World Team Boxing League - Season Thread - 1901 Season underway

[CONN CHRIS]

Originally Posted by Lee

The moment of the match, if you could call it that, has to be something we may never see again in WTB as McCoy and Allen fight 3 rounds so devoid of action, that referee Jay Nady could not see fit to give a single round to either man. This match has to be boxings version of a pitchers duel.

Ha! The Haymakers are off to a blazing start.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Washington Sounders	vs	Buckeye Promotions
		Lineup		Lineup
		David Haye		Tom Heeney
		Billy Gilliam		John L Sullivan ©
		Lorenzo Zanon		Roy Lazer
		Tor Hamer		Harry Persson
		Tommy Gibbons		Bob Dunlap
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		David Haye	0	0	1	1
		Tom Heeney	1	1	0	2	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Billy Gilliam	1	1	0	2	W3
		John L Sullivan ©	0	0	1	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Lorenzo Zanon	0	1	0	1
		Roy Lazer	1	0	1	2	W3
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Tor Hamer	0	0	0	0
		Harry Persson	1	1	1	3	W3
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Tommy Gibbons	1	1	0	2	W3
		Bob Dunlap	0	0	1	1
		Final Score
		Washington Sounders	6		Gate rec		$2.00
		Buckeye Promotions	9		Gate rec		$4.00
	Moment of the Match

A Pyrrhic victory at best for Buckeye promotions as they carried the day, but lost the coveted Chilton Cup. John L Sullivan, showing the effects of a man who hasn't bought his own drink since becoming Champion looked slow and sluggish. Gilliam was scarely better, but it was enough to become the new Champion.

[Scoman]

Wow,that didn't last long.

[Lee]

Originally Posted by Scoman

Wow,that didn't last long.

Sullivan is Jeckyl and Hyde in this game, he literally threw less than 25 punches total the first 2 rounds before he woke up. I was shocked.

[Scoman]

Originally Posted by Lee

Sullivan is Jeckyl and Hyde in this game, he literally threw less than 25 punches total the first 2 rounds before he woke up. I was shocked.

That is the beauty of the 3 round format,leaves things wide open with very unpredictable results.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Ice Tea Boxing	vs	Nebraska Cornjabbers
		Lineup		Lineup
		John Henry Lewis		Sully Montgomery
		Jersey Joe Walcott		Corrie Sanders
		Ossie Ocasio		Eddie Neilson
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen		Herbie Hide
		Manual Quezada		Pedro Agosto
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		John Henry Lewis	0	0	1	1
		Sully Montgomery	1	1	0	2	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Jersey Joe Walcott	0	0	1	1
		Corrie Sanders	1	1	0	2	W3
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Ossie Ocasio	1	0	0	1
		Eddie Neilson	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen	1	1	0	2	W3
		Herbie Hide	0	0	1	1
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Manual Quezada	0	1	0	1	Draw3
		Pedro Agosto	0	0	1	1
		Final Score
		Ice Tea Boxing	6		Gate rec		$2.00
		Nebraska Cornjabbers	8		Gate rec		$4.00
	Moment of the Match

A single right hand from Sully Montgomery that put John Henry Lewis on his back and set the tone for the underdog Cornjabbers to pull off the victory at home in front of a half full house. Lewis, fresh off his Chilton Cup run could not recover in time to pull out the win, leaving a hole his teammates could not dig out of.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Louisville Clays	vs	Bears Unstable
		Lineup		Lineup
		Seth Mitchell		Kevin McBride
		Manual Ramos		Marvin Hart
		Archie Moore		Lloyd Marshall
		Roman Greenberg		Charley Retzlaff
		Terry Hinke		Mervine Thompson
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Seth Mitchell	1	1	0	2	W3
		Kevin McBride	0	0	1	1
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Manual Ramos	0	1	1	2	W3
		Marvin Hart	1	0	0	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Archie Moore	0	0	1	1	Draw3
		Lloyd Marshall	0	1	0	1
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Roman Greenberg	0	1	0	1
		Charley Retzlaff	1	0	1	2	W3
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Terry Hinke	0	1	0	1
		Mervine Thompson	1	0	1	2	W3
		Final Score
		Louisville Clays	7		Gate rec		$1.50
		Bears Unstable	7		Gate rec		$3.00
	Moment of the Match

A tie MOM here as third round knockdowns had a big impact in this outcome. First, Archie Moore, headed to an improbable defeat salvaged a draw with a 3rd round knockdown of Lloyd Marshall. Then Charlie Retzlaff stole victory from the jaws of defeat, decking Roman Greenberg (Who had Retzlaff down in round 2) with just 13 seconds left in the fight. An exciting card in front of a disappointing gate.

[Lee]

		WTB League Standings			W	L	D	PF	PA	GB
		Buckeye Promotions			1	0	0	9	6	-
		Nebraska Cornjabbers			1	0	0	8	6	-
		Hebron Haymakers			1	0	0	6	5	-
		Bears Unstable			0	0	1	7	7	0.5
		Louisville Clays			0	0	1	7	7	0.5
		Punching Bags			0	1	0	5	6	1
		Ice Tea Boxing			0	1	0	6	8	1
		Washington Sounders			0	1	0	6	9	1
		Round 1 Recap
		Hebron Haymakers			6	Punching Bags			5
		Buckeye Promotions			9	Washington Sounders			6
		Nebraska Cornjabbers			8	Ice Tea Boxing			6
		Louisville Clays			7	Bears Unstable			7

	Schedule Round 2
		Hebron Haymakers				@	Ice Tea Boxing
		Nebraska Cornjabbers				@	Washington Sounders
		Bears Unstable				@	Punching Bags
		Louisville Clays				@	Buckeye Promotions

Rosters have been updated - click the link below

[SAL]

Nice start Lee. Lovin it!

The only reason the stands were half full was because Nebraska had a home basketball game tonight.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Hebron Haymakers	vs	Ice Tea Boxing
		Lineup		Lineup
		Quinn Navare		John Henry Lewis
		Mike Koranicki		Jersey Joe Walcott
		Gerry Cooney		Ossie Ocasio
		David Izon		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen
		Altus Allen		Manual Quezada
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Quinn Navare	0	0	1	1
		John Henry Lewis	1	1	0	2	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Mike Koranicki	1	0	0	1
		Jersey Joe Walcott	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Gerry Cooney	1	3	1	5	TKO2
		Ossie Ocasio	0	0	0	0
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		David Izon	3	1	1	5	KO1
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen	0	0	0	0
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Altus Allen	0	0	1	1	Draw3
		Manual Quezada	1	0	0	1
		Final Score
		Hebron Haymakers	13		Gate rec		$2.50
		Ice Tea Boxing	5		Gate rec		$5.00
	Moment of the Match

Two rounds and two consecutive stoppages turned a 4-2 deficit into a rout for Hebron as Gerry Cooney put Ocasio down twice to gain a 2nd round TKO and the points sweep, followed by David Izon knocking out Jacobsen with just 7 seconds left in the 1st round to take the full 5 points and stake Hebron to an insurmountable 12-4 lead. Allen and Quezada closed the show by each earning their second straight draw.

[CONN CHRIS]

Lee:

Would it be too much to put a points earned (PE) column in the team/fighter summaries?

[Lee]

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Lee:

Would it be too much to put a points earned (PE) column in the team/fighter summaries?

On the Roster page?

I can do that, but I would have to take something off the way I have the excel formulas set up. I could move the career stage to the column before the fighters name....Let me know if this is what you mean.

One thing for everyone to start thinking about for season 2 that I have been thinking about is changing the length of the match bouts to 5 rounds instead of 3. It is definitely unpredictable with 3, but I would like to see a few more stoppages as well and 5 rounds would help that.

I don't want to go any higher than 5, because I want to keep that "on any given day" feeling, which has already happened a bunch, so 5 would be the max. We will vote on that after the season.

[CONN CHRIS]

That would work if you want to do it. Would shortening to B,Pr, P, Po, E or something like that help?

5 rounds are fine with me.

Originally Posted by Lee

On the Roster page?

I can do that, but I would have to take something off the way I have the excel formulas set up. I could move the career stage to the column before the fighters name....Let me know if this is what you mean.

One thing for everyone to start thinking about for season 2 that I have been thinking about is changing the length of the match bouts to 5 rounds instead of 3. It is definitely unpredictable with 3, but I would like to see a few more stoppages as well and 5 rounds would help that.

I don't want to go any higher than 5, because I want to keep that "on any given day" feeling, which has already happened a bunch, so 5 would be the max. We will vote on that after the season.

[Lee]

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

That would work if you want to do it. Would shortening to B,Pr, P, Po, E or something like that help?

5 rounds are fine with me.

I can do that I will work on the spreadsheets later today. We will stay with 3 rounds this season and then vote on 3, 4 or 5 for season 2.

[Lee]

Here is what the new roster format will look like SP's = Points scored in the current season by that fighter.

		Team	W	L	D	PF	PA	Owner
		Hebron Haymakers	2	0	0	19	10	Conn Chris
		Starting Funds	$50.00	Arena	$10.00	Fees	$5.00	Large Arena
		Total Expenses	$46.00	Gates	$7.50	Current Balance		$11.50
	CS	Fighters	W	L	D	KO	SP's	Wage	Contract
	Beg	Altus Allen	0	0	2	0	1	$3.50	3yr
	Beg	Gerry Cooney	2	1	0	1	7	$13.50	3yr
	Beg	David Izon	2	0	0	1	7	$9.50	2yr
	Beg	Mike Koranicki	1	1	0	0	3	$3.75	1yr
	Beg	Quinn Navare	0	2	0	0	1	$0.75	1yr

[CONN CHRIS]

That looks great Lee, thanks.

[SAL]

Originally Posted by Lee

One thing for everyone to start thinking about for season 2 that I have been thinking about is changing the length of the match bouts to 5 rounds instead of 3. It is definitely unpredictable with 3, but I would like to see a few more stoppages as well and 5 rounds would help that.

I don't want to go any higher than 5, because I want to keep that "on any given day" feeling, which has already happened a bunch, so 5 would be the max. We will vote on that after the season.

As of right now........I think three rounds is perfect. I think we'll have more stoppages as the fighters age (not a bunch...but more) and also the 3 rounders makes the fodder on our rosters worth a little something because they have more of a chance winning in three than they will in five. I like the unpredictable results. Creates strategy on do I spend money on big names when they could lose in 3 or save my bucks and take a chance on the lesser knowns hoping to pull out enough W's over the season to build a nice bank account.

[SAL]

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Ha! The Haymakers are off to a blazing start.

You were off to a blazing start when you gained sole possession of the Haymaker name.

[Lee]

Originally Posted by SAL

As of right now........I think three rounds is perfect. I think we'll have more stoppages as the fighters age (not a bunch...but more) and also the 3 rounders makes the fodder on our rosters worth a little something because they have more of a chance winning in three than they will in five. I like the unpredictable results. Creates strategy on do I spend money on big names when they could lose in 3 or save my bucks and take a chance on the lesser knowns hoping to pull out enough W's over the season to build a nice bank account.

That was my initial line of thought, so I am glad to hear this...

Bottom line is I am having a blast running this as it is not a whole lot of work, goes quick and is unpredictable, so I want to make sure everyone playing is enjoying it as well.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Nebraska Cornjabbers	vs	Washington Sounders
		Lineup		Lineup
		Pedro Agosto		Tommy Gibbons
		Herbie Hide		Billy Gilliam ©
		Sully Montgomery		Lorenzo Zanon
		Eddie Neilson		Tor Hamer
		Corrie Sanders		David Haye
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Pedro Agosto	0	1	0	1	Draw3
		Tommy Gibbons	1	0	0	1
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Herbie Hide	1	0	1	2	W3
		Billy Gilliam ©	0	1	0	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Sully Montgomery	1	0	0	1
		Lorenzo Zanon	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Eddie Neilson	0	3	1	4	KO2
		Tor Hamer	1	0	0	1
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Corrie Sanders	0	1	1	2	W3
		David Haye	0	0	0	0
		Final Score
		Nebraska Cornjabbers	10		Gate rec		$2.00
		Washington Sounders	5		Gate rec		$4.00
	Moment of the Match

A championship belt that is turning out to be more slippery than wet soap could qualify, but instead the moment of this match was the difference a single second made. Having lost the 1st round to Tor Hamer and in a second round too close to call, Eddie Neilson just beat the clock. With but a single second left in round 2, he whistled a right hand down main street that dropped Hamer on his face. The bell rang, but a fighter can not be saved by the bell in the WTB and Hamer would not see the final round as he was counted out.

New Chilton Cup Champion - Herbie Hide