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GCB RING RAP - ISSUE # 8
Welcome fight fans to another installment of GCB’s Ring Rap. We have been able to fast forward through the rest of the year, 1900. With hundreds of matches behind us since our last update, we only have a few major upsets to share with you before we unveil our first “Official GCB World Rankings.”
Again, there were three fights that really got our attention. The first one took place on 9-15-1900 in Bronx, NY where Canada’s premiere prizefighter, Haskil Lablanc faced USA’s Melvin Faints. Haskil entered the match with a perfect 4-0 record and quickly moving up the GCB ladder. However, on this night, movement was not in Lablanc’s vocabulary. In fact, Haskil was more like a sitting duck to trail horse “Mean” Melvin Faints. Before the first round ended, the referee had to stop the match and give Faints the TKO victory. Lablanc had been a sure in as a top contender.
The next two big upsets that took place have one thing in common. His name is Kerry “The Nightmare” Johnson of Canada. Kerry had been dubbed the “One to Watch” as the year began. Surprisingly, we watched Kerry experience back to back losses as the year came to a close.
His first loss came at the hands of journeyman Steve Boom on 9-15-1900. Boom took Johnson the distance and edged him out with an eight round Majority decision. “The Nightmare” was greatly disturbed by that loss and seemed to go into a deep depression that had many wondering whether his career in pro boxing was ever going to get off the ground.
On 11-21-1900, Kerry stepped into the ring to face another trail horse named Jerry Franks. I think everyone was rooting for Kerry to regain his composure and get back on track, but obviously “The Nightmare” was still reliving his nightmarish loss just two months before. Johnson was stopped in the third round by TKO!
His trainer said that he was in great shape physically, but his heart just did not seem to be in it. Only time will tell if Kerry will ever move up in the GCB.
Well fight fans, our first year has come to a close and now we want to give you our first ever “OFFICIAL GCB WORLD RANKINGS.” Because of the upsets that we have looked at, some of our predicted favorites have not made it into our top twenty. Which means that they were replaced by some fighters that we were not expecting to see rise to the top as fast as they have. We are going to close this issue by giving you our Rankings and in our next issue we will introduce you to those that have surprised us by stepping up their game. Here are our:
GCB WORLD RANKINGS
As of: 12-1900
Rank Name Country Record
1 Hanrod McCline Italy 6-0 (3)
2 Mo Arrington Germany 6-0-(4)
3 Vlad Hinlitch Russia 6-0 (6)
4 Harold Winston U.K. 6-0 (5)
5 Kelly Carter U.S.A. 6-0 (5)
6 Anthony James U.S.A. 6-0
7 Clarence Adams U.S.A. 6-0 (3)
8 Dave Tustia Ukrane 6-0 (6)
9 Joseph Metzger Canada 6-0-(4)
10 Ray Davi Italy 6-0 (1)
11 Charels Shuler France 6-0 (2)
12 Luis Gomez Mexico 5-0-1 (3)
13 John Wright U.S.A. 6-0 (5)
14 Collin Byrd Argentina 6-0 (2)
15 Fillipi Doki Italy 6-0-(4)
16 William Abbot Germany 6-0 (2)
17 Henry Wales U.K. 5-0-1 (2)
18 Monte Barrell U.S.A. 5-0-1 (3)
19 Miguel Torria Mexico 5-0-1 (3)
20 Claude Klitzer Germany 6-0 (6)