Professional Boxing Replay starting in 1900

[Jeff1787]

This universe is a replay of professional boxing starting in 1900. Since it is a Professional Boxing Replay, the governing body will be the PBR.

Each fighter will begin his career in the year he actually started. The computer will decide when they retire.

Here are the aging stages:

• Pre-prime after 5-15
• Prime after 10-15
• Post-prime after 15-30
• End after 10-20
• Retire after 5-15

Fighters will have between 45 and 90 fights in their careers.

Fighters that debut in a given year will fight as follows:

• First six months...4 rounds with 40 days rest against TC's
• Next 12 month...6 rounds with 60 days rest against TC's
• Next 18 months...8 rounds with 90 days rest against TC's

After three years the fighters will join the ranks of the PBR. PBR boxers will fight 10 round bouts with at least 120 days rest.

Fighters in contention for a championship bout, usually top 10 fighters, will fight 12 round bouts with at least 120 days rest.

Champions will have to defend their title twice a year against a top 10 fighter.

I simmed 10 years, so that beginning in 1900 real fighters have their careers already established.

Some top fighters have already been retired by the computer.

• James Corbett
• George Dixon
• Bobby Dobbs
• Young Griffo
• Harry Laing
• Peter Maher
• Tommy Ryan

The PBR will have 8 weight divisions.

Championship bouts will be scheduled in the first six months of 1900. Hopefully, along the way there will be some rematches of historical bouts.

[bear]

Jeff
Good luck with the new uni.
We'll be watching

[Jeff1787]

Thanks, I hope this one works better than the others!!!

[Jeff1787]

Abe Attell
(Abraham Washington Attell)
(the "Little Champ")
BORN February 22 1884; San Francisco, California
DIED February 7 1970; New Paltz, New York
HEIGHT.. 5-4
WEIGHT 118-133 lbs

Attell was one of the outstanding fighters in ring history; He ranked among the greatest featherweights who ever fought, arguably the best ever; Abe knew every trick in the book - and then some; He was a clever boxer who relied more on his skills than his punching; He was slippery and elusive, also game and durable.



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Owen Moran
(the "Fearless")
BORN October 4 1884; Birmingham, England
DIED March 17 1949; Birmingham, England
HEIGHT 5-3
WEIGHT 108-133 lbs

Moran was a quality fighter, one of the greatest to hail from England; He was clever, quick, slippery and loaded with "savvy"; He lost but 16 "official" verdicts in 98 bouts but scored only 19 knockouts; During his career, he was a top contender for the Lightweight Championship of the World and the Featherweight Championship of the World - and won the BBBC Flyweight Championship of Great Britain.

[Jeff1787]

Note: This is a replay of a historical bout. The real welterweight championship fight took place on the same date and same place.

[Jeff1787]

World Welterweight Championship bout...January 15, 1900...Buffalo, New York

Rube Ferns

• United States
• Record: 18-2-1 (8)
• Career stage: prime
• Conditioning: over trained

Mysterious Billy Smith

• Canada
• Record: 33-5-1 (14)
• Career stage: post prime
• Conditioning: top condition

Stats

• Result: Ferns KO14
• Knockdowns scored: Ferns 1, Smith 0
• Punching accuracy: Ferns 43.4%, Smith 25.9%
• Scoring: 125-123, 124-123, 125-122 all for Ferns

Fight recap:

Smith appeared to be in much better shape than Ferns. Ferns was the busier fighter in the early rounds and had a comfortable lead by the 8th round, but then he was stunned twice in that round. Ferns managed to come back and toward the end of the fight fatigue became a big factor for Smith, as he was constantly clinching. Smith managed a big rally in the 13th and easily took that round. Ferns came on strong in the 14th and put Smith down with a huge right hand. Smith couldn't get up off of the canvas. Ferns becomes the first Welterweight World Champion.

Historical bout:

Ferns won by DQ in the 21st round. Ferns was down an amazing 15 times.

[Jeff1787]

This will be a replay of a historical bout.

[Jeff1787]

Welterweight Bout...January 20, 1900...Philadelphia

Scaldy Bill Quinn

• United States
• Record: 14-8-4 (5)
• Career stage: prime
• Conditioning: top condition

George Cole

• United States
• Record: 24-2-1 (4)
• Career stage: post prime
• Conditioning: top condition

Fight Stats

• Result: Cole UD12
• Knockdowns scored: Cole 1, Quinn 0
• Punching accuracy: Cole 50.8%, Quinn 15.3%
• Scoring: 117-111, 119-109, 119-109 all for Cole

Fight recap:

Quinn got staggered early in the fight (round 2), but came back and won the 3rd round. In round 5, Cole hit Quinn with a nasty right cross, dropping him for an 8 count. Quinn made it through the rest of the round and that ended up being the only knockdown in the fight. The rest of the fight was lopsided, with Cole winning every round.

Historical bout:

Although the fight was called a no-decision, The Philadelphia Item said that Quinn received a drubbing.

[bear]

No decisions and newspapers results...nice historical twist there.

[Jeff1787]

Originally Posted by bear

No decisions and newspapers results...nice historical twist there.

Thanks, hopefully there will be some important replays of major bouts as I move along.

[Jeff1787]

[Jeff1787]

Featherweight bout…February 1, 1900…Chicago

Terry McGovern

• United States
• Record: 15-0 (12)
• Career stage: pre-prime
• Conditioning: top condition

Eddie Santry

• United States
• Record: 16-6-2 (8)
• Career stage: prime
• Conditioning: top condition

Fight Stats

• Result: McGovern KO3
• Knockdowns scored: McGovern 1, Santry 0
• Punching accuracy: McGovern 38.5%, Santry 38.6%
• Scoring: 19-19, 19-19, 19-19 even

Fight recap:

Round 1 was kind of a “feeling out” round, but Santry was the busier fighter and scored with some good combinations to win the round. Santry staggered McGovern early in round 2, but McGovern came back and hurt Santry with a right uppercut and followed it up with a big right cross. At the end of round 2, Santry was in big trouble. In round 3, Santry tried to stay away from McGovern, but eventually McGovern got to him and floored Santry with a left hook. Santry couldn’t beat the count.

Historical bout:

McGovern won by a TKO in round 5.

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[Jeff1787]

World Heavyweight Championship Bout…New York

Hank Griffin...#1 contender

• United States
• Record: 37-2-2 (29)
• Career stage: post-prime
• Conditioning: badly overweight

Tom Sharkey...#2 contender

• Ireland
• Record: 27-1-1 (23)
• Career stage: prime
• Conditioning: top condition

Fight Stats

• Result: Sharkey KO7
• Knockdowns scored: Sharkey 1, Griffin 0
• Punching accuracy: Sharkey 72.7%, Griffin 36.4%
• Scoring: 58-56, 58-56, 58-56 all for Sharkey

Fight recap:

Griffin came into the fight overweight and definitely not in top shape. After a ho-hum first round, Sharkey pummeled Griffin for the next four rounds, rocking him several times. By the start of round 6, Griffin had a badly swollen left eye. In round 6, somehow Griffin managed a come back and stunned Sharkey with a solid left hook. By the end of the round Sharkey was hanging on, but Griffin’s left eye was almost swollen shut. Round 7 started off good for Griffin as he hit Sharkey with some solid body shots and had Sharkey trapped against the ropes. Then Sharkey threw a wicked left hook and dropped Griffin to the canvas. Griffin was out cold and stayed down for several minutes. Sharkey became the first heavyweight champion of the world.

Historical bout:

N/A

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[Jeff1787]

February 24, 1900

• HW: Gus Ruhlin 18-0-1 (14) KO5 Bill Doherty 31-5-4 (17)

February 27, 1900

• HW: Joe Goddard 31-11-2 (18) TKO9 Mexican Pete Everett 21-6-0 (14)

February 28, 1900

• HW: Bob Armstrong 25-5-0 (16) KO11 Nick Burley 32-7-2 (26)
• MW: Tom Duggan 35-10-0 (26) KO4 Frank Craig 34-2-1 (17)
• WW: Owen Ziegler 20-9-1 (9) UD12 Philadelphia Tommy Ryan 14-4-3 (2)

[Jeff1787]

Heavyweight Bout...12 rounds…Chicago

Frank Childs…#8 contender

• United States
• Record: 25-8-1 (16)
• Career stage: prime
• Conditioning: top condition

George Byers...#9 contender

• United States
• Record: 14-5-2 (6)
• Career stage: prime
• Conditioning: top condition

Fight Stats

• Result: Childs KO3
• Knockdowns scored: Childs 2, Byers 0
• Punching accuracy: Childs 41.7%, Byers 12.7%
• Scoring: 20-17, 20-17, 20-17 all for Childs

Fight recap:

Byers went down for a nine count just 52 seconds into the fight. He did hang on as Childs couldn’t finish him off. Round 2 saw more of the same with Childs pounding on an obviously hurt Byers. Childs continued to beat up on Byers and KO’d him with a big left hook in round 3. This short bout was all Childs.

Historical bout:

Six round draw.

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[Jeff1787]

World Lightweight Championship Bout…15 rounds…New York

Joe Gans…#1 contender

• United States
• Record: 35-0 (19)
• Career stage: prime
• Conditioning: top condition

Frank Erne…#10 contender

• Switzerland
• Record: 30-7 (16)
• Career stage: prime
• Conditioning: top condition

Fight Stats

• Result: Gans KO11
• Knockdowns scored: Gans 2, Erne 0
• Punching accuracy: Gans 418/929 (45%), Erne 203/556 (36.5%)
• Scoring: 99-89, 99-89, 99-89 all for Gans

Fight recap
Gans started off the fight with a ferocious body attack. He continually worked Erne’s body and won all of the early rounds except round 4. That was the only round of the fight that Erne legitimately won. He stunned Gans with a right uppercut and then scored with several combinations. Erne was getting the worst of it in the middle rounds and Gans sent him to a knee for a count of three in round 8. By round 11, both of Erne’s eyes were very swollen and then Gans hit him with an overhand right and Erne went down for the count. Gans becomes the first Lightweight Champion.

Historical bout
Erne won via TKO in round 12. Gans was cut by an accidental head butt.

[Jeff1787]

March 1
MW: Jewey Cook 16-7-3 (3) TKO11 Jack Stelzner 22-3-4 (7)

March 7
HW: Peter Felix 20-14-0 (14) TKO8 James Ryan 30-8-2 (14)

March 11
HW: Jimmy Ryan 32-13-1 (17) KO4 Harvey de Cross 12-27-2 (4)

March 27
LW: Billy Hill 30-5-1 (19) UD12 Andy Watson 22-10-2 (2)
Historical bout: 15 round draw

March 28
LW: Mike Farragher 24-12-2 (8) KO9 Boko Thompson 15-25-4 (3)

March 29
BW: Jack Hare 24-10-5 (3) UD10 Barney McCall 13-20-4 (1)
WW: Eddie Connolly 20-6-0 (8) TKO4 Young Corbett 36-8-2 (15)
FW: Oscar Gardner 35-2-2 (21) KO11 Patsy Haley 16-9-2 (4)
Historical bout: Gardner KO5

March 30
LW: Richard Campbell 20-16-1 (7) UD10 New York Jack O'Brien 6-8-1 (0)
BW: Casper Leon 29-8-0 (12) KO4 Robert Burns 16-15-6 (2)
BW: Chappie Moran 37-10-3 (5) UD12 Ernie Stanton 22-9-1 (2)

March 31
MW: Jack Lalor 16-2-1 (6) KO11 Charley Johnson 40-4-1 (23)
FW: Tommy White 31-6-3 (7) UD12 Jerry Barnett 32-6-4 (9)
LW: Bob Matthews 34-6-3 (15) KO12 Aussie Jack McAuliffe 35-4-0 (28)