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Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my honor to present 15 rounds of boxing for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world here from Madison Square Garden!

18200 people on their feet, anxious for the fight to begin.

Introducing first, the WBC and IBF world champion, fighting out of San Diego, California.. The Black Hercules, Ken Norton!

Ken Norton is entering the ring to mixed sounds, some booes, some cheers.

Now introducing, the WBA and WBO world champion, fighting out of Louisville, Kentucky.. The Greatest of All Time, Muhammad Ali!

With the crazy noise, you can forget about talking to anyone right about now! It's obvious who their favourite are. Both fighters are now in the ring.

To my right, the challenger, holding the WBC and IBF world championship titles. He holds a record of 30 wins, including 26 knockouts and only two defeats, Ken Black Herculees Nortooon!

To my left, the heavyweight champion of the world. He holds the WBA and WBO world championship titles. He has an outstanding record of 46 victories, including 38 knockouts and only 3 defeats, introducing 'The Greatest' Muhammad Ali!!

There is the bell, and not a single person in the crowd is looking anywhere else than ring center

Note: I will be one of the three judges.

Round 1

Ali comes out and misses an opening. Ken Norton counters with a huge blow to the body! Norton follows up with a hard hook to the face of Ali! Norton throws the straight right into the shoulder of Ali. Ali lands a hard cross! Ali lands a hook, misses with the right hand and lands the jab. Ali holds Norton. Ali lands a hard jab. Ali misses with the hook to the body. Ali lands the overhand right. Ali lands a jab downstairs. There is the bell of the first round. 10-9 Ali

The crowd is standing up as both fighters go back to their corners

*It seems like Norton has developed some swelling under his left eye

Round 2

Ali is darting in and out. Norton misses downstairs. Norton lands to the head, and lands a combination downstairs. Norton holds Ali. Ali misses with the hook, then lands a jab and a right hook to the body. Ali lands the jab. Both fighters miss before Ali lands a solid hook downstairs. Ali lands a devastating hook! Ali is clinching. Ali lands a strong cross! 10-9 Ali

*Nortons left eye is looking worse.

Round 3

Ali splits Nortons gloves with a powerful uppercut. Ali lands three quick punches. Ali lands a hard cross. Norton lands a short hook to Alis body! Norton lands a big hook to the head. Ali misses and Norton lands several quick shots to Alis head. Both fighters regroup. Norton lands the hook. 10-9 Norton

Round 4

Both are staying cautious. Norton wins an exchange. Ali moves from side to side. Ali lets his hands go. Ali lands a hard combination to the body on the inside. Ali lands an uppercut. Ali lands the cross flush. Another cross. Ali misses with a wild overhand right and is quickly countered with a sharp combination! Norton pins Ali in the corner, Ali clinches. Ali misses with a flurry. 10-9 Ali

*Nortons left eye is not looking too good here.

Round 5

Ali dips down and then goes up top with a big hook to the head! Ali holds Norton. Norton throws a flurry that misses, and then goes downstairs and is more succesful. Ali lands a huge combination! Ali lands a heavy shot downstairs! Norton lands a big cross! Norton misses with the hook. Norton misses again. 10-9 Norton

Round 6

Norton scores with the cross. Nothing is happening. They both clinch. Norton lands a crushing cross! Norton goes to the body well. Norton lands a vicious cross! Ali lands a jab. 10-9 Norton

*Nortons vision has to be affected now from the increasing swelling under his left eye.

Round 7

Ali lands the jab. Norton lands a nice cross. Both are staying out of range, measuring the other one. Norton lands a stiff jab followed by a solid hook! Ali lands a sharp combination! Ali lands with the uppercut. Norton misses bigtime. Norton lands a hard cross. 10-9 Norton

*Some of the crowd are starting to look anxious about the swelling under Nortons left eye, hoping that the referee won't stop this fight.

Round 8

Ali lands a hook downstairs. Norton can't catch Ali right now. Ali lands a sweet uppercut, cathing Norton on the way in! Norton lands a crippling right hand to the chin of Ali! Norton lands the uppercut inside. Norton lands a huge hook, snapping Alis head back! Ali is against the ropes. Norton misses, and Ali counters with the straight right hand. Norton lets his hands go, but can't get through Alis guard. Ali lands a hard hook to the body! Norton lands an uppercut. 10-9 Norton

*Nortons cornermen has done a great job, as the swelling is decreasing now.

Round 9

Norton gets inside and scores with a hook to the body. Ali misses and Norton snaps his head back with a sweet uppercut! Ali is against the ropes as he lands a light jab. Norton misses with the hook, Ali lands a fast jab. Ali dances around Norton now. Ali wins an exchange and then lands a short hook inside. Ali lands a good left hook to the body. Norton unloads, and lands a few. Norton lands a wicked uppercut! 10-10

Round 10

Ali misses with the hook. Not much is happening. Ali lands a jab to the body. Ali lands a violent uppercut! Ali lands a flurry downstairs. Ali makes Norton miss, and shoots the jab into Nortons chest. Norton lands a short hook. Norton lands a nice jab. Ali lands a hard combination! Ali lands a a hard cross to the body. 10-9 Ali

*Nortons left eye is now almost swollen shot.

Round 11

Ali wins an exchange at ring center. Norton lands the left hook. Ali lands a double jab. Norton lands a hard cross. Norton lands a damaging blow to the body of Ali! Ali moves around the ring beautifully. Both look to grab a breather, as they are holding on. Norton lands a big hook! Ali lands a hard uppercut! 10-9 Norton

Round 12

Ali lands a hard cross! Norton is exhausted. Ali lands a crisp uppercut inside. Ali is active, but missing. Ali lands a wicked hook! Ali lands a smooth combination. Ali lands a weak hook. Norton misses with three punches in a row. Norton lands a vicious cross! Norton lands a stinging combination. Ali lands a good body blow! 10-9 Ali

*Norton must not be able to see out his left eye with all that swelling.

Round 13

Ali lands a small combination. Ali lands a hook to Nortons side. Both land in an exchange. Norton lands a stinging jab. Norton lands two solid jabs. Ali lands a jab. Both are keeping their distance, pawing with the jab. Norton lands the right hand flush on Alis chin! Ali is in trouble. Norton lands a right hand. Ali lands a jab. 10-9 Norton

*Nortons cutman has once again done a good job, decreasing the swelling.

Round 14

Norton lands a jab. Ali lands a right hand. Norton lands a winging right hand and a crushing left hook! Ali lands a huge hook! Ali pummels Norton with a stiff uppercut! Norton misses, Ali lands the hook. Ali lands the jab. Ali lands two quick jabs, both had sting. 10-9 Ali

The crowd are on their feet, cheering these two great boxers on before the final round of a great fight!

Round 15

Both take and give as they swap blows. Norton lands the jab. Norton holds Ali. Norton misses two punches in a row and Ali lands the uppercut. Norton lands the big hook! Ali lands a violent cross! Norton lands a solid hook! Ali lands a huge hook!! Norton goes down!!
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Norton is unstable as he gets up! The referee has allowed the fight to continue! 20 seconds left in the round. Ali lands a wicked uppercut! Ali misses and there is the bell!! What a fight! 10-8 Ali

Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for these fantastic fighters!!

All of the crowd are on their feet, cheering, and anxious for the scorecards..

After 15 rounds of boxing for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world, we go to the scorecards and we have a split decision!

Mikkel Kristensen from Denmark scores the bout, 143-142 for Muhammad Ali
Brad Vocale from Australia scores the bout, 143-141 for Ken Norton
Gus Mercurio from Australie scores the bout, 145-140 for the winner by split decision..

And STILL Heavyweight champion of the world, 'The Greatest of All Time' Muhammaaaad Aliiii!!!

Crowd are going crazy for their hero!

Ken Norton seems pleased with his own perfomance, congratulating Muhammad Ali with his victory, and being cool about the situatuon. The totally exhausted Muhammad Ali is lifted into the air as he holds up his arms in victory!!

Muhammad Ali now holds all of the four major belts, as he improves to 47-3 (38). Ken Norton drops to 30-3 (26) after a perfomance to be proud of.

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What happened here?! You must be a David Chase fan! The screen went blank! I want a refund!

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October 1st, 1974 - News

Muhammad Ali set to defend against Boone Kirkman on Haiti; declines Frazier and Foreman fights

Muhammad Ali (47-3, 38 KO's) has just fought one of the toughest fights in his career, winning a split decision against Ken Norton (30-3, 26 KO's) in the big unification bout, which made him the first ever to hold all four world championship belts. He is now set to defend against 'Boom Boom' Boone Kirkman (25-6, 18 KO's) who is coming off a surprising 10th round UD against former IBF world champ Al Jones (34-7, 8 KO's). It is said that he has received offers to fight Joe Frazier (35-4, 34 KO's) for the sixth time, George Foreman (27-1, 27 KO's) and Ken Norton (30-3, 26 KO's) in rematches. The bout is set for February 22nd, 1975 at the Gabriel Stadium in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.

Al Jones not eligible for NABF fight; Jeff Merritt replaces him

After Al Jones (34-7, 8 KO's) surprising 10th round UD loss against Boone Kirkman (25-6, 18 KO's) he is no longer eligible to fight Dave Zyglewicz (34-8, 24 KO's) for the NABF belt. Instead, Jeff Merritt (28-7, 22 KO's) has gotten the chance to showcase himself, as he is already in preparation for the January 4th, 1975 bout against Dave Zyglewicz.

Joe Bugner and Domenico Adolfi set for EBU fight

The former EBU champion and world championship challenger, Joe Bugner (26-8, 17 KO's) is set to fight italian Domenico Adolfi (25-6, 12 KO's) on February 14th, 1975 at Harringay Arena, London. Joe Bugner was reigning as EBU champion for a year and 3 title defenses, before stepping up to international level. He beat Dave Zyglewicz (34-8, 24 KO's) before losing against Ken Norton (30-3, 26 KO's) and Joe Frazier (35-4, 34 KO's) by 9th and 1st round knockouts. Domenico Adolfi is the italian champion after defeating Piermario Baruzzi (19-4, 14 KO's) and Bruno Giansanti (23-18-3, 8 KO's) in his two latest bouts.

Big fights anno October 1974

26th: IBO tourney quarterfinals; Earnie Shavers vs Larry Duncan + Giuseppe Ros vs Mike Weaver

Retirements

The former two time LABA champion, former Argentine champion and former two time world championship challenger, Oscar Bonavena has called it a day after a career going from 1964 to 1974 with a record of 35 wins, including 28 knockouts and 12 defeats with 7 knockouts. The argentine started his career, promising to be the next big thing, sporting a record of 20-0 over the first two years and 10 monhts before he came up short in an upset against George Johnson (27-7 at the time). He revenged that, only to lose in his next bout against Chuck Wepner (19-3-1 at the time) by 4th round KO. He then won five in a row, before getting his title shot against Joe Frazier.. and being KO'ed in 6. He beat Billy Walker in 1968, Gregorio Peralta in 1969 and Jeff Merritt in 1971 as his biggest wins. He always posed some problems in losses against Joe Frazier in 1968, Muhammad Ali in 1970 and 1973, Gregorio Peralta in 1970 and 1971 and George Foreman in 1971.

The ring rankings

CH Muhammad Ali 47-3 (38)
1 Joe Frazier 35-4 (34)
2 George Foreman 27-1 (27)
3 Ken Norton 30-3 (26)
4 Earnie Shavers 26-1 (22)
5 Al Lewis 30-4-2 (17)
6 Dave Zyglewicz 34-8 (24)
7 Jimmy Young 26-2 (10)
8 Boone Kirkman 25-6 (18)
9 Al Jones 34-7 (8)
10 Joe Bugner 26-8 (17)

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Regional Titles in use (all of these are also groups):
ABCO (All asian Countries)
ABU (All african Countries)
BBBofC British (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Commonwealth (British Empire)
EBU (All european countries)
LABA (All latin american countries)
NABF (USA, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico)
OPBF (Oriental and Pacific countries)

USBA (Only Americans)
Argentine
Australian
Canadian
German BDB
Italian
Puerto Rican
- More will be added when needed to

This has also been added to page one

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Regional champs and rankings (10 fights to be ranked)

ABCO
CH: Vacant
1. Viatcheslav Tupolev 17-14-1 (9)
2. Terencio Guerrero 14-19-3 (3)
3. Takao Okuda 11-12-7 (2)
4. Jorj Shahatumi 26-29-2 (5)
5. Tien-kai Chen 5-5-1 (2)

ABU
CH: Mike Schutte 18-2-1 (13)
1. Abeeku Zakari 20-22 (10)
2. Mustafa Lahal 14-8-3 (3)
3. Butch Parkinson 4-5-1 (1)
4. Bambata George 8-9-2 (1)
5. Matan Mugabe 3-13 (1)

BBBofC British
CH: Del Phillips 19-7-2 (5)
1. Joe Bugner 26-8 (17)
2. Gene Innocent 27-6 (17)
3. Peter Boddington 24-4-1 (18)
4. Dennis Avoth 23-7-2
5. Richard Dunn 24-9-3 (8)

Commonwealth
CH Vacant
1. Joe Bugner 26-8 (17)
2. Gene Innocent 27-6 (17)
3. Mike Schutte 18-2-1 (13)
4. Del Phillips 19-7-2 (5)
5. Peter Boddington 24-4-1 (18)
6. Dennis Avoth 23-7-2
7. Mani Vaka 24-10-3 (16)
8. Richard Dunn 24-9-3 (8)
9. Eddie Neilson 12-1-1 (10)
10. Ted Gray 13-2-3 (5)

EBU
CH Vacant
1. Joe Bugner 26-8 (17)
2. Domenico Adolfi 25-6 (12)
3. Gene Innocent 27-6 (17)
4. Armando Zanini 22-4-1 (3)
5. Giuseppe Ros 27-7-1 (13)
6. Bernard Thebault 30-13-1 (16)
7. Dante Cane 33-10 (26)
8. Del Phillips 19-7-2 (5)
9. Peter Boddington 24-4-1 (18)
10. Dennis Avoth 23-7-2

LABA
CH Vacant
1. Pedro Lovell 19-6 (16)
2. Jose Luis Garcia 13-7-2 (9)
3. Diego Mendicutti 19-15-1 (10)
4. Heriberto Ruiz 17-25-2 (3)
5. Eusebio Machado 14-13-2 (3)

NABF
CH Vacant
1. Joe Frazier 35-4 (33)
2. George Foreman 27-1 (27)
3. Ken Norton 30-3 (26)
4. Earnie Shavers 26-1 (22)
5. Dave Zyglewicz 34-8 (24)
6. Al Lewis 30-4-2 (17)
7. Jimmy Young 26-2 (10)
8. Boone Kirkman 25-6 (18)
9. Al Jones 34-7 (8)
10. Mike Weaver 19-0 (16)

OPBF
CH Vacant
1. Mani Vaka 24-10-3 (16)
2. Ted Gray 13-2-3 (5)
3. Fonomanu Sekona 15-4 (11)
4. Sililo Tuigamala 14-10 (3)
5. Tony Coyne 9-6-1 (3)

National champs
Domenico Adolfi, Italian, 25-6 (12)
Pedro Agosto, Puerto Rican, 28-11 (19)

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Originally Posted by aaaaaaaaa

September 1st, 1974

Notable auto-scheduled bouts (total of 35)


Mel Turnbow 26-23-2 (5) SD 8 Bambata George 8-9-2 (1)

You can't keep a good Mel (Turnbow) down!

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October 1974

Notable auto-scheduled fights (total of 36)

Fred Houpe 5-0 (4) TKO 2 Talant Ganeev 4-10-2 (1)

Kevin Isaac 11-0 (3) MD 8 Brian Halpern 9-7-3 (2)

Gerrie Coetzee 4-1 (3) KO 1 Ferdi Lafourcade 18-37-7 (5)

Leroy Diggs 6-0 (1) UD 6 Hi Trinh 1-4-1

Alfio Righetti 3-0-2 (2) D 6 Yoshio Takamura 4-5-1 (1)

Josh Ballard 4-0 MD 6 Brock Canavan 2-3

John Dino Denis 14-0-3 (2) SD 8 Jean Pierre Coopman 9-5 (1)

Marty Monroe 6-0 (2) TKO 5 Larry Branson 9-10-1 (4)

Rudi Lubbers 19-4 (3) MD 8 Ferenc Kristofcsak 15-11-1 (6)

Lorenzo Zanon 5-2-1 MD 8 Karl Uwe Weigl 3-4-1

Leroy Jones 7-1-1 (2) UD 8 Rowan Fuller 8-12-3 (3)

Peter Boddington 25-4-1 (19) KO 6 Buster Mathis 33-14-1 (8)

Jose Luis Garcia 13-7-3 (9) D 8 Sam Ngata 13-8-3 (4)

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The knockdown in the 15th was big! I would avoid Frazier and Foreman if I were Ali too! I dont know if you were ever using tb2.0 but it is sure a lot easier to incorporate all those regional titles with the new groupings feature here in 2.5.

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Originally Posted by btown32

The knockdown in the 15th was big! I would avoid Frazier and Foreman if I were Ali too! I dont know if you were ever using tb2.0 but it is sure a lot easier to incorporate all those regional titles with the new groupings feature here in 2.5.

It won him the fight.. Had he just won the round 10-9, it would have been a draw.

Yes it really is.. i used 2.0 for like 16/17 pages of this universe

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October 26th 1974

Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, USA

IBO tourney quarterfinals
Earnie Shavers vs Larry Duncan
Giuseppe Ros vs Mike Weaver

Undercard
Henry Clark vs Bernard Thebault
Dante Cane vs Jurgen Blin
Stan Ward vs Tony Doyle
Scott LeDoux vs Charley Polite

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Scott LeDoux 2-0-0 vs Charley Polite 22-24-1 (7), 8 rounds

LeDoux fought like always early on, going inside, working the body and he won the first two rounds. Polite seemed to gain the advantage, edging the 3rd and punishing LeDoux bigtime in the 4th. Polite fought dirty in the 5th round, but got away with a low blow before being warned for using his shoulders illegally. He still managed to make the round close. 6th was dead even, before LeDoux edged a boring 7th. LeDoux won 8th. Scorecards were 76-75 for LeDoux, 76-75 for Polite and 76-75 for Polite.

Charley Polite won a stunning split decision improving to 23-24-1 (7), and forcing the 1972 olympic semifinalist Scott LeDoux to drop down to a 2-1 record.

Stan Ward 3-0 (2) vs Tony Doyle 29-22-2 (15), 8 rounds

Another tough test for the 32 year old, 1972 olympic silver medalist.

Ward fought a fantastic fight, dominating the journeyman all the way through and knocking him down in the 8th round. Scorecards were 80-71 and 79-72 twice for the pride of Sacramento, California.

Stan Ward improves to 4-0 (2) in impressive fashion.

Dante Cane 33-10 (26) vs Jurgen Blin 31-15-2 (7), 10 round EBU eliminator

Cane won 1st, and cut Blin from the mouth in 2nd. Blin gained the advantage in 3rd, before being outclassed 4th and knocked out in 5th.

Dante Cane improves to 34-10 (27) with a spectacular 5th round knockout. Jurgen Blin drops to 31-16-2 (7).

Henry Clark 37-11-1 (6) vs Bernard Thebault 30-13-1 (16), 10 rounds

Thebault dominated the early rounds after 1st being close. He won 2nd and 3rd, before Clark won the 4th. The frenchmen got into a streak, winning 5th, 6th and 7th and knocking Clark down in 8th. He edged the two final rounds. Scorecards were 98-91 for Thebault and 95-95 (twice??). The fight is a draw?

Bernard Thebault goes to 30-13-2 (16) and has every right to be upset, the 98-91 score was spot on. Henry Clark goes to 37-11-2 and must have paid these judges some dollars.

IBO Tourney Quarterfinals

#4 seed Giuseppe Ros 27-7-1 (13) vs #5 seed Mike Weaver 19-0 (16), 10 rounds

Weaver punched the italian around like he was a punching bag, battering him in 1st, 2nd and sending him to the canvas in 3rd. Ros was cut in the 4th after being hit clean yet again. Ros had his best round as 5th was even. The cut became too bad in 6th, as Weaver was declared the winner.

Mike Weaver improves to 20-0 (17) and proceeds to face the winner of Shavers vs Duncan, by way of a 6th round TKO. Giuseppe Ros drops to 27-8-1 (13).

#1 seed Earnie Shavers 26-1 (22) vs #8 seed Larry Duncan 18-5 (12), 10 rounds

Shavers came out storming, landing a wicked hook that send Duncan to the canvas only 38 seconds into the 1st. He got up, only to get battered, before going down for good 2 minutes and 22 seconds into the round.

Earnie Shavers improves to 27-1 (23) with a spectacular 1st round knockout, and he is ready to face Mike Weaver in the first semifinal.

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November 1st 1974 - News

Rematch between George Foreman and Joe Frazier announced!

The two former heavyweight champions of the world, 'Big' George Foreman (27-1, 27 KO's) and Joe Frazier (35-4, 34 KO's) has both signed the contracts for a rematch at Yankee Stadium on March 29th in 1975. Both fighters offered Muhammad Ali fights, but he has apparently declined, and this should prove to be another superfight. The first bout ended in a brutal 4th round TKO for George Foreman who was looking unstoppable, before losing to Muhammad Ali in South Africa. Joe Frazier has looked better than ever in his last two bouts, stopping Jimmy Young and Joe Bugner in rounds 10th and 1st.

Al Lewis set to rebound against Henry Clark

Former IBF heavyweight champion Al Lewis (30-4-2, 17 KO's) will get back in action on the undercard of Foreman vs Frazier after being away for 9 months on that day. He will rebound from the losses in his two latest bouts, against Ken Norton and George Foreman, as he faces former two-time heavyweight championship challenger Henry Clark (37-11-2, 6 KO's) who is arguably 'over the hill'.

Retirements

Buster Mathis (1965-1974) 33-14-1, 8 KOs.

Buster Mathis started his career in tremendous fashion, building up a record of 23-0 with wins against Dave Zyglewicz, Amos Johnson, Henry Clark and George Chuvalo, grabbing the IBF belt against Chuvalo by 15th round UD. He came up short in his first defence against Leotis Martin, losing by 15th round UD. He won the rematch 8 months later by MD 12, this time for the USBA and NABF belts. He got title shots against Joe Frazier in 1969 (5th round Tech UD loss) and Muhammad Ali in 1970 (5th round KO loss).He served as gatekeeper/journeyman in the last few years of his career. Buster was a highly skilled boxer with fast hands, who at times showed up overweight and unmotivated for his fights.

Jorj Shahatumi (1964-1974) 27-29-2, 5 KO's.

Robyn Draper (1965-1974) 21-28-2, 3 KO's.

Barry Werther (1966-1974) 13-27-7, 1 KO.

Ferdi Lafourcarde (1961-1975) 18-37-7, 5 KO's.

Kenmal Burle (1964-1974) 21-30-3, 3 KO's.

Big fights anno November 1974

2nd: IBO tourney quarterfinals. Jimmy Young vs Armando Zanini + Pedro Agosto vs Jose Roman (Also Puerto Rican championship bout)

The ring rankings

CH: Muhammad Ali 47-3, 38 KOs. IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO champion.
1. Joe Frazier 35-4, 34 KO's.
2. George Foreman 27-1, 27 KO's.
3. Earnie Shavers 27-1, 23 KO's.
4. Ken Norton 30-3, 26 KO's.
5. Al Lewis 30-4-2, 17 KO's.
6. Dave Zyglewicz 34-8, 24 KO's.
7. Jimmy Young 26-2, 10 KO's.
8. Boone Kirkman 25-6, 18 KO's.
9. Al Jones 34-7, 8 KO's.
10. Joe Bugner 26-8, 17 KO's.

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November, 1974

Notable auto-scheduled bouts (total of 34)

Del Phillips 20-7-2 (5) UD 10 Nelson Richards 16-18-5 (5)

Richard Dunn 25-9-3 (8) UD 10 Per Lauridsen 13-10-5 (1)

Mecki Friedrich 21-10 (9) UD 8 Richard Pepper 14-12-2 (3)

Mike Boswell 18-4 (13) KO 2 Jimmy Murdock 11-16-3 (3)

Eddie Neilson 13-1-1 (11) TKO 8 Marc Ecimovic 8-2 (6)

Mal Isaacs 14-5 (8) UD 8 Hans Jørgen Jacobsen 22-14 (21)

Ibar Arrington 5-0-1 (1) UD 6 Tien-kai Chen 5-6-1 (2)

Fonomanu Sekona 16-4 (11) UD 8 Mel Turnbow 26-24-2 (5)

John Dino Denis 14-0-4 (2) D 8 Dietmar Fassbinder 13-11-4 (4)

Natsu Samurakani 6-0 UD 6 Govan Moyle 18-29-4 (1)

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November 2nd 1974

Cox Pavillion, Las Vegas, USA

IBO tourney quarterfinals

Jimmy Young vs Armando Zanini
Pedro Agosto vs Jose Roman (The puerto-rican championship is on the line)

Undercard

Larry Holmes vs Tony Coyne
Gene Innocent vs Randy Neumann
Ted Gullick vs Dennis Avoth
Johnny Boudreaux vs Charlie Green

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Johnny Boudreaux 7-1-1 vs Charlie Green 20-16-1 (5), 8 rounds

Boudreaux seemed sloppy, but did enough to grab a clear win with the scores of 77-75, 80-72 and 79-73.

Johnny Boudreaux improves to 8-1-1. Journeyman Charlie Green drops to 20-17-1 (5).

Ted Gullick 20-7-1 (15) vs Dennis Avoth 23-7-2, 10 rounds

Avoth seemed to win a few more rounds in a close fight, but got knocked down in 3rd. Scorecards were: 96-94 Avoth, 95-95 and 96-94 Gullick making it a draw.

Ted Gullick goes to 20-7-2 (15) and Avoth to 23-7-3

Gene Innocent 27-6 (17) vs Randy Neumann 19-8 (9), 10 rounds

Both grabbed their rounds, many were even in a very close fight. Innocent landed a bomb in 9th, knocking Neumann down and out to snatch the win.

Gene Innocent improves to 28-6 (18) with a 9th round knockout. Randy Neumann drops to 19-9 (9).

Larry Holmes 10-0 (9) vs Tony Coyne 9-6-1 (3), 8 rounds

The 1972 olympic gold medalist, Larry Holmes, had little trouble, dominating 1st before battering Coyne in 2nd, forcing the referee top stop the bout.

Larry Holmes improves to 11-0 (10) with a 2nd round TKO. Tony Coyne drops to 9-7-1.

IBO Tourney Quarterfinals

#3 seed Pedro Agosto 28-11 (19) vs #6 seed Jose Roman 27-9 (7), 10 rounds (The Puerto Rican championship is also on the line)

Winner will face winner of Young vs Zanini.

Roman got off to a good starting, grabbing rounds one and two. Agosto was behind in 3rd, before pounding Roman with a violent combinations and a huge hook to grab the round. Roman outboxed Agosto in 4th. Agosto battered Roman in 5th, knocking Roman down with a big hook. Roman edged a slow going 6th. 7th was close, before Agosto landed a vicious cross to win the round. Roman pounded Agosto with jabs and combinations in 8th and 9th. Agosto won the 10th with hard shots. Scorecards were: 95-94 on all three scorecards, for Jose Roman.

Jose Roman is set to face the winner of Young vs Zanini in Semifinal 2 as he improves to 28-9 (7) in a perfomance that proved great boxing skill, but a questionable chin. Pedro Agosto drops to 28-12 (19).

Jimmy Young 26-2 (10) vs Armando Zanini 22-4-1 (3), 10 rounds

Winner will face Jose Roman.

Young had no trouble dominating the first two rounds. Zanini caught Young with some body hooks in 3rd, edging the round. Young outboxed Zanini in 4th before being caught with a huge cross, making the round even. Young dominated 5th, but was detucted a point from continuos rabbit punching. He cruised through 6th and 7th winning them easily. Zaninis body work arguably won him 8th and 9th, before being outclassed again in 10th. Scorecards were: 97-92, 95-94 and 96-94 for Young.

Jimmy Young did not impress too much, doing just enough to win a UD 10, improving to 27-2 (10). Armando Zanini surprised with his fairly good skills and body work, as he drops to 22-5-1 (3).

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December 1st 1974 - Boxing news section

Dates set for IBO tourney semifinals

Both of the semifinals in the IBO tourney to crown their first ever champion will be held on 7th of April 1974 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout considered as Main Event will be Earnie Shavers (27-1, 23 KO's) against the undefeated Mike Weaver (20-0, 17 KO's). Shavers beat Larry Duncan (18-5, 12 KO's) in the quarterfinals, while Mike Weaver defeated Giuseppe Ros (27-8-1, 13 KO's). Working as the Co-Feature will be the bout between Jimmy Young (27-2, 10 KOs) and Puerto Rican champ Jose Roman (28-9, 7 KOs). Young defeated Armando Zanini (22-5-1, 3 KOs) and Roman beat Pedro Agosto (28-12, 19 KOs) in their respective quarterfinals.

Big fights anno December 1974

None really.

Retirements

Al Jones (1964-1974) 34-7, 8 KOs.

Al Jones announced that he no longer felt the passion for the sport after losing against Boone Kirkman. He built up a very fine record of 17 and 0 in the first three years and 7 months of his career. He beat contenders such as Henry Clark, Bernard Theabult, Mel Turnbow, Roy Williams and Alejandro Lavorante during this period before coming up short by split decision against Leotis Martin. He kept his contender status with wins against Bob Foster and Jimmy Ellis, before winning the rematch with Leotis Martin by split decision to become IBF world champion. He lost in his first defence against Jerry Quarry, whom he later beat twice (MD 12 and TKO 4). He had an entertaining trilogy with canadian George Chuvalo, winning two (both Technical UD in rounds 10 and 14, winning the IBF belt in the 14 ounder) and losing one (SD 12). He lost to hardfought bouts against Earnie Shavers late in his career, taking the power puncher the distance both times (UD and MD 12). These two bouts took alot out of him as it could be seen against Boone Kirkman. Al Jones was a fine boxer who did not pack much of a punch. He often outboxed good opponents, and he had a good heart, being only stopped once, a TKO 9 due to cuts, against Al Lewis, despite being knocked down 6 times (3 in the first fight against Quarry).

Klaas Goosens (1966-1974) 17-28-6, 5 KOs.

RING magazine rankings

CH. Muhammad Ali 47-3, 38 KOs.
1. Joe Frazier 35-4, 34 KOs.
2. George Foreman 27-1, 27 KOs.
3. Earnie Shavers 27-1, 23 KOs.
4. Ken Norton 30-3, 26 KOs.
5. Jimmy Young 27-2, 10 KOs.
6. Al Lewis 30-4-2, 17 KOs.
7. Dave Zyglewicz 34-8, 24 KOs.
8. Boone Kirkman 25-6, 18 KOs.
9. Joe Bugner 26-8, 17 KOs.
10. Mike Weaver 20-0, 17 KOs.

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December 1974

Notable auto-scheduled fights (total of 32)

Leroy Diggs 7-0 (1) UD 6 Jope Koroi 12-24-1 (4)

Alfio Righetti 4-0-2 (3) KO 6 Lanceloot Heyndrickx 16-23-7 (2)

Gerrie Coetzee 5-1 (4) KO 4 Jenson Wright 10-27-1 (5)

Klaus Weiss 5-1-1 MD 6 Jesse Clark 1-10-1

Randy Stephens 3-1-1 UD 6 Ysmael Bulseco 0-4-2

Mani Vaka 25-10-3 (17) KO 2 Mariano Rodenas 22-19 (12)

Dennis Avoth 24-7-3 UD 10 Bernard Thebault 30-14-2 (16)

Dwain Bonds 4-1 (1) UD 6 Butch Parkinson 4-7-1 (1)

Eddie Neilson 14-1-1 (12) KO 6 Thami Ngoyi 5-4-1 (1)

Charlie Green 21-17-1 (5) UD 8 Timo Ahola 8-4 (3)

Jan Lubbers 31-14-1 (14) UD 10 Richard Dunn 25-10-3 (8)

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20th December 1975

Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, CA, USA

Larry Duncan vs Ron Lyle
Terry Daniels vs Eric Saint-Louis
Larry Frazier vs Jose Luis Garcia
Mike Schutte vs Garth Grubb
Fred Houpe vs Urs Geiger
Scott LeDoux vs Chris Smolinski

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Scott LeDoux 2-1 vs Chris Smolinski 18-28-5 (3), 8 rounds

The hard slugging, 1972 olympic semifinalist, Scott LeDoux looks to rebound from his split decision loss against Charley Polite in October.

LeDoux caught Smolinski with big hook time and time again, knocking him down in 1st, 2nd and 7th in an easy victory. Scorecards: 80-70 and 80-71 (twice) for LeDoux.

Scott LeDoux improves to 3-1 with a 8th round unanimous decision victory.

Fred Houpe 5-0 (4) vs Urs Geiger 3-4-2 (2), 6 rounds

Houpe has been strong in the pros so far knocking every one of his opponents down, and only failing to finish experienced journeyman Roger Esucde. He has scored 8 knockdowns in 5 bouts landing an average of 26 punches per round against his opponents 12.

Geiger just edged the 1st, as Houpe was just measuring the distance. After a slow start to the 2nd also, Houpe seemed to find the distance landing at will, and at the 2:34 mark the inevidable thing happened as Houpe landed a beautiful cross, knocking the swiss down and out.

Fred Houpe improves to 6-0 (5) with a 2nd round knockout victory.

Mike Schutte 18-2-1 (13) vs Garth Grubb 22-17-3 (12), 10 rounds

ABU champion Mike Schutte is a 6-1 favourite to overcome the experienced Garth Grubb.

Schutte dominated the first couple of rounds, knocking Grubb down in the 3rd. He landed a huge combination in 4th, sending Grubb to the canvas, unable to continue.

Mike Schutte improves to 19-2-1 (14) with a 4th round knockout.

Larry Frazier 14-3 (8) vs Jose Luis Garcia 13-7-3 (9), 8 rounds

Frazier is still making a name of his surprising unanimous decision win against prospect Ron Lyle, even though he got knocked out in five by Raimo Nisula in his last fight. Garcia is known as the always tough scrap, having big wins against Joe Bugner, Pedro Lovell, Larry Duncan, Gregorio Peralta aswell as draws against Mani Vaka and Sam N'Gata.

The fight got off to a slow start, with Garcia grabbing the 1st, Frazier the 2nd. 3rd was a bit more actionfilled as Garcia got the better of the action. Frazier dominated 4th, and did very little, but enough to win 5th and 6th. He pounded Garcia in 7th before losing 8th. Scorecards: 77-75 on all cards for Larry Frazier.

Larry Frazier improves to 15-3 (8) with a boring 8th round unanimous decision victory.

Terry Daniels 21-5 (8) vs Eric Saint-Louis 22-21-2 (6), 10 rounds

Daniels was a highly regarded prospect early in his career, building up a 15-1 record and always managed to look good, outboxing his opponents. Then he came up short against Randy Neumann, Piermario Baruzzi, Jerry Quarry and Jeff Merritt, dropping his prospect status. He got back on track by defeating Tony Venutra in August.

Daniels had bigger trouble than expecting early, but slowly took control of the bout and ended up outboxing the canadian. Scorecards: 98-92 on all three cards for Daniels.

Terry Daniels improves to 22-5 (8) with a 10th round unanimous decision win.

Larry Duncan 18-6 (12) vs Ron Lyle 19-1 (17), 10 rounds

Duncan holds good victories against Mecki Friedrich, Joe Alexander, Peter Weiland, Ted Gullick and most importantly Leotis Martin. He lost his last bout against Earnie Shavers by 1st round knockout in the IBO tournament.

Ron Lyle has looked like a force, although his loss against Larry Frazier doesn't look too good on his record. He has beaten Randy Neumann, Ted Gullick, Roger Russell, Mac Foster, Roy Williams and Fonomanu Sekona.

Lyle landed a violent hook, to win him the 1st round. He gave Duncan a beating in round 2, despite being hit with some well timed counters. Lyle started off brutally in 3rd, before being pounded with some wicked combinations making the round even. Lyle battered Duncan, before the ref (prematurely) stepped in to spare DUncan from more punishment.

Ron Lyle improves to 20-1 (18) with a 4th round TKO victory in a fight where he landed with an incredible accuracy of 64,5 % landing 36 of 56 punches per round, but it has to be said that Duncan has one of the worst defenses around.

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END OF 1974

Short summary of the year:

Joe Frazier won the much anticipated rematch with Jimmy Young via a 10th round technical knockout on January 26th.

Ken Norton defended his WBC and IBF belts against Englands star Joe Bugner by 9th round knockout on February 15th.

An anonymous boxing fan created a new boxing government body, going under the name of International Boxing Organization (IBO) on May 1st.

Muhamad Ali defended his WBA, WBO belts aswell as the RING world championship by knocking out Puerto Rican Pedro Agosto by a 1st round knockout on May 11th.

George Foreman rebounded from his loss to Muhammad Ali by knocking out Al Lewis in the 5th round on June 22nd.

Joe Frazier demolished Joe Bugner in the 1st round on August 22nd.

Muhammad Ali send Ken Norton to the canvas in the 15th round and won a split decision in the WBA/WBO/IBF/WBC unification bout on September 14th.

Earnie Shavers, Jimmy Young, Jose Roman and undefeated Mike Weaver qualifed for the semifinals to be held on 7th of April, 1975.

Looking ahead

Muhammad Ali is defending his world championship on February 22nd at the Gabriel Stadium in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince against Boone Kirkman.

George Foreman and Joe Frazier are meeting for a highly anticipated rematch on March 29th for the USBA belt at Yankee Stadium, New York.

Earnie Shavers is facing Mike Weaver, and Jimmy Young is facing Jose Roman in the semifinals of the IBO tournament on April 7th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.