[JohnnyBench]

GCB Ring Rap - Issue # 6

Welcome to Global Championship Boxing. Well fight fans, our inaugural year (1900) is on it’s way. Venues all over the world are selling out as the greatest prizefighters of all time collide head to head. We have chosen six dates that all of our fights will be Auto Scheduled on. Each date has almost a hundred fights taking place with each fighter fighting only once per date. By the end of the year, all of our Main Eveners (Rating 5 and up) and Club Circuit (Ratings 3-4) guys should have at least six fights under their belt.

Because of the enormous amount of simming done to build our foundation of history, we are not able to closely watch each match. This will happen when we slow the pace down in 1902 and really start with the big match ups. But we are going to report to you any big upsets that caught us by surprise. We will also be introducing you to many other fighters that have not been mentioned before. We will see some guys moving up the ladder here at GCB that we never expected. We will also not see certain guys move up that we predicted would. It’s going to be exciting!

Our first big night of boxing was on 1-1-1900. On New Year’s Day, we had matches all over the globe drawing in boxing fans from all parts of the world. Many, many matches were fought and we must say that there were a few surprises! It seems that our biggest upsets the first night all took place on American soil.

Our first big surprise took place in Newark, NJ, where the much heralded Henry “The Prince” Wales of the U.K. took on journeyman, Johnny Sykes from the U.S.A. I don’t think anyone really gave Sykes much of a chance in this match, but apparently no one told Sykes that. He held his own against “The Prince” taking him to an eight round Draw!

Under normal circumstances a Draw would not be that big of deal, but Henry enters the GCB at the age of 35. While he is still in wonderful shape and has very good ratings, this will be his last year in his “Prime” (he will be set to post-prime at age of 36). In order for Henry to move up the GCB ladder, he needed a strong start. Many wonder if this set-back will keep him from advancing before father time gets the victory.

The next match that really caught our eye and startled us took place in Ledyard, CT. “Fast” Freddie Olenchez, from the Philippines, a GCB favorite, faced trail horse, Lee Oma from the U.S.A.
In what was the biggest upset of the year so far, Oma took Olenchez all the way and surprised everyone when he was given the Split Decision win over “Fast” Freddie.

With the fight being in in the States, the fans loved and were impressed by Oma’s showing, but admittedly, manu of them were surprised by the Judging of the fight. Olenchez’s corner has questioned the home town vote and vow to “get to the bottom of it!”

The next match that effects our predicted top contenders is a huge surprise to some, but expected by others. “Mad Dog” Mike Raymond from the USA faced young Chip Smith in a match that many said would never make it past the second round. For those who predicted that were absolutely correct. In the second round the big shot took place sending a fighter to the canvas and the “Ten Count” ended the fight! Before you begin your “I told you so’s.” It was the “Mad Dogs” back that was on the canvas!

That’s right, Mike Raymond was ko’d in the second round of his first fight in the GCB! If you remember, we warned you about the “Mad Dog’s” aggressive and often careless style of boxing. He will often dominate his opponents, but if he is not careful, and this time he wasn’t, he will let his guard down and be the recipient of a Knock Out punch. It remains to be seen if Raymond will bounce back from this defeat.

Well fight fans, those were our biggest surprises on our first night of boxing. We will return soon as the year continues to unfold. Have a good night and always remember keep your hands up and keep moving!