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Saturday 9th of June, 1973

State Fairgrounds Coliseum, Lousville, KT, USA

Dave Zyglewicz v Muhamamd Ali / USBA
Al Lewis v Ron Stander
Joe Bugner v Dante Cane / EBU
Jeff Merritt v Pedro Lovell
Ron Lyle v Roy Williams
Fonomanu Sekona v Charlie Green

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Fonomanu Sekona 11-1-0 (9) v Charlie 'Devil' Green 17-12-1 (4), 8 rounds

What was supposed to be only a stepup for Sekona, turned the wrong way when Green landed a wicked hook in the 3rd round that send Sekona down for the full count!

Charlie Green improves to 18-12-1 (5) with a KO 3 as Fonomanu Sekona moves to 11-2-0 (9)

Ron Lyle 15-0-0 (14) v Roy 'Tiger' Williams 29-13-0 (16), 8 rounds

What was supposed to be a stiff test, turned into a brutal beating until the ref stopped it with three seconds to go og the first!

Ron Lyle improves to 16-0-0 (15) with a TKO 1 victory as Williams loses his 4th in a row.

Jeff 'Candy Slim' Merritt 24-6-0 (19) v Pedro Lovell 16-4-0 (13), 10 rounds

Lovell won the first clearly. The second was too close to call. Both fighters were down in a fantastic 3rd round. Lovell send Merritt down twice in the 4th, and the second time for the full count!

Pedro Lovell won a small upset KO 4 as he improves to 17-4-0 (14)

Joe Bugner 24-6-0 (16) v Dante Cane 32-8-0 (26), 12 rounds for the EBU title.

Bugner makes the 3rd defence since defeating Gene Innocent by split decision to win the EBU title. Cane should prove a good challenger although Bugner is the favourite. It all depends on what Bugner shows up. The one who lost to Jack O'Halloran, Jose Luis Garcia and Jose Roman or the one who KO'ed Pedro Agosto, Richard Dunn, Tony Ventura, Roger Russell and Peter Weiland (x2)

Bugner wins the 1st and 2nd round before sending Cane down in the 3rd in an otherwise close round. Bugner gives Cane a boxing lesson in the 4th and 5th. The 6th and 7th is just a brutal beating but Cane somehows remains standing. Cane is clearly tired as he almost stops punching in the 8th and he is even send down from a perfect cross. Cane is counted out!

Joe Bugner improves to 25-6-0 (17) with a impressive KO 8. If he just fought like this every time, he'd be a world class fighter!

Al 'Blue' Lewis 29-2-2 (17) v Ron 'The Butcher' Stander 18-4-2 (7), 10 rounds

Al Lewis is the huge favourite as he looks to reboud from his UD 15 loss to Ken Norton, which was a very good fight.

1st round: Stander just walks forward and catches Lewis with straight punches. 10/9 Stander

2nd round: Stander lands a sweet uppercut and a crushing cross! Lewis recovers and looks good with his jab. 20/18 Stander

3rd round: Lewis starts countering and Stander seems confused at the moment. 29/28 Stander

4th round: Stander doesn't seem too motivated to throw punches as he makes it too easy for Lewis. 38/38

5th round: Lewis continually gets there first with his punches as Stander could be tiring out, he almost goes to the canvas at the bell. 48/47 Lewis

6th round: Lewis does a good job, extremely accurate and makes Stander miss. 58/56 Lewis

7th round: Stander is hurt early as Lewis lands punch after punch. Lewis wins a huge round. 68/65 Lewis

8th round: Lewis stops defending himself as he seems to go for the KO. He is caught a few times, but still pounds Stander and almost sends him down. Stander is showing great heart, but that's all he shows. 78/74 Lewis

9th round: Lewis takes it easy as he is in control, landing effectively and defending himself well. 88/83 Lewis

10th round: Lewis once again, is in control. He keeps his cool, and doesn't go into wild exchanges. Lewis lands a left right and Stander goes down. Stander gets up for the final bell. 98/91 Lewis

Official scorecards:
98-91
98-91
98-91

All for the winner by unanimous decision, Al Lewis!

Al Lewis did good against a fighter who is nowhere near the top crop.

Al Lewis improves to 30-2-2 (17)

Dave Zyglewicz 33-6-0 (24) v Muhammad Ali 43-3-0 (35), 12 rounds for the USBA title

Muhammad Alis comeback project continues against a fighters whos biggest skill is his chin. He can take the shots and has better than average power. Zyglewicz holds wins against Henry Clark, Gregorio Peralta and Leotis Martin. Muhammad Alis list of wins is enormous, he has beat so many top fighters. He is coming off a TKO 8 win against Oscar Bonavena

1st round: Ali bangs punches in punches home and counters Zyglewicz with straight shots. Huge round for Ali as he outlanded Ziggy 53-7. 10/9 Ali

2nd round: Ali lands two good shots. Ziggy comes back with a left right combo. The fighters exchange blows! Ali lands a crushing uppercut! Ziggy answers with a devastating cross and drops another right flush on Alis chin! Ziggy lands two quick jabs. 19/19

3rd round: Not much happens, as Ali lands the only meaningful punches. 29/28 Ali

4th round: Ali gives Ziggy a brutal beating as he smashes his hands into the face of the texan. 39/37 Ali.

5th round: Ali lands more effectively. 49/46 Ali

6th round: Ali lands flush with a sharp combo. Not much happening until Ali lands a perfectly placed cross that sends Ziggy down! He rises quickly. Ziggy survives. 59/54 Ali

7th round: Ali smothers Ziggy with a barrage of punches to send him down again! Once again, Ziggy gets up. Another huge round for Ali. 69/62 Ali

8th round: Ziggy is the agressor in a close round. 78/72 Ali

9th round: Ali lands ONE jab to win a extremely boring round. 88/81 Ali

10th round: Ali sends Ziggy down with a body punch. Ziggy once again rises, but he looks more hurt now. Ali lands a short combo flush to send Ziggy down again. This time, he is done, as he is counted out!

Muhammad Ali KO 10 Dave Zyglewicz

Scorecards at the end were: 87-82, 88-82, 88-81 all for Ali.

Muhammad Ali improves to 44-3-0 (36) as he wins the USBA title. Dave Zyglewicz moves to 33-7-0 (24).

Final punchstats.

Punches landed - Ali 279 / Ziggy 132
Punches thrown - Ali 569 / Ziggy 499
Punching accuracy - Ali 49 % / Ziggy 26,5 %
Jabs landed - Ali 78 / Ziggy 21

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Saturday 23rd of June, 1973

Magness Arena, Denver, CO, USA

Leroy Jones 3-0-0 (2) v Jason Miller 2-3-3 (1), 6 rounds

Note that i am matchmaker and trainer of Leroy Jones

Jason Miller is 2-0-3 in his last 5. He has never been knocked down and was the first man to take Eddie Neilson 8-1-0 (7) the distance.

He should prove to be a tough test.

Normal
1st round. Leroy Jones lands to the body. Miller lands a hook. Miller wins an exchange. Jones lands a combination. Another combination. Jones counters with a cross. Jones throws punches in bunches. 10/9 Jones

Fight outside defensive
2nd round. Jones rips a hook to the body. Jones lands two jabs. Miller is covering up. 20/18 Jones

Fight outside offensive
3rd round. Jones lands to the head and body. Jones lands a flurry. Miller lands a hook. Jones lands a short hook. Miller is very cautious. Jones lands the jab. Jones scores with the jab. Jones lands with a volley. 30/27 Jones

Fight outside offensive.
4th round. Jones lands to the chest and neck. Jones throws punches in bunches. Jones lands a left-right and another left. Jones lands a jab. Jones lands another jab. Jones lands a left right. Easy round. 40/36

Go for KO
5th round. Miller lands a jab. Miller lands another jab. Jones fires a solid combination. Miller connects with an uppercut. Jones lands a quick left hook to the body that makes Miller wince! Jones lands to the chest and neck of Miller. Miller lands a cross. Miller lands to the head and body. 49/46 Jones

Go For Ko
6th round. Jones lands a jab. Jones lands a cross. Miller lands a hook. Jones lands an uppercut. 59/55 Jones

Official scorecards...

58/56
59/55
58/56

The winner by unanimous decision, Leroy Jones.

Leroy Jones did fine, but failed to hurt Miller. He stunned him with a body punch, but that was it.

Leroy Jones improves to 4-0-0 (2)

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Leroy Jones

Possible next opponents..

Jesse Clark 1-2-0

Paul Konowalchuk 17-30-3 (4)
He is 3-0-1 in his last 4.

Rematch with David Mills 7-9-2
He has lost his last 5.

Barry Werther 13-25-5 (1)

[javier_83]

Again Ali has a belt!!

good win for him!! now what plan does you have for ali??

and my questions about the rankings! was wich rank do you use??

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Originally Posted by javier_83

Again Ali has a belt!!

good win for him!! now what plan does you have for ali??

and my questions about the rankings! was wich rank do you use??

Try to get him a shot at Norton, Foreman/Frazier or defend the USBA belt.. anything is possible

I just use perfomance points..

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July 1st, 1973

Ken Norton will defend his titles against Al Lewis

The WBC and IBF champion Ken Norton (28-2-0 with 24 KOs) is set to defend his titles against mandatory challenger Al Lewis (30-2-2 with 17 KOs) in October. This looks to be Nortons second defence of his title since defeating the very same Al Lewis for the titles by a UD 15. His first defence was a premature 6th round TKO win against Leotis Martin (33-11-2 with 19 KOs). Al Lewis got back into the title picture by winning a UD 10 against Ron Stander (18-5-2 with 7 KOs).

Dave Zyglewicz v EBU champ Joe Bugner set for October

The former USBA champ Dave Zyglewicz (33-7-0 with 24 KOs) has agreed to fight EBU champ Joe Bugner (25-6-0 with 17 KOs) who has beaten most mentionworthy opponents in europe and looks to step into the american spotlight. Dave Zyglewicz lost his USBA title last month against Muhammad Ali (44-3-0 with 36 KOs) by KO 10. Joe Bugner is coming off 3 succesful title defences against the best europe has to offer at this point.

Albert Westphal has announced his retirement with a record of 45-18-3 (30) after a career of many big fights. He got his big shot in December 1963 as he was TKOed in the 8th round by the at the time extremely dominant Muhammad Ali. He holds victories against fighters such as Karl Mildenberger, Alonzo Johnson, Al Lewis and Billy Daniels.

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 Lewis 30-2-2 (17)
4. Al Jones 33-5-0 (8)
5. Earnie Shavers 23-1-0 (20)
6. Muhammad Ali 44-3-0 (36)
7. Dave Zyglewicz 33-7-0 (24)
8. Oscar Bonavena 34-9-0 (27)
9. Leotis Martin 33-11-2 (19)
10. Larry Middleton 31-4-2 (8)

Later this month...

Joe Frazier v George Foreman!!

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July, 1973

Notable auto-scheduled fights

Timo Ahola 5-2-0 (2) KO 4 Garcon Leotard 1-2-0

Lorenzo Zanon 2-0-1 D 6 Min-zhong Yuan 12-13-2 (4)

Kevin Isaac 3-0-0 (1) MD 6 Jenson Wright 8-20-1 (5)

Roy Williams 30-14-0 (17) KO 3 Abel Spencer 21-22-2 (10)

Ted Gray 9-1-3 (4) UD 8 Alto Haapakoski 8-11-1 (2)

John Dino Denis 9-0-1 (1) UD 8 Jeff Curtis 16-16-1 (6)

Bernard Thebault 28-12-1 (15) UD 10 Joe Alexander 22-6-1 (13)

Mani Vaka 23-4-3 (16) UD 10 Burghard Lembke 15-16-1 (3)

Gene Innocent 26-5-0 (16) TKO 6 Manfred Markgraf 27-14-1 (3)

Randy Neumann 17-6-0 (7) KO 3 Daniel Forsberg 17-24-1 (2)

Giuseppe Ros 24-7-1 (11) KO 6 Viatcheslav Tupolev 15-13-1 (7)

Raimo Nisula 19-9-2 (11) KO 1 Artur Njos 23-21-4 (11)

Frazier v Foreman coming up!!

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14th of July, 1973

Stadio Olympic, Caracas, Venezuela

We are here in exotic enviroments, for this fight card, headlined by a superfight of dimensions! The Olympic Stadium of Venezuela is packed with 40.000 people cheering and making noise like you can't believe!

WBA/WBC - George Foreman v Joe Frazier
LABA Eliminator - Pedro Agosto v Pedro Lovell
Jose Luis Garcia v Gregorio Peralta
Larry Holmes v Tony Doyle
Mike Weaver v Mike Boswell
Duane Bobick v Heriberto Ruiz

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The Undercard

Duane Bobick 2-0-0 (2) v Heriberto Ruiz 13-22-2 (1), 6 rounds

The crowds are just getting seated as the first fight between 1972 olympian Duane Bobick and mexican journeyman Heriberto Ruiz is begun.

Bobick comes out wanting to make a good impression as it only takes 20 seconds before Ruiz is on the floor from an uppercut. He gets up but is smothered and send down again from a big combo. Ruiz pushes himself up and continues. Bobick misses with alot of shots, but the second one gets through, Ruiz is down again. The three knockdown rule is in effect!

Duane Bobick improves to 3-0-0 (3) with a TKO 1 win.

Mike 'Hercules' Weaver 13-0-0 (10) v Mike Boswell 15-2-0 (10), 8 rounds

Prospect Weaver steps up in competition against fellow youngster Boswell whose losses has come against Charley Polite and Ted Gullick.

Boswell stuns Weaver with big combos and hard shots to win the 1st. 2nd is all Weaver as he hurts Boswell with combinations and his hard uppercut. Back and forth action, that Boswell just edges in the 3rd. Weaver lands his trademark punch, his big uppercut and sends Boswell down! Boswell rises quickly. Weaver fails to take advantage. Boswell edges 5th and 6th. Weaver lands two hard punches and follows with a combo that sends Boswell down. Boswell pushes himself up. Weaver lands a wild overhand right and sends Boswell down again. Boswell tries to gets up, but falls right back down!!

Mike Weaver improves to 14-0-0 (11) with a KO 7 win.

Larry 'The Easton Assasin' Holmes 4-0-0 (3) v Tony 'Irish' Doyle 27-19-2 (14), 10 rounds

The 1972 olympic gold medalist Larry Holmes looks to fight his first ten rounder against a tough journeyman.

Holmes delivers brutal punishment from the bell to easily take the 1st. Holmes stuns Doyle and clearly wins 2nd. Holmes lands a big hook in the 3rd, to send Doyle down. Doyle struggles, but barely gets up. Another big round for Holmes. Doyle has his best round, as he fights gamely back, but still, Holmes wins the 4th. Not much happens in the 5th for about 2 minutes and 50 seconds until Holmes lands a perfect uppercut that sends Doyle to the canvas. Doyle gets up again. Holmes gives Doyle a boxing lesson in the 6th. Holmes lands a big left right combo that sends Doyle down for the 3rd time tonight here in the 7th. Doyle shows amazing heart, getting up once again. Holmes lands a violent hook to send Doyle down again. Well, Doyle gets up again, ofcourse. Holmes then lands a big hook and sends Doyle down. The three knockdown rule is in effect!

Larry Holmes improves to 5-0-0 (4) with a TKO 7 against Tony Doyle 27-20-2 (14)

Jose Luis Garcia 12-5-2 (8) v Gregorio Peralta 37-15-1 (22), 10 rounds

There is loud cheers for the hometown favourite Jose Luis Garcia, who has fought 8 times before at this stadium! His opponent is former world champion Gregorio Peralta who enters the bout as big favourite.

Garcia clearly gets the better of some big exchanges in the 1st. Peralta lands more, Garcia lands harder in a close 2nd. Garcia wins 3rd, hurting Peralta along the way. 4th is again very close, depends on whether the judges like many shots, or hard shots. Peralta gets his way in the 5th. Garcia stuns Peralta and grabs the 6th round. Peralta looks good, countering, in the 7th. Garcia wins the 8th as there is steam in the punches he throws. 9th is close. The crowd are on their feet, screaming, as Garcia lands a big hook that sends Peralta down! Peralta can't regain his legs!!
The crowd is going crazy!

Jose Luis Garcia improves to 13-5-2 (9) with a KO 10!! Gregorio Peralta should retire before these losses ruin his reputation. He moves to 37-16-1 (22).

Pedro Agosto 26-10-0 (18) v Pedro Lovell 17-4-0 (14), 12 round LABA eliminator

Lovell has been looking good lately with early stoppage wins against Ron Stander, Mel Turnbow and Jeff Merritt. Pedro Agosto is ofcourse mostly known for his upset wins against Buster Mathis, Jerry Quarry and he arguably also beat Gregorio Peralta.

20 seconds gone, and Agosto lands a huge hook that sends Lovell down. He jumps up and shows he is okay. Agosto rains combinations on Lovell and sends him down again! Lovell can't regain his legs!!

Big win for Pedro Agosto as he improves to 27-10-0 (19) and is secured a shot at the LABA title.

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The Main Event

'Smokin' Joe Frazier 33-3-0 (32) v 'Big George' Foreman 25-0-0 (25), 15 rounds for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the wooorld!

The fight everybody has been waiting for! The longreigning undisputed heavyweight champ Joe Frazier puts his WBO belt on the line against the most feared man in the boxing world, George Foreman. 'Big George' puts the WBA belt, which he won against Earnie Shavers, on the line! Take one look at the KOs on his record and you know what kind of fighter he is. A brutal puncher, who can put a man to sleep with one punch. Joe Frazier can't match the punch, BUT he has very fast hands and much better stamina, should the fight go into the later round.

Let's get it on!

1st round: Frazier lets his hands go. Foreman lands a hard hook! Both are staying cautious. Foreman lands a solid cross! A straight right by Foreman! 10/9 Foreman

2nd round: Foreman lands a quick hook flush! Foreman unloads a flurry. Foreman lands a devastating hook! Foreman lands a strong cross! Foreman lands to the head and body. Foreman lands a nice hook. Foreman lands a crushing hook! Foreman pops home a jab. Frazier survives. 20/18 Foreman

3rd round: Foreman lands a three punch combo! Foreman lands an uppercut. Frazier lands a right cross. Not much is happening. Foreman throws a flurry. Frazier scores with a body blow. Frazier lands a sharp combination! 29/28 Foreman

4th round: Foreman lands a crushing right! Frazier lands a winging right! Foreman scores with a tremendous left! Foreman lands a sharp combination! Frazier connects with a sweet uppercut! Foreman lands a body blow that makes Frazier wince! Foreman lands a solid uppercut! Foreman lands a hard cross! Foreman lands a crippling right hand! Frazier can't fend for himself!! The ref stops the fight!!

George Foreman TKO 4 Joe Frazier!!

The winner, new WBO heavyweight champion, still WBA heavyweight champion.. The undisputed, undefeated, heavyweight champion of the wooorld, 'BIG GEORGE' FOREMAN!!

George Foreman improves to 26-0-0 (26) with a shocking 4th round stoppage of the 'unbeateable' Joe Frazier who moves to 33-4-0 (32).

Foreman looks frighteningly good!

[javier_83]

OH MY GOD!!

Foreman kill frazier!! he destroy it!! we have a new WORLD Champions!!!

long live the king

now lets see if Foreman doesnt lose to ali in africa xD

[mh2365]

Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!

[javier_83]

i got a picture

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August 1st, 1973

The big fight is set; George Foreman v Muhammad Ali

The WBA and WBO champion George Foreman (26-0-0 with 26 KOs) shows incredible courage as he puts his undisputed heavyweight championship on the line against former world champion, Muhammad Ali (44-3-0 with 36 KOs). George Foreman pulled of a huge upset last month as he stopped the long reigning champion Joe Frazier (33-4-0 with 32 KOs) in the 4th round! Muhammad Ali is and has always been an incredible boxer, and is widely considered as, in his prime, one of the best heavyweights ever. He dominated the division with no fuss for almost a decade. He won the title in October 1962 against Amos Johnson and made 16 succesful defences until he lost it in July 1968 against Joe Frazier. George Foreman is after his impressive victories, the favourite. Foreman v Frazier will take place on the 8th of December at the Rand Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Muhammad Ali is the WBA mandatory challenger.

The ring rankings

Ch: George Foreman 26-0-0 (26)
1. Joe Frazier 33-4-0 (32)
2. Ken Norton 28-2-0 (24)
3. Al Lewis 30-2-2 (17)
4. Al Jones 33-5-0 (8)
5. Earnie Shavers 23-1-0 (20)
6. Muhammad Ali 44-3-0 (36)
7. Dave Zyglewicz 33-7-0 (24)
8. Oscar Bonavena 34-9-0 (27)
9. Leotis Martin 33-11-2 (19)
10. Larry Middleton 31-4-2 (8)

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well, here is something i do not get?

note that every fighter starts with 1000 pp.

Leroy Jones 4-0-0 (2)

His wins gave these points: 22,83 + 15,71 + 27,96 + 22,08..

BUT the total perfomance points are 1015??

How could this have happened?

[mh2365]

There is a bug in TBCB2 that if you close out your game, the pp sometimes doesn't save.

I keep track in the notes in my uni so at the rare times I do close out my game I can easily find all the ones that it didn't save on.

This is no longer a problem in 2.5

[javier_83]

do you think ali can beat foreman??

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Originally Posted by javier_83

do you think ali can beat foreman??

He is the one who has the biggest chance. All the sluggers in the top doesn't stand a chance. Ken Norton and Jimmy Young on a good day could make a good fight with their defensive skills, but i only see Ali standing a chance of beating him.

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Originally Posted by mh2365

There is a bug in TBCB2 that if you close out your game, the pp sometimes doesn't save.

I keep track in the notes in my uni so at the rare times I do close out my game I can easily find all the ones that it didn't save on.

This is no longer a problem in 2.5

Now i'm even more impatient