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mking55 · 01-11-2004, 11:11 PM

I decided just for the hell of it to have George Chuvalo who is a '9' in the game fight every fighter rated '5' and up 10 times each.

To the surprise of no one who ever watched George fight, once he hit the fighters rated '8', he lost more than he won.

So, my first question is why the '9' if he can't beat the 8's and the 9's?

The other thing that shocked me is a fighter named Lem Franklin who is rated a '6' in the game, beat Chuvalo 10 out of 10 times. So I refought them 999 times and Franklin beat Chuvalo 538-431 with 30 draws.

I looked up Franklin on boxrec.com and he had a lifetime record of 30-14 between 1937 and 1944. His career ended when he died of a brain concussion after a fight against Larry Lane (lifetime 27-22). My boxing knowledge is spotty at best but when I looked at his record which doesn't seem great, I hadn't heard of anyone he beat. However, that could be because I am not old enough to have seen fights in the 40's.

So, my 2nd question is, why is Lem Franklin a George Chuvalo slayer? Perhaps some of you historians of the game could enlighten me.

I will never get Chuvalo to hold a championship unless I limit his division to him and the '5' rated boxers and under. Maybe.

01-11-2004, 11:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
mking55 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 703	Who is Lem Franklin and why is he beating me up? I decided just for the hell of it to have George Chuvalo who is a '9' in the game fight every fighter rated '5' and up 10 times each. To the surprise of no one who ever watched George fight, once he hit the fighters rated '8', he lost more than he won. So, my first question is why the '9' if he can't beat the 8's and the 9's? The other thing that shocked me is a fighter named Lem Franklin who is rated a '6' in the game, beat Chuvalo 10 out of 10 times. So I refought them 999 times and Franklin beat Chuvalo 538-431 with 30 draws. I looked up Franklin on boxrec.com and he had a lifetime record of 30-14 between 1937 and 1944. His career ended when he died of a brain concussion after a fight against Larry Lane (lifetime 27-22). My boxing knowledge is spotty at best but when I looked at his record which doesn't seem great, I hadn't heard of anyone he beat. However, that could be because I am not old enough to have seen fights in the 40's. So, my 2nd question is, why is Lem Franklin a George Chuvalo slayer? Perhaps some of you historians of the game could enlighten me. I will never get Chuvalo to hold a championship unless I limit his division to him and the '5' rated boxers and under. Maybe.