The Alphabet Soup Universe

[Thomas Hearns]

THE ALPHABET SOUP UNIVERSE

I started an Universe with mixed eras fighters and random selection of the year of each fighter entrance.

The Universe will have only four (fantasy) divisions.
• HW: more than 176 lbs
• MW: 160 to 176 lbs.
• WW: 135 to 160 lbs
• FW : Less than 135 lbs.

The roster will have 800 boxers (200 for each division) and around 230 stiffs (1 and 2 rated real boxers) that only participate to made the main boxers records.

Aging (manually controled)
• Beginner : 10 fights.
• Pre Prime 12-15 fights.
• Prime: 18-40 fights
• Post Prime: 5-20 fights.
• End: 5-15 fights.

So neither with lees than 50 fights and neither with more than 100 fights.

Boxer inclusion: Random selection around 20% of the roster on the first year and 8% for the each following 10 years, no more new boxers from the year number twelve to the finish of the universe.

The Universe start on January of 1990 and the first champion is expected for 1993. Diferent boxings organizations will be appearing across the time.

The boxers will need 20 fights to be rank on “serious” organizations.

[Thomas Hearns]

1990

HEAVYWEIGHTS DIVISION SUMMARY

35 Fighters – 16 Invictus.

The best prospects

1)Evander Holyfield 10-0-0 (9) –scores 18 Kod on 10 fights-
2)Joe Mesi 10-0-0 (9) –scores 19 Kod on 10 fights-
3)Lenoxx Lewis 10-0-0 (9)
4) Archie Moore 8-0-0 (7)
5)Herbie Hide 10-0-0 (7)
6)Pinklon Thomas 10-0-0 (7)
7)Donovan Ruddock 9-0-0 (4)
8) Tony Tucker 10-0-0 (5)

Other big names

Ike Ibeabuchi 10-0-0 (4)
James Toney 10-0-0 (3)

The worst men

1)Cedric Boswell 3-3-0 (3)
2)Ossie Ocasio 5-4-1 (0)
3)Marion Wilson 4-2-1 (0)

(*Note that all the boxers face rated 1 fightes on this first warm up year).

THE UPSETS

19-04-1990 Houston Texas.
Cleveland Williams LKO1 Troy Weida.
Weida took a cold Williams with a terrible right hook and put him to sleep for the whole 10 count.

02-10-1990 Rancho Mirage, Ca.
Larry Holmes LUD6 Charley Powell
This was the greatest upset on the Heavyweight division on this year becouse Larry Holmes is expected to be World Champion in the future.
The fight began with Holmes dominated the action on the first to rounds, but the things change on the third with Powell conecting his best punchs.
But the big surprise will come on the fourth when a big lead hook put Holmes into the canvas, Larry beat the count but lost the round clearly.
The final rounds was very even and dificult to rate. My scorecard was 58-56 to Powell and the official scorecards were 57-56 ; 58-55 ; 57-56 all for the winner Charley Powell.

Holmes finish the 1990 year with a global record of 7-1-0 (3).

[Thomas Hearns]

1990

MIDDLEWEIGHTS DIVISION SUMMARY

37 Fighters -21 Invictus.

The best prospects

1)Fulgencio Obelmegias 9-0-0 (7) -scores 12 kod on 9 fights-
2)Edison Miranda 10-0-0 (7) –scores 14 kod on 10 fights-
3)Jermain Taylor 10-0-0 (6) –scores 20 kod on 10 fights-
4)Vincenzo Nardiello 6-0-0 (4)
5)Rubin Carter 10-0-0 (6)
6)Arthur Abraham 10-0-0 (6)
7)Ramon Campas 10-0-0 (5)
8)Joe Calzaghe 10-0-0 (4)

Other big names

Dariusz Michalczewski 8-0-0 (3)
Jorge Castro 9-0-0 (4)

The worst men

1)Daniel Sclarandi 3-2-0 (0)
2)Sergio Merani 5-3-0 (0)
3)Sebastian Heiland 4-2-4 (0)
4) Ronald Hearns 6-2-2 (0)

THE UPSETS

09-01-1990 DENVER, US.
Victor Galindez LUD6 James Green
After an even first round Galindez took the second and third ones almost swelling Green right eye.
But Green regroup on the fourth and won the round clearly , cutting Galindez on the row.
Five and six rounds was even ones. The official scorecards was 58-57 (x3) for Green.
I think the fight could be a draw.

13-04-1990 BILOXI, MS
Roy Jones Jr LTKO6 Reggie Strickland
Jones won the first four rounds punishing Green and giving him a clinic of boxing and almost finish the bout on the fifth when a flashing hook to the ribcage sent Green to the canvas. Green hardly beat the count and survived the rest of the round.
But when Jones went for the definition on the sixth he injured his hand after a bad hit on Green’s forehead, and was forced to quit. The three official scorecards were 50-40 for Jones.

Jones Jr. finished the year with a global record of 9-1 (5)

[Thomas Hearns]

1990

WELTERWEIGHTS DIVISION SUMMARY

38 Fighters – 31 Invictus. (very talented field)

The best prospects

1)John Mugabi 10-0-0 (9) –scores 17 kod on 10 fights-
2)Diego Corrales 10-0-0 (9) –scores 15 kod on 10 fights-
3)Ricky Hatton 9-0-0 (8)
4)Mike McCallum 9-0-0 (7)
5)Edwin Rosario 10-0-0 (7)
6)Juan Lazcano 10-0-0 (6)
7)Ahmet Dottuev 10-0-0 (6)
8) Sugar Ray Leonard 8-0-0 (4)

Other big names

Ken Buchannan 10-0-0 (2)
Ike Quartey 9-0-1 (3)

The worst men

1)Lamont Pearson 2-3-0 (1)
2)Eddie Gazo 4-2-0 (2)
3)Alberto Cortes 5-2-1 (0)

THE UPSETS
23-09-1990 LAS VEGAS NEVADA
Ike Quartey D6 LC Morgan
Quartey took the first round , the second was even Then Ike had a big dominance on the third and sixth stranzas.
Morgan won closely fourth and fifth round and finaly the three judges scored: 59-55 (Quartey) 56-58 (Morgan)
and 57-57. My scorecard 58-57 (Quartey)

[Thomas Hearns]

FEATHERWEIGHTS DIVISION SUMMARY

37 Fighters – 19 Invictus.

The best prospects

1) Julio Cesar Chavez 10-0-0 (9) –scores 16 kod on 10 fights-
2) Jeff Fenech 10-0-0 (6)
3) Jorge Elicer Julio 7-0-0 (5)
4) Ricardo Lopez 10-0-0 (6)
5) Jiro Watanabe 9-0-0 (4)
6) Pascual Perez 10-0-0 (5)
7) Joan Guzman 8-0-0 (4)
8) Junior Jones 7-0-0 (2)

Other big names

Salvador Sanchez 10-0-0 (2)
Fernando Montiel 10-0-0 (2)
Scott Harrison 6-1-0 (2)

The worst men

Bobby Vanzzie 1-3-3 (0) (Global worst record on 1990)
Ruben Condori 5-4-1 (0)
Javier Alvarez 3-2-2 (2)

THE UPSETS

25-11-1990 MEXICALI, MEXICO
Cesar Soto LSD6 Lee Sandoval
First round for Soto, Sandoval returned to his corner with a swelling left eye.
Second round even and then Sandoval won a less action third round.
Sandoval won also the fourth round, but Soto recovered on the fifth knocking down Lee with a flushing right corss, Soto also won a competitive sixth round. My scorecard: 58-56 for Soto. The official scorecards: 57-56 (Soto) 57-56 (x2-Sandoval), a real robbery.

03-12-1990 Thailand
Jorge Barrios LUD6 Pigmy Muangchiyaphum (god, what a name!!!!)
The thai simply outboxed Barrios for the whole fight. The “Hiena” could only win the last stranza and lost the fight for 59-55 on all three scorecards.

[Thomas Hearns]

On 1991 we expected the following stellar debuts:

• Featherweights: Naseem Hamed; Humberto “Chiquita” Gonzalez , Santos Laciar, Kevin Kelley.

• Welterweights: Roberto Duran; Thomas Hearns; Paul Williams; Vernnon Forrest.

• Middleweights: Nigel Benn; Lucian Bute; Glencoffe Johnson.

• Heavyweights: Chris Byrd; Charles Sonny Liston; John Sullivan; and fringe Eric Esch.

In general around 12 to 15 boxers will debut on each division in 1991

[Thomas Hearns]

Top Heavyweights:
1)Pinklon Thomas 20-0-0 (14)
2)Ike Ibeabuchi 19-0-0 (11)
3)Tony Tucker 19-0-0 (11)
4) Archie Moore 17-0-0 (16)
5)Evander Holyfield 17-0-0 (15)
6)Lenoxx Lewis 17-0-0 (15)
7)James Toney 17-0-0 (8)
8)Wayne Braithwaite 18-0-2 (14)
9)Joe Mesi 19-1-0 (15)
10)Larry Holmes 17-1-0 (11)
11)Jack Johnson 16-1-0 (9)
12)Enzo Maccaranelli 16-1-1 (7)

New Prospects:
1)Sonny Liston 10-0-0 (9)
2)Samuel Peter 9-0-0 (7)
3)Bruce Seldon 8-0-0 (7)

Top Middleweights
1)Joe Calzaghe 20-0-0 (6)
2)Arthur Abraham 19-0-0 (14)
3)Jermain Taylor 19-0-0 (14)
4)Jorge Castro 17-0-0 (14)
5)Fulgencio Obelmejias 17-0-0 (14)
6)Dariusz Michalzcwski 17-0-0 (10)
7)Frank Fletcher 17-0-0 (7)
8)Hugo Corro 19-0-18 (3)
9)Antuwn Echols 18-0-1 (12)
10)Tony Thorton 17-0-1 (5)
11)Felix Sturn 17-0-3 (2)
12)Roy Jones Jr 19-1-0 (14)

New Prospects
1)Manny Siaca 10-0-0 (6)
2)Nigel Benn 10-0-0 (5)
3)Benny Briscoe 10-0-0 (4)

Top Welterweights
1)Diego Corrales 20-0-0 (15)
2)Edwin Rosario 20-0-0 (14)
3)Rene Arredondo 20-0-0 (15)
4)Ahmet Dottuev 20-0-0 (8)
5)Luis Colazzo 20-0-0 (3)
6)Ricky Hatton 19-0-0 (17)
7)John Mugabi 18-0-0 (17)
8)Mike McCallum 18-0-0 (15)
9)Daniel Santos 19-0-0 (11)
10)Junior Witter 19-0-0 (7)
11)Tony Ayala 17-0-0 (12)
12)Ray Leonard 15-0-0 (9)

New Prospects
1)Roberto Duran 10-0-0 (5)
2)Paul Williams 10-0-0 (4)
3)Vernon Forrest 10-0-0 (4)

Thomas Hearns 7-0-1 (7) (The only fighter who won all his bouts by KO).

Top Featherweights
1)Jeff Fenech 21-0-0 (14)
2)Salvdor Sanchez 20-0-0 (8)
3)Alexander muñoz 20-0-0 (12)
4)Lorenzo Parra 20-0-0 (7)
5)Horacio Acavallo 20-0-0 (4)
6)Julio Cesar Chavez 19-0-0 (18)
7)Ricardo Lopez 18-0-0 (12)
8)Joan Guzman 17-0-0 (13)
9)Jorge Elicer julio 13-0-0 (8)
10)Nate campbell 19-0-1 (11)
11)In Jin Chi 19-0-1 (9)
12)Everaldo Morales 17-0-1 (3)

New prospects
1)Naseem Hamed 10-0-0 (5)
2)Joseph Agbeko 10-0-0 (2)
3)Agapito Sanchez 9-0-0 (1)

[Thomas Hearns]

Aging (manually controled)
• Beginner : 10 fights.
• Pre Prime 10-15 fights.
• Prime: 20-40 fights
• Post Prime: 5-20 fights.
• End: 5-15 fights.

Note about the Universe: The first 2 years on the life of fighters in the Universe is only for warm-up. They only face 1 rated opponents on the first year and 2 rated opponents on the second year and i use the scheduler to make the fights.
This two years are only to have positive records.
The real action will come in the third year of the boxer in the Universe where the real fight cards will begin.

[JCWeb]

I personally cannot wait to see how that young prospect Thomas Hearns does in a Universe run by Thomas Hearns.

[Thomas Hearns]

04/01/1992 Boston Garden

GALENTO UPSETS MOORE!

Tony Galento earned a surprising victory against 3-1 favourite Archie Moore at the main event of the Boston Garden's fight card.
Galento landed a thudding shot under Moore's ribcage and put him down for the ten count.
On the cofeature event Wayne Braithwaite socred a convincing TKO6 winning over Joe Mesi. Braithwaithe conected Messi with a brutal hook 50 seconds on the first round and put him down. Then he dominated all the rounds before the referee Enzo Montero stopped the fight on the sixth round to avoid more unnecessary punishment.
On the other figths of the night James Toney scored a KO8 win over Bernardo Mercado after a one-sided fight and David Izon knocked out James Bradock on the ninth round after a very competitive match (Bradock was winning by a single point on two scorecards).

Results and new records

Tony Galento 13-4-0(8) WKO1 Archie Moore 17-1-0 (16)
Wayne Braithwaite 19-0-2 (15) WTKO6 Joe Mesi 19-2-0 (15)
James Toney 19-0-0 (10) WKO8 Bernardo Mercado 12-4-0 (2)
David Izon 17-2-0 (12) WKO9 James Bradock 16-2-3

[Thomas Hearns]

10-01-1992 Leeds U.K.

LEWIS DESTROYED CUBAN GONZALEZ!

British high prospect Lenoxx Lewis gave an exhibition of power over cuban Jorge Luis Gonzalez. The british dropped the cuban in the middle stages of the second round with a series of blows and then he put Gonzalez to sleep with a brutal overhand right 2:31 in the same round.
On the co-feature event Bert Cooper earned a difficult split decision over Jameel McCline. Cooper dropped Mcline with a vicious right hook on the second stranza. The socorecards was 97-94 , 97-93 (Cooper) and 96-95 (McCline).
On other fight of the card Pinklon Thomas won a loopside unanimous decision -97-92 (x3)- over Enzo Maccarinelli. Thomas dropped his rival with a wild overhand right late on the eighth round.
On the opening bout Francesco Damiani earned an easy TKO4 (cuts) over Cedric Boswell.

Results and New records.

Lenoxx Lewis 18-0-0 (16) WKO2 Jorge Luis Gonzalez 15-4-2 (6)
Bert Cooper 15-1-1 (10) WSD10 Jemeel McCline 14-3-0 (7)
Pinklon Thomas 21-0-0 (14) WUD10 E. Maccarinelli 18-2-1 (7)
Francesco Damiani 20-1-0 (10) WTKO4 Cedric Boswell 12-4-1 (8)

[Rocky]

I am falling in love with this uni, the idea of having only a few divisions means better chance of getting those great fights.

[Thomas Hearns]

1992-01-12
Falkoner Center, Frederiksberg, Denmark- Middleweights

KO-less night on Denmark!

On the main event of the night local hero Mads Larsen won a clear unanimous decision over englishman George Groves. (96-93 96-93 97-92). Larsen dropped Gorves on the fourth with a big cross and punished him for the rest of the round. Groves intended a rally on the last two rounds but it was too late for him.
On the cofeature match Dana Rosenblatt outpointed aussie Tony Mundine : 96-92 97-92 and 97-92. Mundine floored Rosenblatt on the fifth with a perfect cross and was winning the fight on this first half of the match.
Rosenblatt recovered on the second half of the bout winning all the late rounds and floored the aussie on the last round.
On other fight Jeff Lacy made a late rally winning the last four stranzas in the way of a majority decision win (96-94 96-94 95-95) over argentine Hugo Pastor Corro.
On the openning bout Frank Fletcher outboxed and outlanded argentine Daniel Sclarandi winning almost all the rounds of the bout. The scorecards was 99-91 99-91 98-92.

Results and New Records

M.Lardsen 16-0-2 (9) WUD10 G.Groves 19-2-0 (8)
D. Rosenblatt 17-2-2(3) WUD10 T. Mundine 17-4-0 (6)
J. Lacy 18-1-0 (13) WMD10 H Corro 19-1-1 (3)
F. Fletcher 18-0-0 (7)- WUD10 D Sclarandi 5-7-3 (0)

1992-01-15
Ballys Atlantic City U.S.

Big Night of Middleweights.

The opennig fight of the night was between southpaw Quincy Taylor and the aussie Paul Briggs. This was a very competitive bout , Taylor was down on his knees after a thudding shot under his ribcage in the sixth stranza but he survived the round. Finally Taylor earned a SD10 win with scorecards of 95-94 95-94 (Taylor) and 96-94 Briggs.
The second bout of the card saw high regarded polish Dariuz Michalczewski outboxed and outlanded Vinny Pazzienza. The polish dropped Pazienz twice on the ninth the last for good. At the time of the stopped Dariusz was leading by two and four points on the scorecards.
The co-feature battle of the night was a real clinic of boxing courtesy of Roy Jones Jr.
Jones jr punished and outclassed Antuwn Echols for ten rounds dropping him twice on the fifth and tenth round. The loopside scorecards was 99-88 98-89 and 100-87 in favor of the man of Pensacola.
On the main event the crowd saw a very good and competitive match between Wales man Joe Calzaghe and venezuelan Fulgencio Obelmejias. The fight was very close with Cazlaghe winning by a slim margin enter in the last two rounds. But on th ninth Obelmejias dropped Calzaghe with a shot under his ribcage and putted the fight on his favour. Calzaghe rallyed again and won the last round. Finally the judges washed his hands and said that the fight was a draw. – Scorecards: 96-94 (Calzaghe) 97-94 (Obelmejias) 95-95.-

Results and New Records.

J.Calzaghe 20-0-1 (6) DRAW10 F. Obelmejias 17-0-1 (14)
R. Jones Jr. 20-1-0 (14) WUD10 A. Echols 18-1-1 (12)
D. Michalczewski 18-0-0 (11) WKO9 V. Pazienza 17-3-1 (4)
Q. Taylor 16-2-0 (8) WSD10 Paul Briggs 13-3-1 (4)

[Thomas Hearns]

1992-01-19
Saltillo, Mexico – Welterweights Action.

Mugabi Ko´s Santos in a real war!

John “the beast” Mugabi visited the hell and returned to life on his last night fight with Daniel Santos.
Mugabi won the first round but then Santos took the control of the fight winning the second and third round and flooring Mugabi on the fourth with a lighting combination. “The beast “only got up at nine and then only covered-up to survive the round.
On the fifth Mugabi put his heart on the bout and started to punish a surprised Santos and near the end of the round connected a smashing cross to the chin. Santos was on his feet but very confused and the referee Mike Ortega decided to stop the fight.

On the other two fights of the night Tony Ayala and Thomas Damgaard were too much for their rivals. The danish outboxed Francisco Bojado for ten rounds (flooring Bojado on the eight)


On the co-feature fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez won a TKO5 over spanish Javier Castillejo. Alvarez dropped Castillejo in the fourth and then produced a cut over the right eye of Castillejo on the fifth forcing the referee to stop the fight.
On the other two fights of the night Tony Ayala and Thomas Damgaard were too much for their rivals. The danish outboxed Francisco Bojado for ten rounds (flooring Bojado on the eight) to win by unanimous decision 100-90 on the three scorecards.
Ayala was to classy for his rival Juan Lazcano, he floored the mexican two times on the last round in a way of a loopsided unanimous decision win (98-89 97-90 and 98-90)

Results and New Records

J.Mugabi 19-0-0 (18) WTKO5 D. Santos 19-1-0 (11)
S.Alvarez 15-2-3 (11) WTKO5 J.Castillejo 18-1-1 (4)
T. Damgaard 18-0-1 (13) WUD10 F. Bojado 17-1-2 (6)
T. Ayala 18-0-0 (12) WUD10 J.Lazcano 19-2-0 (1)

1992-01-22
Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom

Ricky Hatton scored a big win over Quartey!

Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton climbed from the canvas on the first round to scored a brillant unanimous decision over Ghanaian top fighter Ike “Bazooka” Quartey. The african dropped Hatton 20 seconds on the first with a vicious cross. Hatton beat the count with difficult and tried to survive the rest of the round, but after that he recovered and won the majority of the remaining rounds. The scorecards was 97-92 95-94 and 96-93.
On the other top fight of the night Miguel Angel Cotto was too much for african David Kamau. Cotto punished Kamau for three round and put him KO on the fourth with a lighting left-right-left salvo.
On other very competitive match Junior Witter scored a slim unanimous decision win (94-93 x3) over Carlos “El Indio” Quintana. After four rounds of boxing the fight was very even, two rounds for each other , but on the fifth Quintana took the first advantage when the referee took a point from Witter due to repeated low blows. But Junior was still on the match and he dropped Quintana with a thudding shot under his ribcage on the eight round.
At this point the fight was even again. Quintana took the ninth in all scorecards so Witter needed something great to win the fight and that was exactly what he did. Witter floored Quintana with a clean combination and took the last round 10-8 on all the scorecards to secure his victory.
On the openning bout Alberto Cortes and Lamont Pearson fought for a draw. Most observers thought that Cortes had did enough to win the fight.

Results and New Records

Ricky Hatton 20-0-0 (17) WUD10 Ike Quartey -18-2-1 (10)
Miguel Cotto 17-1-0 (10) WKO4 David Kamau -17-3-1 (7)
Junior Witter 20-0-0 (7) WUD10 Carlos Quintana 18-1-2 (10)
Alberto Cortes 14-2-2 (0) D(M)10 Lamont Pearson - Record: 5-7-2 (1)

[Thomas Hearns]

1992-01-26
Mexico City Arena –Featherweights


Sanchez beat Muñoz in an undefeated clash!

Salvador Sanchez gave a joy for the big crowd winning a big match against Alexander Muñoz. The mexican was simply too much for his rival and punished him for four rounds to finally scored a frightening KO with a clean right uppercut.
On the others fights of the night Jiro Watanabe scored a unanimous decision win over very competitive Joan Guzman (96-95 96-95 97-94). On a very similar style fight Diego Morales could beat Alex Sanchez (96-94 96-94 97-93).
Finally on the openning bout the judges deprived Scott Harrison of a legitimate victory over Genaro Garcia. Although Harrison was the best boxer on the ring the judges scored a Majority Draw. (95-95 95-95 95-96 –Garcia!!!!!-)

Results and New Records.

S.Sanchez 21-0-0 (9) WKO4 A.Muñoz 20-1-0 (12)
J.Watanabe 16-2-0 (6) WUD10 J.Guzman 17-1-0 (13)
D. Morales 17-3-1 (7) WUD10 A. Sanchez 13-4-2 (3)
S. Harrison 16-1-1 (5) DR10 (m) G.Garcia 10-1-2 (1)

1992-01-30
Club Olimpico, Durango, Mexico -Featherweights fights-

Javier Alvarez upsets Junior Jones!

Little regarded argentine Javier Alvarez scored a TKO3 on cuts over Junior Jones. It was a very equal match when Alvarez landed a big right cross and cut Jones over his left eye. The cut was to serious to continued and the fight was stopped.
In othe bout after eight rounds of boxing Jorge Elicer Julio was in the way to secure a victory on his match against Cesar Soto. But coming into the ninth round Soto floored Julio two times and was in the way to a third knockdown when the referee Rafael Ramos stopped the fight.
At the time of the stop the socrecards was 77-75 77-75 and 78-75 all for Jorge Julio.
On the other fight of the night Fernando Montiel outboxed Hussein Hussein in the way for a win by unanimous decision 97-95 97-94 98-94. Hussein only reaction on the last three rounds but it was too late for a comeback.
On the openning fight Adonis Rivas won a laborious split decision over argentine Juan Cabrera (96-95 97-94 and 95-96). Cabrara was winnig after the first half of the fight but Rivas recovered to win the fight on the late rounds.

Results and New Records

J.Alvarez 7-3-3 (3) WTKO3 J.Jones 15-2-0 (5)
F. Montiel 18-1-0 (7) WUD10 H.Hussein 13-2-3 (5)
C.Soto 18-1-0 (10) WTKO3 J.Julio13-1-0 (8)
A. Rivas 16-2-4 (2) WSD10 J.Cabrera 14-3-4 (2)


With this fight card january is finished.

[Thomas Hearns]

1992-02-06
Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, CT, United States

HOLYFIELD A REAL DEAL!

Evander Holyfield demolished Gerrie Coetze in six rounds, flooring him in the fourth with a hook to the body, on the fifth with a perfect cross to the chin and finally twice on the sixth the last for good courtesy of an other tremendous hook to the jaw.
Holyfield won every round of the fight in all the scorecards.
On the co-feature bout canadian Donovan “Razor” Rudock outpunched ucranian Alex Dimintrenko in the way to a loopside unanimous decision win. Rudock dropped Dimintrenko twice on the sixth and one more in the last round. The scorecards was 97-90, 99-87, 97-91 and Rudock also outlanded Diminterko -223 to 198-.
Undefeated nigerian Ike Ibeabuchi climbed fom the canvas on the fourth to score a spectacular Ko win over Enzo Maccarinelli late on the seventh. Every fighter had their moments on the fight Ibeabuchi punished his rival in the second and fifth stranzas and Maccarinelli took the first and fourth round confortably. At the moment of the stop two scorecards were even (56-56) and the other 57-55 for the nigerian.
On the opening bout Carl Thompson destroyed Bert Cooper with a vicious upercut to the head late in the second stranza.

Results and New records

Evander Holyfield 18-0-0 (16) WKO6 Gerrie Coetzee 16-3-0 (8)
Donovan Ruddock 17-2-0 (12) WUD10 Alexander Dimitrenko 17-4-0 (6)
Ike Ibeabuchi 20-0-0 (12) WKO7 Enzo Maccarinelli 18-3-1 (7)
Carl Thompson 18-1-0 (12) WKO2 Bert Cooper 15-2-1 (10)

1992-02-09
Reno Hilton, Reno, NV, United States

JACK JOHNSON BEAT LARRY HOLMES !

On the first Heavyweight big clash of 1992 high regarded fighters Larry Holmes and Jack Johnson gave the crowd a very interesting fight.
In a very even contest after seven rounds Holmes was winning by a single point on one scorecard and by two on an other, but Johnson fought back and took the last three rounds on all the scorecards to earn a unanimous decision win (98-93 97-93 and 96-94). All rounds were very competitive but Johnson outlanded Holmes 223 to 198.
On the cofeature match Pinklon Thomas won a slim split decision over David Izon. The scorecards were 97-95 (x2) for Thomas and 96-95 for Izon. On hard to score fight Thomas also outlanded Izon (267 to 187).
On other fight guyanian Wayne Braithwaite outboxed Tony Tucker for nine rounds and knocked him out in the tenth with a tremendous shot under Tucker's ribcage. The scorecards at the moment of the stop were 88-83 89-83 and 86-85(?) all for Braithwaite.
On the openning bout Carl Williams Ko’s cold Cedric Boswell in the middle part of the first round.

Results and New records

Jack Johnson 17-1-0 (9) WUD10 Larry Holmes 17-2-0 (11)
Pinklon Thomas 22-0-0 (14) WSD10 David Izon 17-3-0 (12)
Wayne Braithwaite 20-0-2 (16) WKO10 Tony Tucker 19-1-0 (11)
Carl Williams 16-4-0 (7) WKO1 Cedric Boswell 12-5-1 (8)

[Thomas Hearns]

1992-02-14
Luna Park, Buenes Aires, Argentina

“Locomotora” Castro TKO’s Tony Mundine!

On the central bout of the night local hero Jorge Castro climbed from the canvas on the third stanza to scored an eight round TKO victory (on cuts) over australian Tony Mundine.
Mundine came strong winning the first two rounds and flooring Castro with a volley of punches early on the third. But Castro recovered and floored Mundine in the fourth with a solid combination and in the fifth with a shot under Mundine's ribcage. Castro also won rounds six and seven and finally a cut on the right eyebrow of Mundine forced the referee to stopped the fight.
On the co-feature Rubin Carter and Frank Fletcher fight for a disappointing technical draw due to a cut on the left eyelid of Fletcher product of an accidental head clash.
Also Victor Galindez scored a TKO5 over fringe fellow argentine Bruno Godoy. Galindez floored Godoy on the fourth and was giving him a beatting on the fifth when the referee stopped the action.
On the oppening bout danish Mads Larsen scored a convincing unanimous decision over Jorge Aconcagua Ahumada. The socrecards were 97-93 97-94 97-93.

Results and new records.

Jorge Castro 18-0-0 (10) WTKO8 Tony Mundine 17-5-0 (6)
Frank Fletcher 18-0-1 (7) TDRAW4 Rubin Carter 19-1-1 (12)
Victor Galindez 19-2-0 (13) WTKO5 Bruno Godoy 12-3-1 (4)
Mads Larsen 17-0-2 (9) WUD10 Jorge Ahumada 14-2-2 (4)

1992-02-19
Sports Palace, Rome, Italy –Middleweights

Jermain Taylor beat Bruno Girard!

Jermain Taylor had to work more than expected to beat tought frenchman Bruno Girard. Taylor did a good job on the early rounds , flooring Girard with a vicious uppercut in the fourth. But the frenchman recovered in the middle rounds and seemed to be able to win the bout.
But finally the bout changed again and Taylor came strong and took the last two rounds in two of the scorecards. Finally Taylor won the fight by split-decision 96-93 95-94 and 94-96.
On the undercard Vito Autofermo outboxed and outlanded (238-168) argentine Sergio Merani for seven rounds before the fight was stopped due to a cut over Autofermo right eye.
The cut was caused by an accidental headbut back on the fourth so the referee decided to go to the scorecards and Autofermo scored a easy unanimous decision (69-63 68-64 67-65).
On the second bout of the night Tony Thorton climbed from the canvas on rhe fourth round to scored a very slim split decision 95-94 95-94 and 94-95) over Fabrice Tiozzo. Thorton made a late rally winning the last three round in all scorecards to ensure the victory.
On the oppening bout Jorge Heiland and George Groves gave a very competitive fight. After seven rounds Heiland was winning on two scorecards and drawing on the other, but Groves came stormy in the eight and punishe Heiland all the round forcing the referee to stop the fight.

Results and New records

Jermain Taylor 20-0-0 (14) WSD10 Bruno Girard 12-4-1
Vito Antuofermo 18-2-0 (1) TUD8 Sergio Merani 9-4-0
Tony Thornton 18-0-1 (5) WSD10 Fabrice Tiozzo 17-4-0 (12)
George Groves 20-2-0 (9) WTKO8 Jorge Heiland 9-5-5

[Thomas Hearns]

1992-02-20
Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States

Mugabi destroyed Shannan Taylor!


John Mugaby scored an easy win by knockout on three rounds against overmatched aussie Shannan Taylor , Mugabi dropped Taylor twice on the third (the last for good).
On the cofeature bout Mark Breland outclassed an enthusiastic mexican Marco Antonio Rubio in the way for a comfortable unanimous decision (97-93 98-92 96-94).
On other bout Ken Buchanan had to strive to achieve a majority decion victory (96-94 96-94 95-95) over Jose Antonio Rivera.
Buchanan dropped Rivera with a vicious left hook on the first and appeared headed to an easy win, but Rivera recovered and was very competitive for the rest of the fight.
On the oppening fight Franscisco Bojado obtained an easy unanimous decision 98-93 98-93 98-92 over Demetrius Hopkins.

Results and New records

John Mugabi 20-0-0 (19) WKO3 Shannan Taylor 19-2-0 (8)
Mark Breland 20-1-0 (10) WUD10 Marco Antonio Rubio 13-2-1 (6)
Ken Buchanan 20-1-0 (3) WMD10 Jose Antonio Rivera 15-1-3 (3)
Francisco Bojado 18-1-2 (6) WUD10 Demetrius Hopkins 8-4-2

1992-02-20
Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Mexico

Rosario too much for Balbi!

Edwin “el chapo” Rosario punished for six rounds the previously undefeated argentine Raul “Pepe” Balbi. Rosario came stormy to the first round dropping Balbi with a solid combination. Then Edwin took rounds two and four easily and finally dropped Balbi twice (the last for good) on the fifth.
On the co-feature fight “King”Arthur Grigorian could bear a late come back from the brave mexican Luis Collazzo. After six rounds Grigorian was winning the fight by four points on two scorecards and by six on the other, but Collazo revived and won rounds 7,8 and 9 on all three scorecards, but finaly Grigorian was the best of the pair in a cold last round.
The scorecards were 96-94 (x2) for Grigorian and 95-95.
On other fight Jaime Rangel scored a big upset over 4-1 favourite Billy Costello. Rangel went to the canvas on the fourth courtesy of a big right hook by Costello. But the tenacious colombian made his way and almost floored Costello with a big hook late in the fifth.
The fight had lots of rounds difficult to rate and finally the scorecards were 95-94 (x2) for Rangel and 97-92 for Costello.
On the openning bout in an action pack bout Carlos Quintana obtained a unanimous decision victory (94-91(x2) and 93-91) over Rene Arredondo. Quintana was down twice on the fourth and sixth rounds and Arredondo one time on the sixth.

Results and New records.

Edwin Rosario 21-0-0 (15) WKO6 Raul Balbi 12-1-4 (4)
Arthur Grigorian 20-0-0 (4) WMD10 Luis Collazo 20-1-0 (3)
Jaime Rangel 13-2-1 (5) WSD10 Billy Costello 18-1-1 (6)
Carlos Quintana 19-1-2 (10)WUD10 Rene Arredondo 20-1-0 (15)

[Thomas Hearns]

1992-02-20
Azteca, Mexico DF, Mexico

Boxing exhibition by Julio Cesar Chavez!

Mexican hero Julio Cesar Chavez punished an overmatched Brahim Asloum for eight rounds (winning almost every single round) in the way to score a win by TKO9. On the ninth stanza Chavez appeared determined to finish the bout , dropping Asloum with a wild overhand right.
Asloum barely beat the count but Chavez went straight to him and force referee Joe Cortes to stop the uneven fight.
On the co-feature englishman Hussein Hussein scored a minor upset victory over high regarded colombian Muricio Pastrana. Hussein simpy outboxed Pastrana in the way to a confortable unanimous decision victory (98-92 (x2) 97-93).
On the second fight of the night Victor Polo had to make his great effort to beat the seasoned argentine Ruben Condori. The argentine dropped Polo on the sixth with a solid combination, but this was not enough to earn himself a win. On a very difficult fight to rate Polo secored a unanimous decision 96-93 (x3).
On the first bout of the night Miguel Garcia knocked out Luis Lazarte with a wild overhand right late on th fourth stanza. Lazarte was down on the third too.

Results and New Records.

Julio Cesar Chavez 20-0-0 (19) WTKO9 Brahim Asloum 16-3-0
Hussein Hussein 14-2-3 (5) WUD10 Mauricio Pastrana 17-2-2 (4)
Victor Polo 19-1-0 (8) WUD10 Ruben Condori 12-6-3 (1)
Miguel Garcia 14-2-1 (7) WKO4 Luis Lazarte 14-4-2 (2)

1992-02-28
Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Australia

Fenech destroyed In Jin Chi!

In a highly anticipated match australian hero Jeff Fenech outpowered korean top fighter In Jin Chi. The fight was very even the first three rounds but Fenech took the control between rounds four and six, and finished his work in the seventh when a terrible cross that left the korean helpless but on his feet forcing the referee to stopped the fight. On this last round In Jin Chi couldn´t land a single hit.
On the undercard Jorge Rodrigo Barrios scored a comfortable inanimous decision (97-92 (x2) 97-93) over mexican Diego Morales.
Barrios dropped Morales with a solid uppercut early on the second but Morales could beat the count. Barrios controlled the early part of the fight and Morales attempted a late rally but Barrios finished the fight stronger giving Morales a real beatting in the last round.
On an undefeated fighters clash Lorenzo Parra destroyed O’Neil Bell on two rounds. Parra punished and cut Bell in the first round and continued with his work on the second, when the referee decided that the cut was serious enough to stop the fight.
Finally fringe fighter Bobby Vanzie gave Everaldo Morales a tough fight but the judges denied him a better result and gave Morales the fight by unanimous decision (96-94 97-94 97-93). Vanzie was down on the second.

Jeff Fenech 22-0-0 (15) WTKO9 In-Jin Chi 19-1-1 (9)
Jorge Barrios 18-2-0 (9) WUD10 Diego Morales 17-4-1 (7)
Lorenzo Parra 21-0-0 (2) WTKO2 Nate Campbell 19-1-1 (11)
Everardo Morales 18-0-1 (3) WUD10 Bobby Vanzie 7-5-3 (0)

[Thomas Hearns]

1992-03-01
Bill Graham Civic Center, San Francisco, CA, United States

Lackluster fight card on San Francisco.

Main Event : Herbie Hide scored a split decision win (98-93 97-94 95-96) over Tony Thompson on a fight where each boxer had their moments, Hide started well, then Thompson took the middle rounds and finally Hide won the last rounds to secure his victory.
Co feature: Cleveland Williams scored a loopside unanimous decision (98-90 on all three scorecards) over fringe fighter marion Wilson. Williams also dropped Wilson twice one on the seventh with a solid hook and the othe on the eight with a thudding shot under Marion Wilson's ribcage.
Seocnd Bout: Ron Lyle scored a comfortable unanimous decision victory (96-92 97-91 96-92) over Henry Tillman. Lyle put Tillman down on the fifth round with a thunderous combination, the referee also took a point fom Tillman on the sixth by repetition of fouls.
Oppnening Bout: Lou Savarese won a big unanimous decision (98-89 (x2) 99-88) over Michael Grant. Savarese dropped Grant three times on the second, fourh and seventh round.

Results and new records


Herbie Hide 18-2-1 (14) WSD10 Tony Thompson 15-2-1 (7)
Cleveland Williams 17-1-0 (15) WUD10 Marion Wilson 5-7-3
Ron Lyle 17-1-1 (13) WUD10 Henry Tillman 11-2-2 (3)
Lou Savarese 15-2-0 (8) WUD10 Michael Grant 14-3-0 (10)

1992-03-08
Caesars Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Ibeabuchi punished Gonzalez!

Nigerian top fighter Ike Ibeabuchi destroyed former olimpic cuban Jorge Luis Gonzalez in only four rounds. Gonzalez came strong and won the first round, but Ibeabuchi took the control of the fight for good on the second punishing and cutting Gonzalez and finally stopped him with a lighting combination late in the fourth.
On the cofeature Larry Holmes made his return to the ring after his lost to Jack Johnson.
Holmes looked very well scoring a loopside technical unanimous decision over James Bradock. The cinderella man suffered a cut over his eye on the first round after an accidental head butt and after seven more rounds of punishment the cut was serious enough to suspended the fight and went to the scorecards. The three judges scored the same 59-55 for Larry Holmes.
On the second fight of the night Tony Galento scored an other upset win this time the victim was Tony “TNT” Tucker. Galento came cold on the early rounds and Tucker outboxed him winning the first three rounds. But from the fourth to the final of the bout Galento won all the rounds on the three scorecards. Galento also dropped Tucker in the sixth round in the way for an easy unanimous decision victory (97-92 (x2) 98-91).
On the oppening bout Joe Messi knocked out Ossie Ocasio in the sventh round after dropping him twice (the last for godd) in this round.

Results and New Records

Ike Ibeabuchi 21-0-0 (13) WKO4 Jorge Luis Gonzalez 15-5-2 (6)
Larry Holmes 18-2-0 (11) WTUD7 James Braddock 16-3-3 (0)
Tony Galento 14-4-0 (8) WUD10 Tony Tucker 19-2-0 (11)
Joe Mesi 20-2-0 (16) wKO7 Ossie Ocasio 12-7-2 (0)

Best Heavyweights by P.P.

1 Ike Ibeabuchi
2 Tony Galento
3 Wayne Braithwaite
4 Pinklon Thomas
5 Lenoxx Lewis
6 Joe Messi
7 Larry Holmes
8 David Izon
9 Donovan Ruddock
10 Herbie Hide