Louisville Boxing Association

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December 11th, 1906

#4 John L. Sullivan (23-5) scored a KO12 over Champ James Jeffries (26-3) to win the LBF Heavyweight title.

Neither fighter came in with a defensive plan as the both started dropping bombs in round 1. It went back and forth with Jeffries getting the edge winning back to back rounds in the 5th and 6th. Sullivan started carrying his hands low in the 5th.

Sullivan came back strong winning the 7th, 8th, and 9th. Jeffries right eye began to swell in the 8th. Jeffries won roun 10, then got dropped in the 11th.

Jeffries appeared groggy coming out of his corner for the 12th and Sullivan jumped on him. Dropping him twice, the second time for good. Jeffries went down 3 times in this fight, he had only been down twice in his previous 28 fights.

I had it 105-103 Sullivan at the time of the KO. Jeffries landed 52% of his punches and Sullivan 60%. No defense at all.

On the undercard

HW - Billy Wilson (12-11-1) TKO3 Jack Sullivan (12-13-1) (Sullivan moved up to HW for this loss)
MW - Dan Creedon (17-8) TKO5 John P. Clow (12-15)
WW - Jimmy Clabby (5-0-1) UD8 Michael Sweezey (TC) (0-5) (Clabby fought pre-prime in this club fight)
FW - Gil Goulette (4-11-1) KO2 Billy O'Donnell (5-1-1) (O'Donnell fought pre-prime in this club fight)
HW - Morris Grant (11-11-5) SD10 Pat Kieley (10-13-1) (club fight)

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December 14, 1906

Stanley Ketchel (16-2) scored a first round KO of #3 George Lablanche (15-12-2) for his impressive first title defense.

Ketchel jumped on Lablanche knocking him down 20 seconds into the fight. Lablanche barely beat the count but couldn't hold on going down for good 1 minute later.

On the undercard

MW - Hugo Kelly (10-8-1) DRAW10 Alf Greenfield (13-15-2)
FW - Oscar Gardner (8-0) SD10 Tommy Sullivan (7-9-2)
WW - Jack Willis (4-1) UD6 Frank Solomon (1-10) (Willis fought as a beginner in this club fight)
HW - Charlie Wilson (5-2-2) KO4 Mick Dooley (6-17-1) (Wilson fought as pre-prime in this club fight)
HW - Dick Egan (11-14) UD10 Tompkin Gilbert (3-18-3) (club fight)

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December 17, 1906

Joe Gans (23-1-2) retained his LBA Lightweight title with a DRAW15 against #9 Jack McAuliffe (21-4-2).

Gans got off to a slow start and appeared to be on his way to losing his title.
After 9 rounds I had it 87-85 in favor of McAuliffe. Then Gans got hot and won the next five rounds. Battling through a left eye that started swelling in the 3rd.

McAullife sensing he was losing came out strong in the 15th, dropping Gans and then pummeling the champ on the ropes until the round ended. Many in the crowd thought the knockdown was enought to unseat the champion. Everyone saw the fight differently.

I had 143-142 Gans. Tom Trunzo ringside had it 143-142 McAuliffe. The official judges had it 144-141 Gans/143-143/ and 145-140 McAuliffe.

Gans just laughed when asked about a rematch after the fight.

On the undercard

LW - Will Curley (8-1) TKO10 Patsy Sweeney (Curley stepping up to LW for this win)
HW - Peter Courtney (4-1) UD6 Henry Higgans (6-15) (Courtney fought as a beginner in this club fight)
LW - Charley White (4-1) UD6 Sean McCann (TC) (0-6) (White fought as a beginner in this club fight)
HW - Tony Ross (6-4) UD8 Joe Hess (1-20) ( Ross fought pre-prime for this club fight)
HW - Tom Hinch (5-14-2) DRAW10 Chris Pearson (2-9-1) (Pearson fought as a HW in this club fight)

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December 23rd, 1906

George Dixon (19-5) won a UD15 over #3 Casper Leon (11-9-4) to retain his LBA Bantamweight title.

A boring fight with lots of boos was dominated by Dixon. Dixon was cut on the lip in the 3rd round, otherwise there were no cuts or knockdowns.

I had it 146-140. Christopher Almodovar ringside had it 145-141. The officials judges saw it 146-140/145-143/145-141.

On the undercard

HW - Ed Dunkhorst (15-12-2) UD10 Bill Farnam (9-13-1)
MW - Frank Klaus (8-2-1) UD10 Arthur Cripps (7-2)
FW - Ben Jordan (4-0) TKO5 Kurt Hallen (TC) (0-4) (Jordan fought as a beginner in this club fight)
HW - Peter Maher (11-11-1) KO8 Syd Hughes (4-7-1) (club fight)
MW - Denny Kelliher (9-14-1) KO7 Jimmy Handler (0-9-2)

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fighters = 103 (+8) ranked = 90 (+8) club = 48 (+5)

LBA
Champ - Jack Johnson 23-1 (12), 12 TD, 13-0 Title bouts, LBA champ for 1529 days
1. James Jeffries 26-3 (24), 2-2 TF, LBF champ for 223 days
2. Dominic McCaffrey 15-7-3 (4), 1-3 TF, LBF champ for 120 days
3. Jimmy Elliot 19-3-2 (10), no title fights
4. Peter Jackson 23-4 (12), 4-2 TF, LBA champ for 377 days, LBC champ for 98 days
5. John C. Heenan 15-5-1 (9), 0-1 TF
6-10. Foley, Sharkey, G. Godfrey, Corbett, Mitchell,

LBC
Champ - Joe Coburn 15-7-4 (3), 0 TD, 1-0 TF, LBC champ for 59 days
1. McCaffrey - see above
2. Tommy Burns 12-4-1 (5), no title fights
3. Charley Mitchell 19-6 (12), 2-2 TF, LBC champ for 295 days
4. Jackson - see above
5. George Godfrey 16-9-1 (11), no title fights
6-10. Foley, Dwyer, Jeffries, Grant, Burley

LBF
Champ - John L. Sullivan 23-5 (20), 0 TD, 1-1 TF, LBF champ for 20 days
1. McCaffrey - see above
2. Jeffries - see above
3. Jackson - see above
4. nick Burley 11-4 (7), 0-1 TF
5. Mitchell - see above
6-10. Grant, Foley, G. Godfrey, B. Wilson, T. Burns


most wins - Jeffries 26
win % - Johnson 95.8%
stop % - Jeffries 82.8%
pp - Johnson 75.9
most fights - Armstrong 30
cons. wins - Johnson 22
cons. stops - Jeffries 15

attached notepad file WBA rankings ... I'll try and do that every two months

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f= 45 (+10) r= 28 (+8) c= 24 (+8)

LBA

champ - Joe Choynski 20-7-1 (14), 3TD, 3-1-1 title fights, LBA champ for 445 days
1. Jack O'Brien 16-2-1 (5), 2-2 title fights, LBA champ for 95 days, LBC for 266 days
2. Mike McCoole 8-8-2 (0), 0-1 title fights,
3. George Gardner 14-7-2 (5), 0-2 title fights
4. Al Weinig 7-6 (1), no title fights
5. Jack Beauscholte 6-3-1 (3), no title fights
6-10. Donaldson, Houck, Cardiff, Harris, Moir

LBC

champ - Jack Root 22-6-1 (10), 9-2-1 title fights, LBA champ for 936 days, LBC for 53 days
1. O'Brien - see above
2. Gardner - see above
3. John Donaldson - 7-5 (2), no title fights
4. Weinig - see above
5. Beauscholte - see above
6-10. McCoole, McDonald, Houck, Moir, Dwyer

FC Leo Houck 9-6-1, 1-1 title fights, LBA champ for 128 days

most wins - Root 22
win % - O'Brien 84.2%
stop % - Choynski 50%
pp - Choynski 47.1
most fights - Root 29
cons. wins - Root 15
cons stops - Choynski 4

notepad rankings link attached

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f= 55 (-12) r= 40 (+4) c= 28 (+10)

LBA

Champ - Stanley Ketchel 16-2 (12), 1 TD, 2-1 title fights, LBA champ for 175 days
1. Bob Fitzsimmons 21-2 (18), 11-1 title fights, LBA champ for 1474 days
2. Jack Dempsey 27-3 (16), 1-3 title fights, LBA champ for 117 days
3. Charles McCoy 15-7-3 (9), 0-2 title fights
4. Billy Baker 13-11-3 (0), 0-1 title fights
5. George LaBlanche 15-12-2 (8), 0-1 title fights
6-10. Craig, Kelly, Creedon, Klaus, Donovan


LBC

Champ - Joe Butler 21-4-1 (11), 2 TD, 3-1-1 title fights LBC champ for 348 days
1. Fitzsimmons -see above
2. Dan Creedon 17-8 (11), 0-2 title fights
3. jack Burke 17-9-4 (5), 0-2-1 title fights
4. Billy McCarthy 15-7-3 (6), 0-1 title fights
5. Geoffrey Thorne 11-16-2 (4)?????, no title fights, club fighter
6-10. C. McCoy, Dempsey, Lablanche, Martin, Baker


most wins - Dempsey 27
win % - fitzsimmons 91.3%
stop % - fitzsimmons 78.3%
pp - Fitzsimmons 57.2
most fights - Donovan 31
cons. wins - Fitzsimmons 17
cons. stops - Fitzsimmons 8


notepad link attached

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f = 41 (+12) r = 24 (+6) c = 21 (+12)

LBA

Champ - Tommy Ryan 26-0 (16), 11 TD, 12-0 title fights, LBA champ for 1471 days
1. Kyle Whitney 9-0-1 (2), no title fights
2. Joe Walcott 14-10-3 (1), 0-2 title fights
3. Dixie Kid 12-8-5 (3), 1-2 title fights, LBC champ for 96 days
4. Charley Hitte 8-5 (3), no title fights
5. honey Mellody 9-10 (3), 0-1 title fights
6-10. Ferns, J. Gardner, M. Sullivan, B. Gardner, Neill


LBC

Champ - Peter Jackson 9-3 (4), 1 TD, 2-0 title fights, LBC champ for 139 days
1. Walcott - see above
2. whitney - see above
3. Rube Ferns 17-8 (7), 0-4 title fights
4. jimmy Gardner 13-11-2 (3), 1-3 title fights, LBC champ for 67 days
5. Hitte - see above
6-10. Kid, Mellody, Neill, B. Ryan, Burge


most wins - Ryan 26
win % - Ryan 100%
stop % - Ryan 61.5 %
PP - Ryan 85.8
most fights - matthew 28
cons. wins - Ryan 26
cons stops - West 6

notepad link attached

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f = 48(+13) r = 34 (+8) c = 28 (+14)

LBA

Champ - Joe Gans 23-1-2(8), 13 TD, 12-0-2 Title fights, LBA champ for 1697 days
1. Battling Nelson 13-11 (5), 0-2 title fights
2. Frank Erne 8-1-2(1), no title fights
3. George Lavigne 18-7-1(12), 2-4 title fights, LBC Champ for 244 days
4. Jack McAuliffe 21-4-2 (13), 0-0-1 title fights
5. Harry Gilmore 17-10 (7), 0-1 title fights
6-10. Blackburn, Cooke, Carroll, Holly, Murphy

LBC

Champ - Billy Meyer 20-3-3 (13), 1-2 title fights, LBC champ for 73 days
1. Nelson - see above
2. Lavigne - see above
3. Erne - see above
4. McAuliffe - see above
5. Jimmy Carroll - 11-9-3 (2), no title fights
6-10. Cooke, Holly, Gilmore, Connolly, M. Daly

most wins - Gans 23
win % - Gans 88.5
stop % - Meyer 50%
pp- Gans 84.5
most fights - Edwards 29
cons wins - Gans/McAuliffe 15\
cons stops - 5 tied @ 3

notepad rankings attached

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f = 37 (+11) r = 23 (+7) c = 22 (+13)

LBA

Champ - Young Griffo 21-4-3 (1), 2TD, 2-3-1 title fights, LBA champ for 220 days
1. Abe Attell 25-5-1 (6), 6-2-1 title fights, LBA champ for 915 days
2. Jem Driscoll 24-5 (11), 0-2 title fights
3. Harry Lyons 21-9 (7), 2-2 title fights, LBA champ for 206 days
4. Aurelio Herrera 10-3 (2), 0-1 title fights
5. Solly Smith 11-14-2 (6), no title fights
6-10. Broad, T. Sullivan, Finucane, Flaherty, Corbett

FC - Jimmy Briggs 6-9-2 (1), 1-1 title fights, LBA champ for 78 days
Billy Whistler 5-11-1 (2), 1-1 title fights, LBA champ for 166 days


Most wins - Attell 25
win % - Broad 90%
stop % - Driscoll 37.9%
pp - Attell 54.2
most fights - Attell 31
Cons wins - Attell 9
cons. stops - driscoll/gardner 4


notepad ranking attachment

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f = 38 (+9) r = 27 (+7) c = 20 (+9)

LBA

Champ - George Dixon 19-5 (2), 1TD, 2-2 title fights, LBA champ for 124 days
1. Johnny Coulon 11-0 (3), no title fights
2. Owen Moran 17-3-3 (5), 3-1 title fights, LBA champ for 390 days
3. Casper Leon 11-9-4 (3), 0-2 title fights
4. Terry McGovern 21-5-2 (17), 6-3 title fights, LBA champ for 669 days
5. Al Delmont 10-6-1 (2), no title fights
6. Billy Plimmer 15-7-4 (3), 2-1 title fights, LBA champ for 365 days
7-10. T. Kelly, Austin, Feltz, Walsh


Most wins - McGovern 21
win % - Coulon 100%
stop % - McGovern 60.7 %
pp - Dixon 49.5
Most fights - Bowker 32
cons wins - Coulon 11
cons stops - McGovern 7


notepad rankings attached

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1. Tommy Ryan (WW) - 19* p4p points (+/- 0)
2. Joe Gans (LW)- 42* (+2)
3. Jack Dempsey (MW) - 46 (+2)
4. Bob Fitzsimmons (MW) - 48 (-1)
5. Jack Johnson (HW) - 49*(-3)
6. Young Griffo (FW) - 61*(+3)
7. Abe Attell (FW) - 62 (NR)
8. Jem Driscoll (FW) - 67 (NR)
9. James Jeffries (HW) - 68 (-3)
10. John L. Sullivan (HW) - 79* (NR)
10. Johnny Coulon (BW) - 79 (NR)
12. Kyle Whitney (WW) - 80 (NR)
13. Stanley Ketchell (MW) - 82* (NR)
14. Peter Jackson (HW) - 83 (-7)
15. Joe Choynski (LHW) - 89* (NR)


Dropped out - Jim Flynn HW, Charley Mitchell HW
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Louisville Boxing Association's newest year end feature ... the "next" fighters

HW- Joe Jeannette 8-0 (6)
MW - Jim Griffin 7-0 (5)
MW - Joe Thomas 6-0 (3)
MW - Jack Williams 8-0 (2)
MW - Billy Papke 7-0 (5)
WW - Tommy West 7-0 (6)
LW - Jack Daly 6-0 (4)
LW - Freddie Welsh 9-0 (2)
FW - Oscar Gardner 8-0 (5)


any fighter that is undefeated but not yet ranked (must have between 6 and 9 wins) qualifies.

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Mike how do you calculate your P4P rankings??

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Originally Posted by Gunsmoke

Mike how do you calculate your P4P rankings??

I rank fighters in different categories ... wins, win%, stop%, avg. connect %, avg low connect %, pp, avg rank.

so for example ... the fighter with most wins gets 1 point all the way through the 15th ranked gets 15 points. I do that for the first 3 categories any fighter ranked in the top 15 for any of the first 3 categories gets on the board. If they aren't in the top 15 then they get 20 points.

With me so far? then I go through the connect % and rank them 1-15 for only fighters that have scored so far. I usually end up with a list of 25 or so fighters. Then I take their 1-15 rank in performance points. Then i take their avg. rank in the 3 organizations and add that to the totals. If they are a champion the get -5. Then if they are undefeated they get -10.

so for example take two fighters in my p4p.

T. Ryan he was 2nd, in wins, 1st in win %, 6th in stop %. Then of the fighters on the board he was 15th in connect % and 9th in low connect %. He ranked 1st in performance points. So at that point he had 34 points. He lost 5 for being a champ and lost 10 for being undefeated for a total of 19.

HW Peter Jackson ranked 6th in wins, 12th in win %, wasn't in the top 15 for stop so he got 20. He was 1st of the remaining fighters in connect %, unranked in low connect % (20points) unranked in PP (20 points). His average rank was 4th. So that's a total of 83 points.

Not real scientific but it works for me.

[Gunsmoke]

Seems pretty solid to me, I like it.

Can't wait for 1907 to start actually, good work as always

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Based on the thread started by Mark in the general discussions there will be some class movement this year.

Ten fighters had a chance to move up. Each are listed with the % chance they had

LHW - George Gardner 35%
MW- Bob Fitzsimmons 45%
MW - Jack Dempsey 50%
WW - Tommy Ryan 72%
WW - Rube Ferns 40%
LW - Joe Gans 76%
LW - Battling Nelson 35%
FW - Abe Attell 50%
FW - Harry Lyons 50%
BW - Terry McGovern 50%

5 are moving up
Gardner, Ryan, Ferns, Gans, Lyons

Charley Hitte and Kyle Whitney will fight for the vacant LBA Welterweight title
McAuliffe and Nelson will fight for the vacant LBA Lightweight crown

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Just a quick note ... thanks to all the guys making fighters (I think thanks ...LOL) I now have 553 fighters in my universe.

Because of that each month will be divided into two phases ... club and main division. I do all the club fights first and list any notable i.e. fighters moving up or retiring. Then I'll do the main class and still list all the championship cards.

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Aurelio most figth Jem Driscoll 24-5 (11) in this year
so then he can have a reamtch for the tile

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11 club cards done ... I have to fast sim these now, but I will probabley go back to fighting beginners that are 3-0 are above. The only significant move was

MW- Joe Thomas (7-0) UD10 Frank Glover (9-14) (win moves Thomas to prime and up to the main division)