World Premier Boxing League

[Lee]

I have been looking for something different to do during Football Season since my time is limited and I can't put the time into RCB consistently, so I decided to set up a structure based on the English Premier League (Soccer) that incorporates no weight limits of penalties and allows fighters to fight on equal footing, with battles for promotion and relegation between the Leagues. All fights are 15 rounds.

Here is the set up.

• First I added a 1000 tomato cans with the RFG across the span of my Universe. This will help keep bodies on the lower leagues for fodder as I go.
  
  
• The League will be formed in 1880 so all RL Fighters who debuted during or before 1880 are included. I simmed a brief history to get rankings to populate the initial league structure.
  
  
• Each year fighters will debut as they did in RL and start in the lowest league as beginners and then have to fight their way up to the Premier League

League Structure

• WBPL (World Boxing Premier League) This is the top league and feature the best 16 fighters in the world based on accumulated performance points. (Year to Year) Each fighter will fight the others in the league once during the course of a season (calendar year) The top ranked fighter at the end of the year is the WBPL Champion (The highest honor in the sport) and the bottom 4 get relegated.
  
  
• QBL (Queensbury Boxing League) The second flight, also features 16 Fighters who fight each other once a year. The top 4 get promoted to the premier league and the bottom four get relegated (2 to NBL-1 and 2 to NBL-2)
  
  
• NBL 1 and NBL 2 (National Boxing Leagues) The third tier with each league having 12 fighters, who fight every other fighter once each year. At years end the top 2 in both NBL-1 and NBL-2 are promoted to the QBL. The bottom 2 in each league are relegated to the dreaded RBF.
  
  
• RBF (Regional Boxing Fegerations) A none league affiliate of loosely organized groups featuring all fighters that are not in the League structure. There are no schedules and no minimum/maximum numbers of fights. Fighters at this tier are at the mercy of the Promoters (Auto Scheduler) and can only hope they get enough fights/points to finish in the top four each year, where 2 will get promoted to the NBL-1 and 2 will get promoted to the NBL-2, a daunting task to say the least. Many fighters will toil at this level their entire careers.

[Lee]

World Premier Boxing League
1880	WPBL Champion -
Relegated
1881	WPBL Champion -
Relegated
	Queensbury Boxing League
1881	QBL Champion -
Promoted
Relegated
1881	QBL Champion -
Promoted
Relegated
	National Boxing Leagues
1880	N1 Champion -		N2 Champion -
Promoted
Relegated
1881	N1 Champion -		N2 Champion -
Promoted
Relegated
	Regional Boxing Federations
1880	N1 Champion -		N2 Champion -
Promoted
Relegated
1881	N1 Champion -		N2 Champion -
Promoted
Relegated

[Lee]

Pre-Season League Table

	WPBL Rankings		Division	Wins	Losses	Draws	KO	Points
1	John Knifton		HW	20	2	0	12	1460
2	John Banks		MW	15	2	0	14	1370
3	Charley Mitchell		HW	16	2	0	5	1338
4	Bill Farnan		HW	10	0	0	8	1326
5	Peter Newton		MW	9	0	0	8	1314
6	Bob Smith		WW	12	1	0	0	1282
7	John C Heenan		HW	18	3	1	14	1279
8	George Godfrey		HW	7	0	0	5	1253
9	Jake Kilrain		HW	10	3	0	5	1165
10	Bill Poole		HW	17	5	0	12	1157
11	George Holden		BW	15	5	1	6	1146
12	Mike Cleary		HW	6	1	2	5	1144
13	Mike Coburn		BW	16	5	2	4	1140
14	Jem Mace		HW	7	2	0	1	1131
15	Billy Parkinson		FW	8	2	1	3	1130
16	Paddy Ryan		HW	13	5	0	8	1114

1880 Premier Division Schedule

John Knifton		John Banks		Charley Mitchell		Bill Farnan
Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent
1	John Banks	1	John Knifton	1	Peter Newton	1	George Godfrey
2	Bill Farnan	2	Charley Mitchell	2	John Banks	2	John Knifton
3	George Godfrey	3	Bob Smith	3	John C Heenan	3	Peter Newton
4	John C Heenan	4	George Godfrey	4	Bill Farnan	4	Charley Mitchell
5	Bob Smith	5	Peter Newton	5	George Godfrey	5	John C Heenan
6	Charley Mitchell	6	John C Heenan	6	John Knifton	6	Bob Smith
7	Peter Newton	7	Bill Farnan	7	Bob Smith	7	John Banks
8	Paddy Ryan	8	Jake Kilrain	8	Mike Coburn	8	Bill Poole
9	Mike Cleary	9	Jem Mace	9	Paddy Ryan	9	Jake Kilrain
10	Jake Kilrain	10	Paddy Ryan	10	George Holden	10	Billy Parkinson
11	Bill Poole	11	George Holden	11	Mike Cleary	11	Jem Mace
12	Mike Coburn	12	Billy Parkinson	12	Jake Kilrain	12	Paddy Ryan
13	Billy Parkinson	13	Mike Cleary	13	Jem Mace	13	George Holden
14	Jem Mace	14	Bill Poole	14	Billy Parkinson	14	Mike Coburn
15	George Holden	15	Mike Coburn	15	Bill Poole	15	Mike Cleary
Peter Newton		Bob Smith		John C Heenan		George Godfrey
Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent
1	Charley Mitchell	1	John C Heenan	1	Bob Smith	1	Bill Farnan
2	John C Heenan	2	George Godfrey	2	Peter Newton	2	Bob Smith
3	Bill Farnan	3	John Banks	3	Charley Mitchell	3	John Knifton
4	Bob Smith	4	Peter Newton	4	John Knifton	4	John Banks
5	John Banks	5	John Knifton	5	Bill Farnan	5	Charley Mitchell
6	George Godfrey	6	Bill Farnan	6	John Banks	6	Peter Newton
7	John Knifton	7	Charley Mitchell	7	George Godfrey	7	John C Heenan
8	Billy Parkinson	8	Mike Cleary	8	George Holden	8	Jem Mace
9	Mike Coburn	9	Bill Poole	9	Billy Parkinson	9	George Holden
10	Bill Poole	10	Mike Coburn	10	Jem Mace	10	Mike Cleary
11	Paddy Ryan	11	Billy Parkinson	11	Mike Coburn	11	Jake Kilrain
12	George Holden	12	Jem Mace	12	Mike Cleary	12	Bill Poole
13	Jake Kilrain	13	Paddy Ryan	13	Bill Poole	13	Mike Coburn
14	Mike Cleary	14	George Holden	14	Jake Kilrain	14	Paddy Ryan
15	Jem Mace	15	Jake Kilrain	15	Paddy Ryan	15	Billy Parkinson
Jake Kilrain		Bill Poole		George Holden		Mike Cleary
Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent
1	Bill Poole	1	Jake Kilrain	1	Mike Coburn	1	Paddy Ryan
2	Mike Cleary	2	George Holden	2	Bill Poole	2	Jake Kilrain
3	Paddy Ryan	3	Jem Mace	3	Billy Parkinson	3	Mike Coburn
4	Billy Parkinson	4	Paddy Ryan	4	Mike Cleary	4	George Holden
5	Jem Mace	5	Mike Coburn	5	Paddy Ryan	5	Billy Parkinson
6	George Holden	6	Billy Parkinson	6	Jake Kilrain	6	Jem Mace
7	Mike Coburn	7	Mike Cleary	7	Jem Mace	7	Bill Poole
8	John Banks	8	Bill Farnan	8	John C Heenan	8	Bob Smith
9	Bill Farnan	9	Bob Smith	9	George Godfrey	9	John Knifton
10	John Knifton	10	Peter Newton	10	Charley Mitchell	10	George Godfrey
11	George Godfrey	11	John Knifton	11	John Banks	11	Charley Mitchell
12	Charley Mitchell	12	George Godfrey	12	Peter Newton	12	John C Heenan
13	Peter Newton	13	John C Heenan	13	Bill Farnan	13	John Banks
14	John C Heenan	14	John Banks	14	Bob Smith	14	Peter Newton
15	Bob Smith	15	Charley Mitchell	15	John Knifton	15	Bill Farnan
Mike Coburn		Jem Mace		Billy Parkinson		Paddy Ryan
Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent
1	George Holden	1	Billy Parkinson	1	Jem Mace	1	Mike Cleary
2	Billy Parkinson	2	Paddy Ryan	2	Mike Coburn	2	Jem Mace
3	Mike Cleary	3	Bill Poole	3	George Holden	3	Jake Kilrain
4	Jem Mace	4	Mike Coburn	4	Jake Kilrain	4	Bill Poole
5	Bill Poole	5	Jake Kilrain	5	Mike Cleary	5	George Holden
6	Paddy Ryan	6	Mike Cleary	6	Bill Poole	6	Mike Coburn
7	Jake Kilrain	7	George Holden	7	Paddy Ryan	7	Billy Parkinson
8	Charley Mitchell	8	George Godfrey	8	Peter Newton	8	John Knifton
9	Peter Newton	9	John Banks	9	John C Heenan	9	Charley Mitchell
10	Bob Smith	10	John C Heenan	10	Bill Farnan	10	John Banks
11	John C Heenan	11	Bill Farnan	11	Bob Smith	11	Peter Newton
12	John Knifton	12	Bob Smith	12	John Banks	12	Bill Farnan
13	George Godfrey	13	Charley Mitchell	13	John Knifton	13	Bob Smith
14	Bill Farnan	14	John Knifton	14	Charley Mitchell	14	George Godfrey
15	John Banks	15	Peter Newton	15	George Godfrey	15	John C Heenan

The Premier division is well sticked for the initial campaign with stalwarts such as Charley Mitchell, George Godfrey and Jake Kilrain making the cut. The surprise is the table leader heading into the campaign John Knifton. Criticized for building his record against weak opponents the pundits expect Knifton to tumble from his lofty perch in short order within his first four fights, which include a brutal three fight stretch with Farnan, Godfrey and Heenan.

[Lee]

Pre-Season League Table

	QBL Rankings		Division	Wins	Losses	Draws	KO	Points
1	Professor William Miller		HW	13	4	0	6	1114
2	Joe Goss		HW	14	5	0	5	1108
3	Morris Grant		HW	15	6	0	4	1097
4	George Rooke		HW	13	4	1	9	1092
5	Yankee Sullivan		HW	12	4	1	3	1084
6	George Seddons		FW	7	2	1	5	1075
7	Bat Mullins		LW	12	5	0	2	1068
8	St John Tommy Kelly		FW	11	5	0	6	1059
9	Professor Charles Hadley		HW	7	3	0	3	1050
10	Tom Sayers		HW	7	3	0	2	1049
11	Mike McCoole		HW	12	5	0	3	1035
12	John Morrisey		HW	5	2	0	1	1027
13	John Dwyer		HW	8	4	1	0	1027
14	Bob Mullins		LW	12	5	1	4	1019
15	Billy Edwards		LW	11	5	0	4	1018
16	Tommy Barnes		FW	8	3	0	2	1014

1880 Queensbury Division Schedule

William Miller		Joe Goss		Morris Grant		George Rooke
Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent
1	Joe Goss	1	William Miller	1	Yankee Sullivan	1	Tommy Kelly
2	George Rooke	2	Morris Grant	2	Joe Goss	2	William Miller
3	Tommy Kelly	3	George Seddons	3	Bat Mullins	3	Yankee Sullivan
4	Bat Mullins	4	Tommy Kelly	4	George Rooke	4	Morris Grant
5	George Seddons	5	Yankee Sullivan	5	Tommy Kelly	5	Bat Mullins
6	Morris Grant	6	Bat Mullins	6	William Miller	6	George Seddons
7	Yankee Sullivan	7	George Rooke	7	George Seddons	7	Joe Goss
8	Tommy Barnes	8	Charles Hadley	8	John Dwyer	8	Tom Sayers
9	John Morrisey	9	Bob Mullins	9	Tommy Barnes	9	Charles Hadley
10	Charles Hadley	10	Tommy Barnes	10	Mike McCoole	10	Billy Edwards
11	Tom Sayers	11	Mike McCoole	11	John Morrisey	11	Bob Mullins
12	John Dwyer	12	Billy Edwards	12	Charles Hadley	12	Tommy Barnes
13	Billy Edwards	13	John Morrisey	13	Bob Mullins	13	Mike McCoole
14	Bob Mullins	14	Tom Sayers	14	Billy Edwards	14	John Dwyer
15	Mike McCoole	15	John Dwyer	15	Tom Sayers	15	John Morrisey
Yankee Sullivan		George Seddons		Bat Mullins		Tommy Kelly
Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent
1	Morris Grant	1	Bat Mullins	1	George Seddons	1	George Rooke
2	Bat Mullins	2	Tommy Kelly	2	Yankee Sullivan	2	George Seddons
3	George Rooke	3	Joe Goss	3	Morris Grant	3	William Miller
4	George Seddons	4	Yankee Sullivan	4	William Miller	4	Joe Goss
5	Joe Goss	5	William Miller	5	George Rooke	5	Morris Grant
6	Tommy Kelly	6	George Rooke	6	Joe Goss	6	Yankee Sullivan
7	William Miller	7	Morris Grant	7	Tommy Kelly	7	Bat Mullins
8	Billy Edwards	8	John Morrisey	8	Mike McCoole	8	Bob Mullins
9	John Dwyer	9	Tom Sayers	9	Billy Edwards	9	Mike McCoole
10	Tom Sayers	10	John Dwyer	10	Bob Mullins	10	John Morrisey
11	Tommy Barnes	11	Billy Edwards	11	John Dwyer	11	Charles Hadley
12	Mike McCoole	12	Bob Mullins	12	John Morrisey	12	Tom Sayers
13	Charles Hadley	13	Tommy Barnes	13	Tom Sayers	13	John Dwyer
14	John Morrisey	14	Mike McCoole	14	Charles Hadley	14	Tommy Barnes
15	Bob Mullins	15	Charles Hadley	15	Tommy Barnes	15	Billy Edwards
Charles Hadley		Tom Sayers		Mike McCoole		John Morrisey
Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent
1	Tom Sayers	1	Charles Hadley	1	John Dwyer	1	Tommy Barnes
2	John Morrisey	2	Mike McCoole	2	Tom Sayers	2	Charles Hadley
3	Tommy Barnes	3	Bob Mullins	3	Billy Edwards	3	John Dwyer
4	Billy Edwards	4	Tommy Barnes	4	John Morrisey	4	Mike McCoole
5	Bob Mullins	5	John Dwyer	5	Tommy Barnes	5	Billy Edwards
6	Mike McCoole	6	Billy Edwards	6	Charles Hadley	6	Bob Mullins
7	John Dwyer	7	John Morrisey	7	Bob Mullins	7	Tom Sayers
8	Joe Goss	8	George Rooke	8	Bat Mullins	8	George Seddons
9	George Rooke	9	George Seddons	9	Tommy Kelly	9	William Miller
10	William Miller	10	Yankee Sullivan	10	Morris Grant	10	Tommy Kelly
11	Tommy Kelly	11	William Miller	11	Joe Goss	11	Morris Grant
12	Morris Grant	12	Tommy Kelly	12	Yankee Sullivan	12	Bat Mullins
13	Yankee Sullivan	13	Bat Mullins	13	George Rooke	13	Joe Goss
14	Bat Mullins	14	Joe Goss	14	George Seddons	14	Yankee Sullivan
15	George Seddons	15	Morris Grant	15	William Miller	15	George Rooke
John Dwyer		Bob Mullins		Billy Edwards		Tommy Barnes
Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent
1	Mike McCoole	1	Billy Edwards	1	Bob Mullins	1	John Morrisey
2	Billy Edwards	2	Tommy Barnes	2	John Dwyer	2	Bob Mullins
3	John Morrisey	3	Tom Sayers	3	Mike McCoole	3	Charles Hadley
4	Bob Mullins	4	John Dwyer	4	Charles Hadley	4	Tom Sayers
5	Tom Sayers	5	Charles Hadley	5	John Morrisey	5	Mike McCoole
6	Tommy Barnes	6	John Morrisey	6	Tom Sayers	6	John Dwyer
7	Charles Hadley	7	Mike McCoole	7	Tommy Barnes	7	Billy Edwards
8	Morris Grant	8	Tommy Kelly	8	Yankee Sullivan	8	William Miller
9	Yankee Sullivan	9	Joe Goss	9	Bat Mullins	9	Morris Grant
10	George Seddons	10	Bat Mullins	10	George Rooke	10	Joe Goss
11	Bat Mullins	11	George Rooke	11	George Seddons	11	Yankee Sullivan
12	William Miller	12	George Seddons	12	Joe Goss	12	George Rooke
13	Tommy Kelly	13	Morris Grant	13	William Miller	13	George Seddons
14	George Rooke	14	William Miller	14	Morris Grant	14	Tommy Kelly
15	Joe Goss	15	Yankee Sullivan	15	Tommy Kelly	15	Bat Mullins

The second tier of the World Boxing League features several top fighters that will be in contention for promtion to the Premier division, led by the "Professors" Miller and Hadley, as well as George Rooke, Joe Goss and Tom Sayers. This promises to be an exciting season for fans of the Queensbury Division as no fewer than 7 fighters stand a legitimate chance to earn promotion.

[CONN CHRIS]

I'd put early money on George Godfrey.

This is a nifty idea Lee.

[Lee]

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

I'd put early money on George Godfrey.

This is a nifty idea Lee.

Thanks Chris, I redid the original format and started over. What I have in mind now will move a lot faster and I think looks a bit slicker. Wait until you see where John L Sullivan starts.....Will most fighters were building their records the last 4 years he was apparently drinking and running up tabs at local brothels.

The Godfrey / Farnan round 1 match should be a great scrap to kick off the season.

[Lee]

NBL Pre-Season League Tables

	NBL-1 Table		Division	Wins	Losses	Draws	KO	Points
1	Captain James Dalton		HW	11	5	1	3	993
2	Viro Small		HW	12	6	3	4	979
3	Joe Coburn		HW	12	5	0	2	957
4	Ernie Coady		FW	8	5	0	6	926
5	John L Sullivan		HW	1	2	0	0	920
6	Sam Bittle		LW	11	7	0	8	904
7	Sixto Alvarado		BW	10	7	0	2	876
8	George Thompson		HW	15	9	0	7	847
9	Sam Collyer		LW	10	7	0	4	840
10	Thierry Tardieu		HW	9	8	0	6	794
11	John Scholes		HW	5	6	0	2	765
12	Charles Norton		LW	10	9	0	2	758

	NBL-2 Table		Division	Wins	Losses	Draws	KO	Points
1	Arthur Chambers		LW	3	2	0	2	988
2	Tom Hyer		HW	9	5	0	4	959
3	Harry Gilmore		LW	9	5	1	6	942
4	Charlie Richardson		HW	5	3	2	3	922
5	Dave Graham		HW	9	6	3	7	916
6	George Fulljames		LW	10	7	2	4	879
7	Dick Hollywood		FW	0	2	0	0	858
8	George Taylor		LW	10	7	0	2	845
9	Jimmy Murray		WW	13	10	1	9	812
10	Jem Carney		LW	8	7	0	8	791
11	William Faucett		LW	6	7	0	2	759
12	Billy McLeod		FW	8	9	1	0	754

1880 National Boxing League Schedules
NBL-1

James Dalton		Viro Small		Joe Coburn		Ernie Coady
Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent
1	Joe Coburn	1	Ernie Coady	1	James Dalton	1	Viro Small
2	John L Sullivan	2	Sam Bittle	2	Ernie Coady	2	Joe Coburn
3	Viro Small	3	James Dalton	3	John L Sullivan	3	Sam Bittle
4	Ernie Coady	4	John L Sullivan	4	Sam Bittle	4	James Dalton
5	Sam Bittle	5	Joe Coburn	5	Viro Small	5	John L Sullivan
6	Charles Norton	6	John Scholes	6	Thierry Tardieu	6	Sam Collyer
7	Thierry Tardieu	7	Sixto Alvarado	7	Sam Collyer	7	Charles Norton
8	George Thompson	8	Thierry Tardieu	8	Charles Norton	8	Sixto Alvarado
9	Sixto Alvarado	9	George Thompson	9	John Scholes	9	Thierry Tardieu
10	Sam Collyer	10	Charles Norton	10	George Thompson	10	John Scholes
11	John Scholes	11	Sam Collyer	11	Sixto Alvarado	11	George Thompson
John L Sullivan		Sam Bittle		Sixto Alvarado		George Thompson
Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent	Round	Opponent
1	Sam Bittle	1	John L Sullivan	1	Sam Collyer	1	Thierry Tardieu
2	James Dalton	2	Viro Small	2	John Scholes	2	Charles Norton
3	Joe Coburn	3	Ernie Coady	3	George Thompson	3	Sixto Alvarado
4	Viro Small	4	Joe Coburn	4	Thierry Tardieu	4	John Scholes
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