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GCB RING RAP - ISSUE # 10
Hello Fight fans and welcome back to Global Championship Boxing. With our first year behind us we move on to 1901. This will no doubt be as exciting as last year. We will continue on Auto Scheduling hundreds of fights to build a foundation and history on which our fighters will build their careers.
Beginning in 1902 we will have matches to determine our four Champions. They will be The Western Continental Champion, The Central Continental Champion, The Eastern Continental Champion, and the most coveted of all titles, The GCB World Champion! But before we can do that we must let our history unfold to reveal to us exactly who our top contenders are in each region and in the World.
When we reach 1902 we will slow the sim pace down to spend more time on individual matches and match ups. Until then we will keep the same pace that we had for 1900. The only difference this year is that we will update out Official GCB World Rankings every six months instead of only at years end. We are going to continue to share with you big upsets and ring actions that will effect how our history unfolds.
This brings us to the first huge upset of 1901. Most were really surprised that at the end of 1900 we had a fighter sitting in our #1 spot that was not even predicted to be one of our top contenders. However, sporting his 6-0 (3) record, Hanrod “The leaning Tower” McCline insisted that he was no fluke. Everyone had to sit up and take him seriously. There was one man who took Hanrod very seriously. That was trail horse Friday Ashton.
Ashton entered the fight coming off two loses and with a 1-2 record. The preflight reports questioned the #1 McCline’s training. Some say that he took Ashton too lightly, others say that he was a flash in the pan from the beginning. Regardless who is right, one thing is for sure, Ashton had Hanrod’s number. The fight ended in the eighth round with Ashton getting a KO victory!
Our next series of fights were scheduled to take place on 4-11-1901. This night brought three big upsets that effected guys in our Top Twenty. First, Another surprise in our year end ranking was France’s Charles “French Fry” Schuler who came in at #11. On this night Charles’s luck finally ran out. Trail horse Corey Sanderson took him the distance and won their match by Unanimous Decision. “The Fry Daddy” was actually way ahead on points for the first four rounds, but ran out of gas and just could not mount any offense the last half of the fight.
Also on 4-11, in what came as a huge surprise not only to us but to his loyal students, Ray “The Professor” Davi was defeated by an unheard of fighter named Kelsey Lott. Davi, as always put on a boxing exhibition by out scoring Lott in every round and actually used him as an example of how to dismantle a fighter. However, the best lesson that he taught his students was what to do to get knocked flat on your back! In what was a surprise shot, Lott drilled him with a left cross that sent “The Professor” to the mat in the fifth round leaving him unable to get up! After the fight, Davi gathered his protégées (Doki and Mccline) and watched the fight video to help them see exactly where he went wrong.
Our next three big upsets occurred on 6-15. First, our #8 Ranked Dave “Chip” Tustia signed on to fight journeyman Damion Crowe. Tustia had a perfect 8-0 (8) record when he stepped into the ring with the journeyman and was quickly becoming every ones prediction to be the new #1 contender. Damien Crowe had other plans. Crowe commented before the fight, “If Tustia thinks that I am going to just lay down and be his stepping stone to the top, then he has another thing coming.” Crowe not only refused to lay down, but he refused to sit down. Between rounds the club circuit fighter stood in his corner rather than rest. He was a man on a mission and with his arm raised in a Majority Decision, his mission was complete.
That same night another 8-0 fighter, Anthony “Shooting Star” James fell at the hands of another underdog. Club Circuit fighter, Steve Boom came into this fight with one big upset already under his belt. Just nine months before, Boom defeated Canadian Kerry Johnson in what was without a doubt one of the biggest upsets of the year. In that fight, Boom had really held his own against Johnson, but in this fight it was not the ring savvy of Boom as much as it was the lack of savvy on the part of James. James was DQ’d in the second round for what the referee considered a deliberate low blow. James entered this fight Ranked #6 in the world. After this loss he may drop down the ladder.
Well fight fans, these were the big upsets for the first six months of 1901. With all of that said, here is our “Official GCB World Rankings as of June 1901:
Rank Name Country Record
1 Joseph Metzger Canada 9-0 (7)
2 Vlad Hinlitch Russia 9-0 (8)
3 Collin Byrd Argentina 9-0 (3)
4 Harold Winston U.K. 9-0 (8)
5 Mo Arrington Poland 9-0 (6)
6 Miguel Torria Mexico 8-0-1 (6)
7 Kelly Carter U.S.A. 9-0 (8)
8 Fillipi Doki Italy 9-0 (7)
9 Lothar Baxtar Germany 9-0
10 Henry Wales U.K. 8-0-1 (3)
11 Clarence Adams U.S.A. 9-0 (4)
12 William Abbot Germany 9-0 (3)
13 Steve Sully U.S.A. 8-0 (3)
14 Luis Gomez Mexico 8-0-1 (4)
15 John Wright U.S.A. 9-0 (7)
16 Claude Klitzer Germany 9-0 (7)
17 David Starr Israel 9-0 (5)
18 Victor Vicov Russia 9-0 (2)
19 Derrion Jeffers U.S.A. 8-0-1 (8)
20 Ollie Maskaevia Germany 9-0 (6)
We will be back later to look at those that are making their debut in the Top Twenty. Until then, have a good night and always remember to keep your hands up and keep moving.