Pyramid System Replay Restarted

[djday45]

Hi Guys,
I have decided to restart my Pyramid system replay i barely got of the ground before it in tandem with my ongoing tournament replay.

I am starting in 1960 mainly because i have a lot of boxing magazines from that period and also because i want to do the other classic divisions and not just concentrate on the heavy's.

My main aim in a historical replay is what if? What if boxing had been controlled in a sane and fair way and championchips would have been only won in the ring and the most deserving contenders got regular shots at the titles and champions defended often.

Aiming towards this goal I have come up with a system as follows.

Only the classic eight weight classes will be simulated folding all other divisions into the higher class above it (junior welter into welter).

Each divison will crown its first champ with a single elimination eight man tourney.

This World Champion will be the undisputed champ but will have to defend his title four times per year against the champions of the WBC,WBA, IBF and WBO in 15 round fights.

The above four organisations will each crown their own champion in a vacant title fight. Each organisation champ is considered a "top contender" for the undisputed world championchip and as such automatically gains a shot at the undisputed world champ each year.

To earn this shot at the world champion each organisation champion in turn has to defend their organisational title four times against other top ten contenders in 12 round bouts.

To determine which contenders get shots at the four organistion champs a final eliminator is held over ten rounds.

To show you how it works in practice here is an example.

April 1960

Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion - Ingemar Johansson

WBC Heavyweight Champion - Floyd Patterson
WBA Heavyweight Champion - Sonny Liston
IBF Heavyweight Champion - Zora Folley
WBO Heavyweight Champion - Eddie Machen

WBC Final Eliminator - Henry Cooper VS. Willie Pastrano
WBA Final Eliminator - Alex Miteff VS. Cleveland Williams
IBF Final Eliminator - Roy Harris VS. Archie Moore
WBO Final Eliminator Billy Hunter VS. Mike DeJohn

Lets say for arguments sake the winners of the April final eliminator bouts were Cooper, Williams, Moore and Dejohn
in may they would face the organisation champs as follows

WBC - Patterson VS. Cooper
WBA Liston VS. Williams
IBF Folley VS. Moore
WBO Machen VS DeJohn

after those bouts are played out in June the next organisation champ due for a shot (in this example say the WBC champ Patterson) would get his shot at the WORLD champ Johnasson.
If Patterson loses he retains his WBC title and must defend it again another four times before gaining another shot at the world champ.
If he wins he becomes world champion, vacates his WBC crown and the former world champ and another leading contender (lets say Clevland Williams) have an immediate box off for the vacant WBC title.

Then the whole process starts again with the WBA champ getting the shot at the undisputed World champ the next time and so on.

Note that even if Johansson wins the vacant WBC title in the example he must defend it another four times before gaining a shot at the start of the next year.

I will be matchmaker for all bouts for eliminators and tournaments to ensure fights are made I wish to see.

I will post again with starting champions and match ups in the other divisions.

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Dean

[djday45]

The Divisions have the following champions as of jan 1960

HEAVYWEIGHT
Undisputed - Ingemar Johannson (Sweden)
WBC - Floyd Patterson (USA)
WBA - Zora Folley (USA)
IBF - Sonny Liston (USA)
WBO - Eddie Machen (USA)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Undisputed - Archie Moore (USA)
WBC - Harold Johnson (USA)
WBA - Eric Schoeppner (Germany)
IBF - Jesse Bowdry (USA)
WBO - Yvon Durelle (Canada)

Middleweight
Undisputed - Gene Fullmer (USA)
WBC - Spider Webb (USA)
WBA - Ray Robinson (USA)
IBF - Gustav Scholtz (Germany)
WBO - Carmen Basilio (USA)

Welterweight
Undisputed - Don Jordan (USA)
WBC - Charles Scott (USA)
WBA - Sugar Hart (USA)
IBF - Luis Rodriguez (Cuba)
WBO - Florentino Fernandez (Cuba)

Lightweight
Undisputed - Joe Brown (USA)
WBC - Carlos Ortiz (Puerto Rico)
WBA - Paolo Rossi (Italy)
IBF - Battling Torres (Mexico)
WBO - Dave Charnley (GB)

Featherweight
Undisputed - Davey Moore (USA)
WBC - Harold Gomes (USA)
WBA - Paul Jorgensen (Denmark)
IBF - Hogan Bassey (Nigeria)
WBO - Ricardo Gonzales (Argentina)

Bantamweight
Undisputed - Jose Beccera (Mexico)
WBC - Alphonse Halimi (France)
WBA - Piero Rollo (Italy)
IBF - Leo Espinosa (Philpinnes)
WBO - Joe Medal (Mexico)

Flyweight
Undisputed - Pascual Perez (Argentina)
WBC - Sadao Yoito (Japan)
WBA - Pone kingpetch (Thailand)
IBF - Ramon Arias (Venezuela)
WBO - Ramon Calatayud (Venezuela)

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Dean

[djday45]

January 1960 Eliminators for Organisation Titles

Heavyweight
WBC Henry Cooper vs. Joe Erskine
WBA Roy Harris vs. Archie Moore
IBF Charley Powell vs. Cleveland Williams
WBO Billy Hunter vs. Alex Miteff

Light Heavyweight
WBC Von Clay vs. Willie Pastrano
WBA Sixto Rodriguez vs. Jimmy Slade
IBF Sonny Ray vs. Bobo Olson
WBO Mike Holt vs. Chic Calderwood

Middleweight
WBC Dick Tiger vs. Henry Hank
WBA Joey Giardello vs. Lazlo Papp
IBF Joey Giambra vs. Paul Pender
WBO Holly Mimms vs. Ace Armstrong

Welterweight
WBC Rudell Stitch vs. Tony De Marco
WBA Ralph Dupas vs. Andrew Brown
IBF Denny Moyer vs. Kenny Lane
WBO Gasper Ortega vs. Duililo Loi

Lightweight
WBC Len Matthews vs. Sammy Serrano
WBA Johnny Gonsalves vs. Orlando Zulueta
IBF Johnny Busso vs. Mauro Vasquez
WBO Paulie Armstead vs. Alfredo Urbino

Featherweight
WBC Gracieux Lamperti vs. Miguel Berrios
WBA Sergio Caprari vs. Glen Flanagan
IBF Ike Chestnut vs. Ricardo Moreno
WBO Rafiu King vs. Flash Elorde

Bantamweight
WBC Danny Kidd vs. Raul Macias
WBA Freddie Gilroy vs. Jimmy Carruthers
IBF Jose Lopez vs. Alberto Ibarra
WBO Herman Vasquez vs. Eder Jofre

Flyweight
WBC Risto Luukonen vs. Eduardo Mojica
WBA Johnny Caldwell vs. Fili Nava
IBF Kenji Yonekura vs. Hiriam Bacallao
WBO Young Martin vs. Larry Pineda

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Dean

[djday45]

Preview

Henry Cooper is a big favourite here. Too powerful and busy for Erskine over the ten rounds. Erskine's only chance is to box smartly like we know he can and open up Copper's face with quick jabs and counters.

Prediction - Cooper by late stoppage.

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Dean

[djday45]

Joe Erskine upset the form book here in London tonight as he in my book throughly outboxed his more popular opponent. Although the judges had it as a split decision 6-3, 6-3, 4-6 in Erskine's favor, It should really have been unanimous as Erskine continually beat Cooper to the punch and out boxed his harder punching opponent.
Erksine never looked in any trouble and by the end of the fight Cooper's face looked both swollen and had a nasty gash just under his left eye.

Cooper really blew his chance and now Erskine will now face Floyd Patterson for the WBC crown and a chance to face world champ Johannson in March.

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Dean

[djday45]

This one is intriguing. Moore would have easily dealt with this pretender a few years ago, but ancient Archie is now not what he was and that makes it harder to call.
I still like Moore though by a clear decision or late stoppage.

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Dean

[djday45]

In apretty uneventful match up the old Mongoose was just too wily and clever for his faster younger opponent. winning a unanimous decision 6-3, 5-4, 8-1 Moore was in control and deserved the verdict but took a surprising number of punches from Harris.
Moore countered well and was clearly still the more skilled fighter but his offesne was choppy and his once vaunted power never seemed to bother Harris.

Moore now faces Zora Folley for the WBA belt which could be a bit of a snooze fest.

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Dean

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Preview
Big Cat Williams is a huge favourite over glass jawed Powell in this IBF Eliminator
I cannot see Powell lasting into the second half of the fight as Williams big bombs reign down on him.

Williams early stoppage.

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Dean

[djday45]

Big Cat Williams destroyed hapless Charley Powell tonight in Cincinnatti with a display of dangerous power punching that Powell was unable to answer.

Williams came out swinging in the first hurting Powell with his very first solid punch and dropping him half way through the round with a concussive hook to the temple.
Powell was now in awful trouble and he dropped to the canvas again late in the round after taking a solid jab.
the Ref took a solid look at him before the bell sounded the end of the round. But defeat was near as he walked onto a perfect uppercut mid way through the second and slumped to the canvas unconcious.
The ref did not bother to count and the mismatch was over.

Williams is now pitched in to a mouth watering matchup with Sonny Liston for the IBf bauble in a battle of the two heavyweight power punchers of the division.

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Dean

[djday45]

Miteff is the slight favourite here. He is younger, faster, is on a great run of victories and Billy Hunter's chin has been letting him down in recent times.

My Prediction is clear points win for Miteff.

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Dean

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The young Argentinian Miteff squeaked through on the judges scorecards here 6-4, 5-4, 5-5. Although at ringside i had him a comfortable winner 8-1.
Hunter made it compettive although i never thought he was winning the fight. Miteff always had a little too much for him and this was underlined in the final round as Hunter tired and battered was floored with a great left hook and barely lasted the final round.

Miteff will now fight Eddie Machen for the WBO title and he will have to raise his game to have a chance of unseating the excellent Machen.

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Dean

[djday45]

January Heavyweight Results

Joe Erskine W10 Split Henry Cooper
Archie Moore W10 Un. Roy Harris
Cleveland Williams KO2 Charley Powell
Alex Miteff W10 Maj. Billy Hunter

Upcoming Febuary Matchups
Floyd Patterson vs. Joe Erskine
(WBC Belt)
Zora Folley vs. Archie Moore
(WBA Belt)
Sonny Liston vs. Cleveland Williams
(IBF Belt)
Eddie Machen vs. Alex Miteff
(WBO Belt)

Upcoming March Matchup
Ingemar Johannson vs. Winner of Patterson/Erskine
(Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship)

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Dean

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In a big upset here in the Light Heavy division Von Clay completley destroyed slick Willie Pastrano in a hugely impressive display of power and accuracy.
Pastrano's normal slick footwork and slippery defense were no where to be seen as Clay cut off the ring on his mobile opponent and took him apart with pinpoint punches.
Pastrano was wobbling by the end of the round and was then poleaxed by a huge over hand right which he was unable to rise from.

Von Clay now meets WBC title holder Harold Johnson next month and on this form he has a very good chance!

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Dean

[djday45]

Rodriguez was to young and to fast for old veteran Slade. Old Jimmy lost a lopsided decision as his reflexes and old skills looked diminished.

Rodriguez's keys to victory were his fast left jab and snappy combinations. Never letting Slade start his famous mauling and clutching tactics.

By the 5th Slade was tired and fading. Rodriguez never took any chances though and continued his tried and tested method of piling up the points on his older foe.

Slade looks ready for retiirement, but Rodriguez can look foward to a clash with WBA kingpin Eric Schoeppner.

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Dean

[djday45]

Olson won a clear decision 8-4, 8-4, 5-4. He achieved it through a determined and sustained body attack during the early rounds which had Ray exhausted by round 7.
Olson then went in for the kill battering Ray around the ring in the 8th and 9th.
The ref should have perhaps stopped the contest but Ray bravely always fired back at a crucial moment.
Despite this some rounds were very sluggish and hard to call as both men clinched and posed.

Olson will now face Jesse Bowdry for the IBF title in Febuary.

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Dean

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Veteran South African Holt will fight Durelle for the WBO Light Heavyweight championship in February after a real thrre round bardn stormer with Chci Calderwood.
Both men fought tooth and nail in the center of the ring from the first bell and it was very close until mid way in the third when a hook from Holt sliced open Calderwood's right eye leaving a nasty gash which left the ref no choice but to stop the bout and award it to Holt.

A rematch down the pike would be a good fight and a chance for calderwood to show he has the measure of the more experianced Holt.

For Holt his upcoming WBO title fight might be a last hurrah in a long career.

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Dean

[djday45]

Light Heavyweight Roundup

Recent Results
Von Clay KO1 Willie Pastrano
Sixto Rodriguez W10 Un. Jimmy Slade
Carl Bobo Olson W10 Un. Sonny Ray
Mike Holt TKO3 Cuts Chic Calderwood

Febuary Championship Bouts
Harold Johnson vs. Von Clay
(WBC Championship)
Eric Schoepper vs. Sixto Rodriguez
(WBA Championship)
Jesse Bowdry vs. Carl Bobo Olson
(IBF Championship)
Yvon Durelle vs. Mike Holt
(WBO Championship)

March
Archie Moore vs. Johnson/Clay
(Undisputed Light Heavyweight World Championship)

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Dean

[djday45]

Dick Tiger put in a superb performance in overcoming tough, hard punching Henry Hank to preopel him into a WBC title match with Spider Webb.

Tiger boxed his more aggressive foe carefully, the key to his victory being his wonderful counter punches which caught the wild swinging Hank time and time again.
the judges scored it 8-3, 8-3, 9-1 for Tiger although Hank did make it a good fight and caught the iron chinned Nigerian with some great shots.

By the end of the fight however Hank was exhausted and Tiger stsrted to work him over on the inside with hooks and uppercuts, flooring him with a great right hand in the 10th. Hank looked a beaten man but manged to pull himself up at the count of nine to finish the fight with his pride intact.

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Dean

[djday45]

Papp looked impressive albeit fortunate in this four round stoppage of the veteran contender Giardello.
Papp had his nose slightly in front after 3 rounds although he had been hurt by a stiff right hand in the 3rd. Papp came back in the 4th to hurt Giardello with his patented left hook. This was also the punch that caused the cut which forced the rather premature stoppage.

We call for a rematch down the line but in the meantime the Hungarian faces the great Sugar Ray Robinson himself for the WBA crown in February.

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Can't make up my mind if Giambra looked so bad or Pender looked so good.
Pender took Giambra apart here with pinpoint punching accuracy as his jab was a thing of beauty.
Giambra looked in big trouble after the third as his eyes started to swell. In the 4th he was floored for an eight count after being caught off balance. By the end of the round both eyes had swollen horribly and it was only a matter of time before the ref stopped the contest.

Pender now faces Scholtz for the IBF Championship in February while Giambra looking very shopworn goes back to the drawing board.

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Dean