The International Boxing League

[kenyan_cheena]

(continuation of post #175)

Light-Heavyweight was drawn as the second week's featured division, with a number of intriguing contests flashing up on the screen:

MONDAY 02/09/02
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - OCEANIA

DAVID TUPOU vs NATHAN PRITCHARD
JASON WANGANEEN vs TUPUOLA MATAAFA
FRANK ASOTASI vs JASON SMITH
PAUL ANDERSON vs STEVE MATTHEWS
DAVID CHAN vs JONAH MAKA
ALI HABIB vs MARK SOMOGYI

TUESDAY 03/09/02
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - SOUTH AMERICA

JOSE CACCIATORE vs FULGENCIO OBELMEJIAS
JORGE AHUMADA vs FRANCISCO AVELINO
DOGOMAR MARTINEZ vs VICTOR GALINDEZ
MAURO MINA vs MIGUEL ANGEL CUELLO
ROBERTO VENANCIO vs VICENTE RONDON
RAMON AVENAMAR PERALTA vs MARIO ALBERTO SOSA

WEDNESDAY 04/09/02
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - USA WEST

EDDIE BOOKER vs JACK CHASE
MICHAEL NUNN vs JACK FOX
BOB FOSTER vs SCOT LONG
LEROY GRACE vs JOHN HENRY LEWIS
TOMMY HARRISON vs MICHAEL SPINKS
ALVARO LOPEZ vs GORDON MCKENZIE

THURSDAY 05/09/02
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - EUROPE/AFRICA

ALLAN POLLOCK vs BOB FITZSIMMONS
GEORGES CARPENTIER vs LOTTE MWALE
GRACIANO ROCCHIGIANI vs SHABANI MPUTU
PETITE FOURIE vs LEN HARVEY
STEVE COLLINS vs TARIBO KESHI
CELESTINE AMAKOCHI vs MIKE HOLT

FRIDAY 06/09/02
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - USA ATLANTIC/CARIBBEAN

JAMES SCOTT vs DENNIS ANDRIES
MAXIE ROSENBLOOM vs DWIGHT BRAXTON
TOM BETHEA vs IRAN BARKLEY
YOLANDE POMPEY vs JOSE TORRES
JOHNNY PERSOL vs PAUL BERLENBACH
JIMMY SLADE vs MERQUI SOSA

SATURDAY 07/09/02
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - USA CENTRAL

ALEXANDER WRIGHT vs MARVIN JOHNSON
LINDELL HOLMES vs BILLY CONN
HAROLD JOHNSON vs ERIK BENGTSON
MICHAEL MOORER vs DAN BUCCERONI
JOE KNIGHT vs JIMMY ADAMICK
JIMMY BIVINS vs STEVE LITTLE

(to be continued)

[Romdawg88]

Ha Ha Ha, SAL sure won out on this lottery getting that bum Bob Foster he should win this easily. Thats great man I'm so glad to be in the HBF were I can beat on on some lower rated guys at first instead of dealing with dudes like Foster in my first fight. Enjoy SAL.

[Ric915]

Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

Thanks for all your replies, guys. It makes me happy knowing how excited and interested you are in the story I'm telling and the tournaments themselves. I am really hoping that all your fighters can have great success. Don't forget, though. This is only the initial tournament to crown the champs in each division. You'll have entire careers in front of you still once it's over.

Thats awesome!!! I Want Camacho!!!! that loud mouth little punk!!!!

[kenyan_cheena]

(continuation of post #181)

The Welterweight division was drawn for week three:

MONDAY 09/09/02
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - CARIBBEAN

JOSE STABLE vs FELIX TRINIDAD
WILFRED BENITEZ vs ISAAC LOGART
BUNNY GRANT vs LUIS RODRIGUEZ
HECTOR CONSTANCE vs ANGEL ESPADA
MIGUEL MONTILLA vs JOSE NAPOLES
FAUSTO RODRIGUEZ vs SIMON BROWN

TUESDAY 10/09/02
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - NORTH AMERICA WEST

DON JORDAN vs JACK THOMPSON
GASPAR ORTEGA vs MAURICE WATKINS
RENE ARREDONDO vs JIMMY MCLARNIN
AARON LISTER BROWN vs DONALD CURRY
PIPINO CUEVAS vs CURTIS COKES
CHARLEY SHIPES vs KID AZTECA

WEDNESDAY 11/09/02
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - EUROPE/AFRICA

ADEMOLA UDEZE vs IKE QUARTEY
SEYI OLOFINJANA vs DAVID BARTLETT
JOHN H. STRACEY vs BRUNO ARCARI
JACK BERG vs DUILIO LOI
LOMANA NONDA vs GUSTAV EDER
LLOYD HONEYGHAN vs BENEDICT KHUMALO

THURSDAY 12/09/02
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - NORTH AMERICA EAST

MELDRICK TAYLOR vs MARLON STARLING
BILLY GRAHAM vs MAXIE BERGER
JAMES RAY vs RAY LEONARD
EDDIE PERKINS vs JAMES MCGIRT
JOHNNY GRECO vs CLYDE GRAY
JOHNNY SAXTON vs VIC CARDELL

There was quite an excited commotion in one section of the audience with the announcement of the North America East region. It was later revealed to have come from the table where Florida Alliance members and cousins Elmer Ray, Terone Haynes and James Ray were seated and came in response to the confirmation that Welterweight James will be taking on Olympic gold medallist Ray Leonard on debut.

FRIDAY 13/09/02
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - SOUTH AMERICA

JAMES LOMBARDO vs ROMAN GUARDIA
MAURICIO BRAVO vs NICOLINO LOCCHE
PEDRO CASTELLINI vs TITO MARSHALL
ANTONIO CERVANTES vs FEDERICO THOMPSON
JOAO HENRIQUE vs UBALDO SACCO
JUAN MARTIN COGGI vs HUGO PINEDA

SATURDAY 14/09/02
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - ASIA/OCEANIA

JACK CARROLL vs ROBERTO CRUZ
HIROKI GUSHIKEN vs MICHAEL TAYLOR
SAMAN SUKOTHAI vs SAENSAK MUANGSURIN
JIRO SUZUKI vs AKIO KAMEDA
EMMANUEL TORRES vs DAVID CROWE
SHOJI OHASHI vs GEORGE BARNES

(to be continued)

[Romdawg88]

James Ray vs Ray Leonard, what the hell KC are you hunting down my favorites in each division and giving them the hardest possible fights. First Javier/Norris, then SAL/Foster, and now this come on man show a little abit of heart. It looks like the Alliance is going to have to kick the training into overdrive as this is probably the hardest fight Alliance member has had so far.

[kenyan_cheena]

Originally Posted by Romdawg88

James Ray vs Ray Leonard, what the hell KC are you hunting down my favorites in each division and giving them the hardest possible fights. First Javier/Norris, then SAL/Foster, and now this come on man show a little abit of heart. It looks like the Alliance is going to have to kick the training into overdrive as this is probably the hardest fight Alliance member has had so far.

It's been pretty crazy so far, hasn't it? That will most likely be the biggest fight of the first series in any weight division. A huge test for both fighters although I'm sure they're both already relishing the challenge it presents.

[SAL]

Originally Posted by Romdawg88

Ha Ha Ha, SAL sure won out on this lottery getting that bum Bob Foster he should win this easily. Thats great man I'm so glad to be in the HBF were I can beat on on some lower rated guys at first instead of dealing with dudes like Foster in my first fight. Enjoy SAL.

You mean lost the lottery don't you!
Talk about getting some big time seasoning right off the bat. Well........let's just hope I'm standing in the end.......win or lose.

[Romdawg88]

Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

It's been pretty crazy so far, hasn't it? That will most likely be the biggest fight of the first series in any weight division. A huge test for both fighters although I'm sure they're both already relishing the challenge it presents.

It's been insane so far. When I saw the the WWs were up I was OK there are no forum guys in this weightclass so there shouldn't be any huge matchups I care about cause I forgot about James Ray. Then as I'm skimming the list and I saw the match and I was just shocked for second. Plus, with Starling/Taylor on the same card it should be a hell of a night. Short of Saldivar/Sanchez getting made yeah this will be the biggest match in the first round. I'm loving the lottery system so far.....

Originally Posted by SAL

You mean lost the lottery don't you!
Talk about getting some big time seasoning right off the bat. Well........let's just hope I'm standing in the end.......win or lose.

...of course, I don't think the same can be said of SAL. Well, on the bright side at least you find out where you guy stands real quickly and your next match has to be easier unless you get Spink or Tiger Fox or John Henry Lewis hmm it seems like chances are that your next match will be just as hard. Well, good luck and have fun and try to avoid brain damage.

[kenyan_cheena]

The schedules for the other two divisions will be posted tomorrow.

[kenyan_cheena]

(continuation of post #184)

The Lightweight division was drawn for week four, meaning that the Featherweights will be in action during week five. Their schedules are as follows:

MONDAY 16/09/02
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - AFRICA

SAMUEL MENSAH vs RAY ADIGUN
EMAD ALLAM vs MOSES KANGWA
OBAFEMI ROTIMI vs BENNI WILLIAMS
BRIAN MITCHELL vs AZUMAH NELSON
WILLIE TOWEEL vs JONATHAN DELE
FREDERICK TSHILOLO vs CORNELIUS BOZA-EDWARDS

TUESDAY 17/09/02
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - EUROPE

PAOLO ROSI vs FREDDIE WELSH
FRED GALIANA vs JIM WATT
SERGEI ARTEMIEV vs DAVE CHARNLEY
MICHAEL AYERS vs LOTHAR ABEND
KEN BUCHANAN vs JEAN-BAPTISTE MENDY
ALDO SPOLDI vs SERAPHIN FERRER

WEDNESDAY 18/09/02
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - CARIBBEAN

ORLANDO ZULUETA vs VILOMAR FERNANDEZ
GREGORIO PUMARES vs SAMMY SERRANO
ANGEL ROBINSON GARCIA vs DOUG VAILLANT
ALFREDO ESCALERA vs HECTOR CAMACHO
CLAUDE NOEL vs EDWIN ROSARIO
FELIX BROWN vs TEO CRUZ

THURSDAY 19/09/02
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - SOUTH AMERICA

ANTONIO AMAYA vs CARLOS ARO
ROBERTO DURAN vs CARLOS CANETE
ALFREDO PITALUA vs ANDRES MONDRAGON
ERNESTO ESPANA vs LEONEL HERNANDEZ
ISMAEL LAGUNA vs ALEXIS ARGUELLO
VICENTE DERADO vs VICENTE SANTANA

FRIDAY 20/09/02
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - NORTH AMERICA

ARTURO LOMELI vs ROCKY LOCKRIDGE
RUBEN NAVARRO vs RAFAEL LIMON
TONY CANZONERI vs ARTHUR KING
PAUL ARMSTEAD vs JOE BROWN
TYRONE EVERETT vs PERNELL WHITAKER
RAY LAMPKIN vs RICHIE PLUNKETT

SATURDAY 21/09/02
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - ASIA/OCEANIA

HWAN-KIL YUH vs TERUO KOSAKA
JAGUAR KAKIZAWA vs DAOMAI SITHKODOM
HIROSHI KOBAYASHI vs RENATO CORNETT
RENE BARRIENTOS vs GABRIELE ELORDE
BEN VILLAFLOR vs YAMADA TSUBASA
JOHNNY SATO vs KUROKAWA TAIKI

***

MONDAY 23/09/02
FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - CARIBBEAN

JOSE LEGRA vs ROBERT BROWN
VICTOR CALLEJAS vs MIGUEL BERRIOS
CIRO MORASEN vs JUAN LAPORTE
ANTONIO RIVERA vs NESLEY HAVEN
LEO CRUZ vs ELIGIO MONTALVO
FERNANDO BATISTA vs TYRONE BURTON

TUESDAY 24/09/02
FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - ASIA/OCEANIA

DONG-KYUN YUM vs KAZUO KOBAYASHI
KAZUO TAKAYAMA vs JOHNNY JAMITO
SEUNG-HOON LEE vs JEFF FENECH
JOHNNY FAMECHON vs GENARIO TORRES
ALBERT GRIFFITHS vs SOO-HWAN HONG
SAMART PAYAKAROON vs MITSUNORI SEKI

WEDNESDAY 25/09/02
FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - SOUTH AMERICA

ANTONIO HERRERA vs SERGIO PALMA
CRUZ MARCANO vs VICTOR LEON
ERNESTO MARCEL vs RICARDO CARDONA
RAFAEL ORTEGA vs DANIEL BLANCO
ANTONIO ESPARRAGOZA vs EUSEBIO PEDROZA
RUBEN PALACIOS vs RICARDO GONZALEZ

THURSDAY 26/09/02
FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - USA/CANADA

DAVID DONALD vs KEVIN KELLEY
KENNEDY MCKINNEY vs FREDDIE MILLER
SOLLY SMITH vs MAURICE LINCOLN
ART HAFEY vs JOHNNY KILBANE
KEITH NANCE vs WILLIE PEP
TERRY MCGOVERN vs GEORGE DIXON

FRIDAY 27/09/02
FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - MEXICO

JUAN ESTRADA vs RAMON PEREZ
JUAN ANTONIO LOPEZ vs VICENTE SALDIVAR
DANIEL ZARAGOZA vs SALVADOR SANCHEZ
FILI NAVA vs RUBEN OLIVARES
CLEMENTE SANCHEZ vs JUAN MEZA
RAUL CRUZ vs RICARDO MORENO

SATURDAY 28/09/02
FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION: REGION - EUROPE/AFRICA

WELCOME NCITA vs NEL TARLETON
NASEEM HAMED vs HOGAN BASSEY
EUGENE CRIQUI vs BARRY MCGUIGAN
JIM DRISCOLL vs LORIS STECCA
RAFIU KING vs SHAUN SMITH
DAVEY KOTEY vs RUDEL DIETRICH

***

(to be continued)

[kenyan_cheena]

(continuation)

After Molk had thanked Leonard, Sanchez and the other gold medallists for their assistance they left the stage, the audience applauding them as they returned to their tables. Molk then addressed the crowd.

"I think you'd all agree with me when I say that we've got some fantastic opening matchups on our hands, ladies and gentlemen," said Molk. "A number of those first series contests would be worthy of World Championship bout status and that's the exact outcome we were hoping that this scheduling lottery would give us."

The crowd applauded in agreement, some standing and cheering. A curtain was drawn over all but the front couple of metres of the stage.

"We will release the schedule for our Future Contender bouts in the coming days," Molk continued. "They will follow the same weekly pattern as the regional qualifiers with Middleweight first, then Light-Heavyweight, Welterweight, Lightweight and Featherweight. Well, folks, you can now stretch your legs for the next fifteen minutes, after which dessert, tea and coffee will be served and then we have quite a surprise for all of you."

Molk smiled and left the stage, returning thirty minutes later to address the audience one more time.

"We've had quite a night, but it's not over yet, folks," he said. "Here to send you home with a smile on your face is one of pop music's true geniuses, a man whose performances are legendary and whose body of work is simply epic. Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for Prince!!"

The curtain opened to reveal the purple one himself along with a five piece band. The crowd went nuts, Molk smiling his biggest smile of the night and clearly proud with himself over having kept his biggest secret for the evening so secret. Over the course of the next half hour, Prince lifted the roof of the MGM Grand, delivering brilliant performances of, in turn, "Let's Go Crazy", "Cream", "Little Red Corvette", "I Would Die 4 U", "Raspberry Beret" and as a truly colossal finale, "Purple Rain".

It was the perfect ending to what was, without a doubt, a night of spectacular success for the International Boxing League...

[kenyan_cheena]

Having reached this juncture in the whole HBF/IBL story, this is how I feel right now:

[kenyan_cheena]

I posted recently in the HBF thread that Vincennes looks like former NFL commissioner Tagliabue. Molk looks quite a lot like Denzel Washington. In fact, here's a shot of the IBL Chief Director from the opening night...

[Romdawg88]

Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

Having reached this juncture in the whole HBF/IBL story, this is how I feel right now:

Congrats man, you deserve a round of applause for making it this far into the story. Great Job.

[kenyan_cheena]

Originally Posted by Romdawg88

Congrats man, you deserve a round of applause for making it this far into the story. Great Job.

Thanks, Romy. You've been my biggest fan the whole way and it's always been appreciated.

Up next will be a review of the Atlantic City HBF card (which was taking place at the same time as the IBL opening night). There'll also be a review of the opening night, mentioning some of the more intriguing series one matchups that are scheduled to take place aswell as some big news for Jack Johnson and much, much more.

Stay tuned!

[Romdawg88]

You and everyone else who posts down here take time out of your lives to share these universes with us so the least I can do is comment on them especially when it has been as entertaining as the HBF/IBL has been. I look forward to seeing what else you have planned for these two.

[Ric915]

I could have drawn tougher then Ray Lampkin so I'm pretty stoked I'm sure it's gonna be a good fight

[mh2365]

Okay I've lost track .. where am I and how am I doing???

[Romdawg88]

Originally Posted by mh2365

Okay I've lost track .. where am I and how am I doing???

You're the 7th seed in Group 1 of the HBF Qualifying League along with myself. You haven't fought yet but your first match is scheduled for next month. Check this post and this post for more info on your guy.

[kenyan_cheena]

Originally Posted by Ric915

I could have drawn tougher then Ray Lampkin so I'm pretty stoked I'm sure it's gonna be a good fight

I think that will be an exciting matchup and I'm hoping your guy can start out with a win.

Originally Posted by mh2365

Okay I've lost track .. where am I and how am I doing???

Originally Posted by Romdawg88