys got shut out. MW Gomeo Brennan (8), WW Fausto Rodriguez (5), BW Germain Ohm (5) & FLY Fritz Chervet (3). (I'm really disappointed in Brennan, but the MW division is very tough)

Without a couple of big upsets, my team would be scraping the bottom of the rankings right now.

MW Anton Raadik (6) got a gift "hometown decision" against Paul Pender (8). This was a really ugly fight w/ 3 KD's, 5 Fouls, 2 Warnings, 3 Cautions, 1 Accidental Headbut, 2 Cuts & 1 Eye Swelling. (I hope Raadik continues to fight like this against the upper level fighters of the division)
In his other fight, Raadik was being dominated by Walter Cartier (5) and down 3 points on 4 cards going into the 11th round before the stunning KO for the victory. At 2-0 (1), Raadik is definitely a surprise.

LW Mando Ramos (5) also surprised me going 1-0-1 against much more talented competition. I think he scored the biggest upset of the evening by getting a Majority Decision over Edwin Rosario (10). In a pretty clean fight, Ramos used superior defensive skills to eek out the victory. I wouldn't call this one a hometown victory b/c Rosario managed to connect on only 10.8% of his punches for the entire fight as opposed to 40.5% for Ramos. He also scratched out a Draw against tough Rodolfo Rodriguez (7) by limiting him to a connect percentage of 18.8.

As a side note, I feel really bad for Rosario, who lost both of his fights. The other is the historic first round DQ loss for a blatant low blow against division bottom feeder Steve Murray (3). Murray had only thrown 6 punches (connecting with none) before the low blow. Murray may want to shift careers and become an actor instead of a boxer. I wouldn't be surprised if this was his only victory all season.

FW Terry McGovern (9) won both of his fights by impressive TKO. I was really worried about the fight w/ Troy Dorsey (6) though. When I ran a few sims between the two, Dorsey won too many for my liking. Fortunately a bad cut at 0:38 of Rnd 1 was the diffence maker in this fight. It was eventually stopped on cuts in the 3rd. (This was the only of the evening stopped by cuts)

Finally, BW Eddie Cook (4) should be an interesting guy to watch. Going into Round 12 of his fight w/ Pete Frissina (5), he was down on all cards by 4,6 & 4 points before the big KO. He finished well with KD's in Rnd 10 and 11. His other fight was a real nail-biter for favorite Jose Medal (9). Each fighter scored 2 KD's in the fight and it seemed that the lowly Mr. Cook gave Medal all he could handle. Medal won 114-111, 114-110, 112-113 (hometown score), but it almost could have been another big upset.

As for me, I'm more interested in the possibility of surprise upsets than actually winning the whole thing. Of course, I don't want to see my "big guns" lose, but that's what makes boxing interesting.

Enough rambling, the Tomato City team needs to prepare for the trip to Brazil to take on the Brazilian Barbarians.

Congrats to all who have contributed to make this happen.

07-17-2006, 12:11 PM	#43 (permalink)
Romultiltus Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: East Haven, CT Posts: 11,217	Notes From Tomato City - Week One Wow, the boys from New Haven fared better than I expected, defending the home turf. Only 4 guys got shut out. MW Gomeo Brennan (8), WW Fausto Rodriguez (5), BW Germain Ohm (5) & FLY Fritz Chervet (3). (I'm really disappointed in Brennan, but the MW division is very tough) Without a couple of big upsets, my team would be scraping the bottom of the rankings right now. MW Anton Raadik (6) got a gift "hometown decision" against Paul Pender (8). This was a really ugly fight w/ 3 KD's, 5 Fouls, 2 Warnings, 3 Cautions, 1 Accidental Headbut, 2 Cuts & 1 Eye Swelling. (I hope Raadik continues to fight like this against the upper level fighters of the division) In his other fight, Raadik was being dominated by Walter Cartier (5) and down 3 points on 4 cards going into the 11th round before the stunning KO for the victory. At 2-0 (1), Raadik is definitely a surprise. LW Mando Ramos (5) also surprised me going 1-0-1 against much more talented competition. I think he scored the biggest upset of the evening by getting a Majority Decision over Edwin Rosario (10). In a pretty clean fight, Ramos used superior defensive skills to eek out the victory. I wouldn't call this one a hometown victory b/c Rosario managed to connect on only 10.8% of his punches for the entire fight as opposed to 40.5% for Ramos. He also scratched out a Draw against tough Rodolfo Rodriguez (7) by limiting him to a connect percentage of 18.8. As a side note, I feel really bad for Rosario, who lost both of his fights. The other is the historic first round DQ loss for a blatant low blow against division bottom feeder Steve Murray (3). Murray had only thrown 6 punches (connecting with none) before the low blow. Murray may want to shift careers and become an actor instead of a boxer. I wouldn't be surprised if this was his only victory all season. FW Terry McGovern (9) won both of his fights by impressive TKO. I was really worried about the fight w/ Troy Dorsey (6) though. When I ran a few sims between the two, Dorsey won too many for my liking. Fortunately a bad cut at 0:38 of Rnd 1 was the diffence maker in this fight. It was eventually stopped on cuts in the 3rd. (This was the only of the evening stopped by cuts) Finally, BW Eddie Cook (4) should be an interesting guy to watch. Going into Round 12 of his fight w/ Pete Frissina (5), he was down on all cards by 4,6 & 4 points before the big KO. He finished well with KD's in Rnd 10 and 11. His other fight was a real nail-biter for favorite Jose Medal (9). Each fighter scored 2 KD's in the fight and it seemed that the lowly Mr. Cook gave Medal all he could handle. Medal won 114-111, 114-110, 112-113 (hometown score), but it almost could have been another big upset. As for me, I'm more interested in the possibility of surprise upsets than actually winning the whole thing. Of course, I don't want to see my "big guns" lose, but that's what makes boxing interesting. Enough rambling, the Tomato City team needs to prepare for the trip to Brazil to take on the Brazilian Barbarians. Congrats to all who have contributed to make this happen.