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Mike 'The Tank' Schutte 10-2-1 (9) v Burghard Lembke 15-14-1 (3), 8 rounds

Lembke handed Schutte his second loss, and here is the rematch.

Mike Schutte didn't impress but won a wide UD with the scores; 79-72, 78-72 and 78-72. Lembke was down in 4th and 8th.

Mike Schutte improves to 11-2-1 (9)

Peter Boddington 20-2-1 (15) v Dennis Avoth 20-5-2, 12 rounds for the BBU title.

Boddington defends his british championship for the 1st time since defeting Del Phillips.

Avoth send Boddington down in 9th and won a UD with the scores; 115-112 on all three scorecards!

Dennis Avoth improves to 21-5-2 and is the new british champion.

Al 'Gould's Terror' Jones 32-5-0 (7) v Jurgen Blin 28-12-1 (7), 10 rounds

Al Jones faces the former EBU champ as he looks to rebound from his loss, in October last year, against Earnis Shavers.

Al had some starting trouble, but slowly took over as he knocked Blin down in the 8th, before giving him a brutal beating in the 9th to make the referee stop the action!

Al Jones improves to 33-5-0 (8) with a TKO 9 win.

Joe Bugner 23-6-0 (16) v Giuseppe Ros 22-6-1 (10), 12 rounds for the EBU title.

Bugner at times looks fantastic, and at time looks terrible. What Bugner will we see today as he looks to revenge a loss against Ros.

Bugner knocked Ros down in the 1st. He had some trouble throughout the fight, but his hand speen, his power and his defence should give the edge on the cards; 116-112 for Bugner, 114-114 even and 116-112 for Bugner!

Joe Bugner keeps his EBU belt and improves to 24-6-0 (16) with a MD 12 win.

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Friday 30th of March, 1973

Magness Arena, Denver, CO, USA

Leroy Jones 1-0-0 (1) v David Mills 7-6-2, 6 rounds

Note: I am the matchmaker and trainer of Leroy Jones.

The most impressive thing on Mills record is a MD 8 loss to Rudi Lubbers. The main reason he's been picked is that he's only been stopped once and has only been send to the canvas twice.

Normal
1st round: Mills lands a hook and a jab. Jones lands to the head and body. Jones lands a hook. Jones lands a lead right. Jones lands a flurry. Mills lands a short uppercut. Jones lands to Mills' chest. Jones lands a short uppercut. Jones lands a overhand right. 10/9 Jones

Fight outside (offense).
2nd round: Jones lands a jab. Jones bangs home an uppercut. Mills lands a jab. Mills lands a right cross. Mills lands another right cross. 19/19

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3rd round: Jones lands a flurry. Small exchange. Mills lands a jab. Jones lets his hands go. Mills lands a combo. Jones lands the right cross. 29/28 Jones.

Fight outside (offensive)
4th round: Not much is happening. Jones lands a lead right. Jones throws punches in bunches. Jones lands two quick jabs. Jones lands a jab. Mills lands to the body. 39/37 Jones

Go For KO
5th round: Jones lands a combo. Jones lands a right cross. Jones lands to the chest and neck. Jones lands a flurry. Jones lands an uppercut. Mills lands a cross. Mills lands to the head and body. 49/46 Jones

Fight outside (offensive)
6th round: Mills lands an uppercut. Jones fires a solid combo. Mills wins an exchange. Jones lands to the chest and neck. Mills lands an uppercut. Jones wins an exchange. Mills lands the right hand. 58/56 Jones

Very non-impressive perfomance from Jones.

Scorecards:
58-56 Jones
57-57 Even
58-56 Jones

Leroy Jones MD 6 David Mills.

Jones improves to 2-0-0 (1), but let's hope this was just one bad day, cause it was not good.

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Leroy Jones

Next opponent candidates:

James Cornell 4-5-0 (1)

Ken Modano 1-3-1

Brad Mugshot 19-24-4 (1)

Parker Pressley 23-27-5 (13)

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April 1st, 1973

Al Jones will defend NABF title against Earnie Shavers

NABF champ Al Jones (33-5-0 with 8 KO's) will defend his title for the first time since defeating George Chuvalo (38-12-0 with 28 KO's) to win it, in August last year. The opponent will be mandatory challenger Earnie Shavers (23-1-0 with 20 KO's) and the fight will take place in August. Jones is coming off a TKO 9 win against Jurgen Blin (28-13-1 with 7 KOs) in March. Earnie Shavers is coming off a KO 8 loss to George Foreman (25-0-0 with 25 KOs) in a brutal war for the WBA title as his undefeated record was broken.

Joe Bugner looking to defend his EBU title against Dante Cane

The EBU champion Joe Bugner (24-6-0 with 16 KOs) will defend his EBU title for the third time since defeating Wales Gene Innocent (25-5-0 with 15 KOs) for the title in July last year. The opponent will be mandatory challenger Dante Cane (32-8-0 with 26 KOs), who is also the former EBU champion. Cane has won 5 in a row, while Bugner has won 9 in a row. The title bout will tale place in June.

The ring rankings

Ch. Joe Frazier 33-3-0 (32)
1. George Foreman 25-0-0 (25)
2. Ken Norton 27-2-0 (23)
3. Al Jones 33-5-0 (8)
4. Dave Zyglewicz 33-6-0 (24)
5. Al Lewis 29-2-2
6. Earnie Shavers 23-1-0 (20)
7. Leotis Martin 33-10-2 (19)
8. Gregorio Peralta 37-13-1 (22)
9. Jimmy Young 24-1-0 (10)
10. Muhammad Ali 43-3-0 (35)

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April, 1973

Notable auto-scheduled fights

Johnny Boudreaux 1-0-0 UD 6 Ivan Chara 3-2-2 (1)

Ted Gray 7-1-2 (4) KO 2 Brad Mugshot 19-25-4 (1)

Larry Holmes 4-0-0 (3) KO 3 Cameron Rogers 0-1-0

Granville Lloyd 3-0-0 UD 6 Aaron Capemore 1-5-1

Duane Bobick 1-0-0 (1) KO 2 Arvydas Galakteras 7-17-7 (1)

Abeeku Zakari 15-17-0 (8) TKO 5 Jack O'Halloran 22-11-0 (2)

Mike Weaver 12-0-0 (9) KO 5 Jope Koroi 10-21-0 (4)

Jurgen Blin 29-13-1 (7) UD 10 Roger Escude 18-20-6 (6)

Larry Duncan 15-4-0 (10) KO 5 Peter Weiland 27-17-1 (22)

Pedro Agosto 25-10-0 (17) KO 4 Jan Lubbers 26-13-1 (13)

Oscar Bonavena 34-9-0 (27) TKO 8 Tony Ventura 19-11-3 (13)

Gerhard Zech 38-14-0 (29) KO 2 Diego Mendicutti 15-12-1 (8)

Mani Vaka 22-4-2 (16) KO 1 Charlie Green 17-12-1 (4)

Richard Dunn 21-6-3 (7) UD 10 Carl Gizzi 34-14-2 (17)

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Friday 13th of April, 1973

HP Pavillion, San Jose, CA, USA

WBC/IBF - Ken Norton v Leotis Martin
LABA - Gregorio Peralta v Jose Roman
NABF Eliminator - Jerry Quarry v Larry Middleton
John Dino Denis v Roger Russell

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John Dino Denis 7-0-1 (1) v Roger Russell 27-11-0 (2), 10 rounds

Denis was cut in the 1st. 2-5 was very close. Denis won 6-10 pretty clearly. I had it 97-94 for Denis.

Official scorecards...

97-93 John Dino Denis
95-95 Even
97-93 John Dino Denis

John Dino Denis improves to 8-0-1 (1) with a good win against athe former top contender Roger Russell who has lost 6 out of his last 8.

Jerry Quarry 32-5-0 (26) v Larry Middleton 30-4-2 (8), 12 round NABF eliminator

Jerry Quarry has a very special story. He won his first 27 fights and became IBF world champion along the way. Then he ran into Joe Frazier, and as expected lost. His next three matches were the ones which sent him back. Three straight losses to Al Jones (x2) and Pedro Agosto. He then gained a bit by defeating Jose Urtain. Then in a shocker, he lost to Mani Vaka. He seems to have regained some of his former self by winning his last 4 against Buster Mathis, Gianni Chiaromonte, Jack O Halloran and a rematch against Pedro Agosto.

Larry Middleton is a smooth boxer who seems to come up short when he steps it up, against the likes of George Chuvalo and Earnie Shavers. He does hold a win against Doug Jones and a draw against Leotis Martin as his best results.

The fight..

The fighters seem to be very close as they win rounds in exchange making it dead even after 6. Middleton is send to the canvas from a cross in the 7th. Middleton must have been motivated as he outboxes Quarry in 8th and 9th. Middleton just edges the 10th. Quarry is send down from a perfect hook in the 11th. Middleton ouboxes Quarry to win the 12th. I have it 115-111 for Larry Middleton

Official scorecards...
115-111 Larry Middleton
113-113 Even
114-113 for Larry Middleton!

Larry Middleton has guaranteed himself a shot at the NABF title as he improves to 31-4-2 (8) with a MD 12. Jerry Quarry moves to 32-6-0 (26).

Gregorio Peralta 37-13-1 (22) v Jose Roman 24-8-0 (7), 12 rounds for the LABA title

Former WBC world champion Gregorio Peralta takes on unknown Jose Roman for his 3rd defence of the LABA title.

Roman stays busy to win the 1st. A point is detucted from Peralta in the 2nd, in a round too close to call. Roman wins 3rd by staying active. Peralta comes strong towards the end in the 4th to grab the round. Peralta lands a big combo in the 5th that sends Roman to the canvas. Roman barely gets up. Peralta starts gaining control as he wins the 6th. Not much happens in two close 7th and 8th rounds. Peralta easily wins a boring 9th. Roman wins 10th by keeping busy. Roman suddenly sends Peralta down in the 11th. Peralta gets up. Roman lands a low blow and is detucted a point in the 12th round, which he had won otherwise.

Scorecards...
115-113 Gregorio Peralta
113-111 Jose Roman
113-111

The winner by split decision, and the NEW LABA champion Jose Roman!

Sort of an upset, but Peralta is very shot.

Jose Roman wins the LABA belt and improves to 25-8-0 (7).

Ken Norton 27-2-0 (23) v Leotis Martin 33-10-2 (19), 15 rounds for the WBC and IBF world championship belts.

First defence for Ken Norton since winning a clear cut UD 15 against Al Lewis.

Ken Nortons first loss came against Chuck Wepner by 10th round DQ, a loss which he has revenged by stopping Wepner in the 3rd round. The other loss came via 5th round KO to Joe Frazier. Norton holds victories aganst Henry Clark, Dave Zyglewicz, Gregorio Peralta and Al Lewis.

Leotis Martin has been a top contender for almost a decade now. His career highlight came when he stunned Joe Frazier with a 6th round TKO in one of the biggest upsets the boxing world has ever seen. Martin holds victories against a prime Santo Amonti, George Chuvalo(x2), Al Jones, Jimmy Ellis, Buster Mathis, Bob Foster and ofcourse Joe Frazier. He has always shown willingness to fight the best.

Keys to victories..

Ken Norton should use his alround superior skills by boxing and going into exchanges where his hand speed, power and in the end his better stamina should make a difference. Make it a fight with many punches!

Leotis Martin should try to make Norton slug him and possibly ruin the fight to stop Norton. The more terrible the fight is to look at, the bigger the chance for Leotis Maritn. Be a spoiler!

The fight

1st round. Norton lands devastating hooks and uppercuts from the bell. Martin seems to walk through them as he lands good straight punches. Norton lands a strong body punch that makes Martin wince. 10/9 Norton

2nd round. Norton lands big punches, and Martin holds and lands small punches on the inside. Norton manages to keep Martin at a distande and pounds Martins face and body. Martin jumps in and lands a big hook that makes the fighters exchang bigtime at the bell. 20/18 Norton

3rd round. Norton lands a couple of strong punches. Martin score with many punches and stuns Norton with a straight right. Norton lands a huge punch at the bell, that won him the round. 30/27 Norton

4th round. Norton lands a big combination and follows with a hard uppercut. Martin smothers Norton on the inside. Martin lands a sweet uppercut that sends Norton into the ropes and follows with a crippling right hand. Norton is lucky to survive. 39/37 Norton

5th round. Norton lands big body blows and Martin cant take it, and puts a knee to the canvas. Martin stands up, but it seems like he is out of it. Norton lands huge punches, but somehow Martin stays upright and lands some good straight shots at the bell. 49/45 Norton

6th round. Martin starts strong scoring with stinging shots. Norton lands a devastating hook that sends Martin down! Martin gets up. Norton rips hooks to Martins body and goes up top with a single cross that sends Martin down again! Martin gets up once again but is out of it. Norton lands a jab and the ref suddenly stops the fight with two seconds left in the round!?.

Ken Norton TKO 6 Leotis Martin

Norton looked like he was winnning the fight, BUT no reason to stop a fight when there is two seconds left of a round and Martin was still throwing punches.

Ken Norton improves to 28-2-0 (24) as he succesfully defends his titles. Leotis Martin moves to 33-11-2 (19).

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May 1st, 1973

Oscar Bonavena gets shot at Jose Roman

The newly crowned LABA champ Jose Roman (25-8-0 with 7 KO's) has shown guts as he will make his first defence against Oscar Bonavena (34-9-0 with 27 KO's) in August. Jose Roman is coming off a upset split decision victory against former world champion Gregorio Peralta (37-14-1 with 22 KO's) who looked very shot. Oscar Bonavena is 4-1 in his last 6 with the loss coming against Muhammad Ali (43-3-0 with 35 KO's).

Jimmy Young looks to rebound against Boone Kirkman

Jimmy Young (24-1-0 with 10 KO's) is coming off a brutal fight against Joe Frazier (33-3-0 with 32 KO's), where he, as the first ever, took Frazier to the 13th round. The scorecards at the end were in fact to Youngs favour.
He will look to rebound in August against Boone Kirkman (22-5-0 with 16 KO's) who is coming off wins against Peter Weiland and Buster Mathis.

Larry Middleton will fight tune up in August

Larry Middleton (31-4-2 with 8 KO's) has guaranteed himself a NABF title shot at the winner of Al Jones (33-5-0 with 8 KO's) v Earnie Shavers (23-1-0 with 20 KO's) by defeating Jerry Quarry by Majority decision. He will fight on the undercard of that very fight, in a tune up bout against Peter Weiland (27-17-1 with 22 KO's). Middleton must expect that Shavers will win this, cause Weiland style is very similar to Shavers style.

The ring rankings

Ch. Joe Frazier 33-3-0 (32)
1. Ken Norton 28-2-0 (24)
2. George Foreman 25-0-0 (25)
3. Al Jones 33-5-0 (8)
4. Dave Zyglewicz 33-6-0 (24)
5. Al Lewis 29-2-2 (17)
6. Earnie Shavers 23-1-0 (20)
7. Oscar Bonavena 34-9-0 (27)
8. Leotis Martin 33-11-2 (19)
9. Larry Middleton 31-4-2 (8)
10. Jimmy Young 24-1-0 (10)

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May, 1973

Notable auto-scheduled fights

Marc Ecimovic 2-0-0 (2) TKO 6 Richard Pepper 11-9-1 (3)

Granville Lloyd 3-0-1 D 6 Klaas Goosens 15-24-3 (4)

Lorenzo Zanon 1-0-0 UD 6 Larold Barell 1-7-0

Sam N'Gata 10-5-2 (3) D 8 Ted Gray 7-1-3 (4)

Artur Njos 23-20-4 (11) TKO 1 Eddie Neilson 8-1-0 (7)

Mike Schutte 12-2-1 (10) KO 2 Rud Hamburger 4-6-0 (1)

Joe Alexander 21-5-1 (12) UD 10 Garth Grubb 19-15-3 (10)

Armando Zanini 19-4-1 (3) UD 10 Henry Clark 35-10-1 (6)

Richard Dunn 22-6-3 (7) Tech MD 9 Roy Williams 29-13-0 (16)

Del Phillips 17-7-2 (4) UD 10 Dennis Avoth 21-6-2

Giuseppe Ros 23-7-1 (10) UD 10 Ted Gullick 15-5-1 (13)

Jose Urtain 17-7-0 (6) KO 5 Carl Gizzi 32-15-2 (17)

Jerry Quarry 33-6-0 (26) MD 10 Terry Daniels 17-4-0 (6)

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Saturday 5th of May, 1973

Zenith D'Orleans, France

Bernard Thebault v Domenico Adolfi
Rudi Lubbers v Jan Lubbers

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Rudi Lubbers 14-1-0 (2) v Jan Lubbers 26-13-1 (13)

A very rare, fight between family members (any info?). Rudi Lubbers got his shot at Bugners EBU title but was easily beaten.

After two close round, Rudi was send down in the third for the full count!

Jan Lubbers improves to 27-13-1 (13) with a KO 3 win. Rudi Lubbers loses his second in a row as he moves to 14-2-0 (2).

Bernard Thebault 26-12-1 (15) v Domenico Adolfi 21-5-0 (9)

Thebault wins a close UD with the scores; 95-94, 96-93 and 95-94.

Bernard Thebault improves to 27-12-1 (15) as he wins his 5th in a row.

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Saturday 19th of May, 1973

Mammoth Gardens, Denver, CO, USA

Leroy Jones 2-0-0 (1) v James Cornell 4-5-0 (1), 6 rounds scheduled

Cornell looks to be an easy opponent after David Mills gave Jones some trouble. BTW: I have hired Dan Birmingham as trainer and Ace Marotta as cutman for Jones, but i will still choose the strategys for him.

Normal
1st round: Jones lands the jab. Jones lands a straight right! Jones lands a cross. Jones lands to the head and body and moves away. Jones lands to the body. Jones lands the big hook! Jones lands a flurry. Jones lands a jab. Jones lands a perfect cross and Cornell goes down. Cornell doesn't move and is counted out!

Leroy Jones KO 1 James Cornell.

Very good perfomance, impressive boxing until Cornell couldn't take it anymore. He showed how to make up for the lack of punching power!

My man, Leroy Jones improves to 3-0-0 (2).

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Possible opponents for next fight:

Rematch with David Mills 7-8-2
Parker Pressley 24-27-5 (13)
Benoit Hinderer 5-3-0
Butch Parkinson 2-1-1 (1)
Jason Miller 2-3-3 (1)

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June 1st 1973

Ken Norton rumoured against Al Lewis

WBC and IBF unified champion Ken Norton (28-2-0 with 24 KO's) has been rumoured to possibly defend against Al Lewis (29-2-2 with 17 KO's) should he beat journeyman Ron Stander (18-4-2 with 7 KO's) later this month. Ken Norton is coming off three wins in a row against Gregorio Peralta, Al Lewis and Leotis Martin since being KO'ed by Joe Frazier in May last year.

Leotis Martin will look to rebound against Larry Duncan

Former IBF and NABF champ Leotis Martin (33-11-2 with 19 KO's) will try to rebound from his 6th round TKO loss against Ken Norton against Larry Duncan (15-4-0 with 10 KO's) who is on a five-fight winning streak, most notably against Peter Weiland and Joe Alexander. The fight will take place in September.

The ring rankings

Ch: Joe Frazier 33-3-0 (32)
1. Ken Norton 28-2-0 (24)
2. George Foreman 25-0-0 (25)
3. Al Jones 33-5-0 (8)
4. Dave Zyglewicz 33-6-0 (24)
5. Al Lewis 29-2-2 (17)
6. Earnie Shavers 23-1-0 (20)
7. Oscar Bonavena 34-9-0 (27)
8. Leotis Martin 33-11-2 (19)
9. Larry Middleton 31-4-2 (8)
10. Jimmy Young 24-1-0 (10)

[javier_83]

who do you think will win on frazier-foreman fight??

and how do you use the rankings??

[Romdawg88]

I'll be rooting for Frazier in his fight with Foreman but I don't like his chances for winning the fight. I can see things very easily going the same way for Frazier that they went in real life.

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Originally Posted by javier_83

who do you think will win on frazier-foreman fight??

and how do you use the rankings??

I have to go for George Foreman on KO.

Hm, i'm not sure i understand the question, but i can tell you that i just let the game rank them..

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Originally Posted by Romdawg88

I'll be rooting for Frazier in his fight with Foreman but I don't like his chances for winning the fight. I can see things very easily going the same way for Frazier that they went in real life.

I agree, Foreman is best against sluggers and Frazier is worst against sluggers.. also Foreman has the bigger punch, and it will probably be some kind of slugfest..

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June, 1973

Notable auto-scheduled fights

Marc Ecimovic 3-0-0 (3) KO 3 Doug DiPietro 20-29-3 (6)

Duane Bobick 2-0-0 (2) KO 1 Laurent Cazevane 7-19-1 (2)

Johnny Boudreaux 2-0-0 UD 6 Klaas Goosens 15-25-3 (4)

Lorenzo Zanon 2-0-0 UD 6 Vaclav Vondracek 6-27-1 (1)

Timo Ahola 4-2-0 (1) UD 6 David Mills 7-9-2

Kevin Isaac 2-0-0 UD 6 Ferdi Lafourcade 14-34-6 (4)

Granville Lloyd 4-0-1 UD 6 Cameron Rogers 1-2-0

Roger Russell 27-12-1 (2) D 8 Heinrich Klimmer 11-13-2 (2)

Larry Frazier 9-2-0 (6) TKO 2 Jorj Shahatumi 25-26-2 (4)

Ted Gray 8-1-3 (4) UD 8 Sam N'Gata 10-6-2 (3)

Mike Weaver 13-0-0 (10) TKO 3 Ivan Damn 13-10-3 (3)

Rudi Lubbers 15-2-0 (3) TKO 7 Min Zhong-Yuan 12-13-1 (4)

Joe Alexander 22-5-1 (13) KO 8 Gregorio Peralta 37-15-1 (22)

Jose Luis Garcia 12-5-2 (8) D 10 Mani Vaka 22-4-3 (16)

Albert Westphal 45-18-3 (30) KO 2 Hans Jorgen Jacobsen 22-11-0 (21)

Mecki Friedrich 19-8-0 (9) KO 4 Buster Mathis 31-12-0 (8)

Pedro Agosto 26-10-0 (18) KO 1 Mel Turnbow 24-19-2 (5)

Peter Boddington 21-3-1 (16) KO 2 Richard Dunn 22-7-3 (7)