The Heavyweight Boxing Federation

[Romdawg88]

I like the new style. We still get all the important highlights of whats happening while letting you move faster. Plus, I'm sure it helps in avoiding burnout for you. Plus, it'll probably make the fights you decide to use the old more detailed style for feel more epic.

Hm, that post about another rival boxing organization seems like it could lead to some interesting business down the road.

[kenyan_cheena]

Originally Posted by Romdawg88

I like the new style. We still get all the important highlights of whats happening while letting you move faster. Plus, I'm sure it helps in avoiding burnout for you. Plus, it'll probably make the fights you decide to use the old more detailed style for feel more epic.

Hm, that post about another rival boxing organization seems like it could lead to some interesting business down the road.

Thanks, Romy. I'm glad you're enjoying it. It has made it a lot simpler for me. I'm doing the exact same thing as with the MLB dynasty in that I sim a week's worth of fights (compared to a month's worth of games) and then make a chronological list of the stories/fights I'll write about. It has refreshed my enjoyment of the dynasty and my only regret is that I didn't start doing it this way sooner. Who knows how far along I'd be by now? Can't do anything about that, though.

I think I've added another element of realism by indicating that other forces outside the HBF and IBL are interested in getting a "slice of the pie", so to speak. As I've said, in the world of the HBF/IBL uni the sport has been a spectacular success so it's only natural that others would see it as a way to make money for themselves. It'll be interesting to see how it all pans out because, to be perfectly honest, I haven't decided 100% what's going to happen in regards to the situation yet.

Okay, on to stage two of the WC/1D. I'm absolutely certain that this next post is going to bring a smile to your faces...

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HOLMES MAKES SMASHING STATEMENT
AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

Friday 25 October 2002

Stage two of the Heavyweight Boxing Federation's World Championship tournament got off to a sensational start tonight at New York's Madison Square Garden with 4th seed Larry Holmes scoring a crushing 1st round TKO victory over the hard-hitting Ohio native Earnie Shavers. It was a result no one saw coming, with even Holmes shocked by the nature of his triumph. The Pennsylvanian was a clear favourite to win the matchup but most believed he'd achieve a victory by staying on the outside and wearing Shavers down through the use of his superb left jab. Those opinions could not have been further from the truth as Holmes went on the attack from the opening bell. Within seconds he had snapped his opponent's head back with a trio of lightning fast jabs and a follow up right hand, the shot sending the sweat spraying from Shavers' bald pate.

Shavers was able to briefly tie him up but once they seperated Holmes went back to work, pumping that jab out and then staggering Shavers with a jolting right cross. Shavers backpedalled on unsteady legs and when Holmes unloaded with a flush left hook a look of consternation blanketed Shavers face. He tried to fire back with a right hand but missed badly and ate a stiff counter jab for his troubles. The crowd were on their feet and when Holmes connected with five of six shots in a blinding flurry Shavers was ready to go. A short right cross dropped him on the seat of his pants at the 1:23 mark, elliciting thunderous applause from the audience. Shavers rose at six but appeared out on his feet, his eyes glazed over and blank.

Holmes continued to fire away with the jab before planting another smashing left hook on Shavers' jaw. The blast sent him into the ropes and after missing with another hook Holmes found the mark with a left-right-left salvo and then a pulverising right that snapped Shavers' head halfway round. He literally fell into referee Geroge Siler's arms, the official waving the contest over at the 2:43 mark. Siler could not hold up Shavers' 230 pounds and carefully assisted him to the canvas, where he lay for some time in a daze. Meanwhile Holmes went ballistic, showing more emotion in the ten seconds after the fight's end than he had in each of his seven previous contests combined. His trainer Saoul Mamby jumped between the ropes and embraced him, slapping him on the back and congratulating him on the unexpectedly brutal and swift victory. In just under three minutes of work, Holmes landed exactly fifty of eighty punches thrown (.625) while Shavers did not connect with a single blow, having thrown just twelve.

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[Romdawg88]

Congrats, on making it to the second round of the HBF tournament. What a great way to start off the round. Has there been a fighter in the HBF who has talked more trash and failed in more spectacular fashion then Shavers?

[kenyan_cheena]

Originally Posted by Romdawg88

Congrats, on making it to the second round of the HBF tournament. What a great way to start off the round. Has there been a fighter in the HBF who has talked more trash and failed in more spectacular fashion then Shavers?

Thanks, Romy. You've been my biggest supporter all the way through and I'll always appreciate your enthusiasm and encouragement. It really has helped me to keep this dynasty going. When I was running these first stage two WC/1D bouts I couldn't help but say to myself "I can't believe I've finally arrived at this point". It was a great feeling.

I was shocked at how Holmes decimated Shavers because I just thought he'd go the route Tunney did and pound him into submission with the jab. But he absolutely blitzed the guy and it was fantastic.

As for trash talkers who can't deliver? He would have to be the biggest, but there haven't really been too many of them. I guess Elmer didn't live up to the hype but he wasn't far off succeeding. Hanson comes to mind, although he's undefeated so we'll have to see what happens when he faces Okocha.

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Madison Square Garden was also the site of the only disappointing moment in Holmes' career to date when he was held to a draw by Johnny Risko back on August 17. That result spelt the end of the Pennsylvanian's perfect record and also cost him the #1 seeding in his stage two group, which went to Riddick Bowe. But that was the last thing on his mind as he smiled happily during the post-fight interview.

"I'm kind of amazed myself," he said, laughing. "Yeah, the plan was definitely to go out aggressive in the opening round just to see how he would respond. We didn't think he'd capitulate like that but I have to say I caught him with some big shots so it's not a surprise that he couldn't handle it. Tunney showed that the guy's little more than a bully and I think I just reinforced that point tonight."

"Let him have the spotlight," Holmes said when questioned about Riddick Bowe's main event status. "He clearly loves it so let him have it. I'm more than happy to keep plugging away mid-card, so he can have all the headlines. He just better be ready for me. That's all I'm gonna say."

Holmes had entered the ring in fantastic shape, weighing in yesterday at a ripped 215 pounds. He'd worn his standard garb, white robe and trunks with red trim while Shavers was decked out in solid black. He brought a boisterous disposition into the arena, one Holmes quickly pounded out of him in an extraordinary victory.

***

While the performances following that of "The Easton Assassin" were not as explosive they were almost as impressive. Fighting in the co-feature Canada's pocket rocket Sam Langford picked up right where he'd left off in stage one, scoring a 9th round KO of a stubborn Zora Folley to improve to 8-0(2). In the main event hometown favourite Riddick Bowe also produced a 9th round stoppage, the fifth win of his career to come inside the distance. He sent Florida's Ray Mercer to his third consecutive defeat.

Langford was simply superb, controlling the opening three rounds despite Folley's five-inch height advantage. The Canadian's aggression and busy workrate was something to behold and from the 4th onward he accelerated with each passing round. Folley looked all but helpless by round seven, where Langford punished him more than in any round to that point of the fight. The brave Arizona native was showing some serious swelling around his right eye and tasted the canvas for the first time late in the 8th from a smashing left hook, the bell saving him. Langford then unloaded with a vicious body shot thirty seconds from the end of the 9th, Folley falling to one knee and staying there for the duration of the count.

At just 184 pounds and standing 5'8" Langford had the appearance of one of James Molk's Light-Heavyweights but his performance tonight was that of one of the premier competitors in the HBF. He landed a fantastic 293 of 513 punches (.571) in becoming the first fighter in the federation to reach eight wins. Langford led by nine points on two cards and seven on the other going into the 9th, Folley being awarded a single round on all three cards combined. Folley landed 99 of 276 (.359) punches and fell to 4-2-2(1), his only other defeat coming against the Californian Sam McVey who bombed him out inside of two rounds back in May.

"I really enjoyed going beyond six rounds for the first time," Langford said afterwards. "It was a nice challenge. I have to give Zora a lot of credit for the bravery he showed tonight. The guy absorbed some big punches and just kept on coming back for more. He really deserved to go the distance and I hope he can have some success as the tournament continues. He overcame the odds just to make it this far so it would be great to see him get some wins."

The evening's main event was a clash of two American Olympic medallists and had been hyped as a clash of the old and new. 29 year-old Ray Mercer was a gold medallist in Barcelona back in '92, almost a full decade before the HBF was even a thought in the mind of Michael Vincennes. The Jacksonville native has not been shy to let everyone know that he's felt disrespected during the brief duration of the federation's life, that if he'd been a champion in Sydney things would be very different.

"People say because it happened back in '92, it's ancient history and doesn't matter," Mercer said earlier this week. "Well it ain't ancient history to me. It's something I'm real proud of and something Riddick Bowe cain't claim to have achieved. That bum Lennox Lewis kicked his ass yet he's looked upon as one of the real stars of our sport. Real ridiculous, if you ask me."

Perhaps Mercer had a point but then again, he was the one bringing a two-fight losing streak into tonight's contest, not Bowe. The 23 year-old had made his way through stage one more or less untroubled, his 7-0(4) record proof of that. By the time the opening bell sounded the atmosphere in the Garden had reached fever pitch, the two combatants continuing with the trash talk that had been a highlight of yesterday's weigh-in. Mercer came out in an aggressive frame of mind and when he caught Bowe with a hard right cross and a short uppercut within thirty seconds of the bell it seemed he might mount a serious challenge. He also got the better of a pair of brief but hard-hitting exchanges. But Bowe balanced the ledger in the bottom half of the round, a pair of jolting straight rights putting Mercer on the back foot.

Bowe dominated the 2nd before the 3rd was a more even affair. But round four signalled the beginning of a slowly played out ending, Bowe peppering his outclassed opponent with a piston-like jab. Mercer's pre-fight bravado had been smashed into extinction by the end of the 5th. It appeared that Bowe could have ended it at any moment but he continued to punish Mercer through the following three rounds, referee Arthur Mercante coming close to stopping it during an especially brutal 8th. Mercer's right eye was badly swollen, the gold medallist a broken man as he sat on his stool before the 9th. Bowe floored him with a flush left hook 36 seconds into it and then again with an identical punch 25 seconds from the bell. Mercer was up at eight after the second knockdown but when Bowe tagged him with a quartet of unanswered shots soon after Mercante jumped in and ended the carnage, Bowe the winner by TKO at the 2:50 mark of round nine.

Punch totals

Riddick Bowe: 312/560 (.557)
Ray Mercer: 133/278 (.478)

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"Taught the brother a lesson," said Bowe, wiping his face with a white towel. "The brother's gotta stop livin' in the past, you know? What we all did as amateurs don't mean diddly here and now, see? We grown ups now and he's still reminiscin' over grade school days. Silly, stupid stuff. Ray's gotta worry 'bout right now 'cause he just lost his third straight fight, and that ain't pretty."

"I was always in control," Bowe continued. "Always. Hell, no offense to him but some of my stage one opponents gave me a harder night than Ray did. I'm just really happy that we were able to have this fight right here in my hometown, NYC. I love all o' y'all."

The crowd reacted to this with wild applause, Bowe making his way back to the dressing rooms some five minutes later. His victory served as a further reminder that he'll be right there in the mix when stage two reaches it's conclusion in about eleven months from now. As for Mercer, it would be wise of him to take Bowe's advice and stop dwelling on the past. He's now 4-3-1(1) and it doesn't get any easier for him as his next three opponents are Sam Langford, Larry Holmes and Jimmy Young...

***

The evening commenced with a pair of wild, exciting clashes in the 1st Defense tournament with both contests ending as upsets. In the opener Australia's Frank Slavin continued his fantastic run through the tournament, the 48th seed improving to 7-1(3) with a shock 2nd round stoppage of the highly-fancied Englishman Herbie Hide. This one had the crowd enthralled and excited while it lasted, Hide dominating the 1st round and almost knocking out the Aussie battler. But Slavin's reply was incredible as he hurt Hide with a smashing right early in the 2nd and pummelled him senseless until referee Harry Kessler saved the stunned 8th seed from further punishment, the bout ending thirteen seconds from the bell. Hide had topped his stage one group and brought a 5-1-1(4) record into the evening. Without a doubt he would have assumed a win in this fight, despite Slavin's impressive performances.

The Australian's win was followed by another surprising knockout, Spain's Alfredo Evangelista disposing of Oklahoma native Tommy Morrison in the 4th round. It was a clash between two fighters who had unexpectedly qualified for stage two, 30th-seeded Morrison losing only once on the way to finishing 1st in Group Three over the more fancied Florida Alliance member Oliver McCall while Evangelista's 5-2(2) record was good enough to earn him 2nd place in Group Four. Evangelista jumped out to a good start in round one and when he sent Morrison to the canvas with a stinging shot to the ribs two minutes into the 2nd he appeared to be in complete control. Round three produced an abundance of fireworks, the two men exchanging a series of power shots that brought screams of delight from the audience.

Morrison found himself on the canvas for a second time midway through the 4th, a perfect left hook turning his legs to jelly. He was up at eight but looked as unsteady and stunned as he ever has during his brief pro career. Evangelista finished him off in devastating fashion, a jolting uppercut followed by a straight right, a left hook and a smashing left-right-left salvo that dropped Morrison for the third and final time in the contest. He was counted out at the 2:41 mark, Evangelista's corner crew flooding the ring moments later to embrace their man in celebration. Word before the fight was that Morrison had pushed himself too hard in training. He certainly looked in great shape at the weigh-in but it would not be a lie to say that his punches lacked their usual snap and kick.

***

The opening World Championship bout of the evening would turn out to be the most competitive, San Diego's Ken Norton sending Philadelphia native Jimmy Young to his first professional defeat with a majority decision victory (96-94, 95-95, 96-94). Having seen off the challenges of Floyd Patterson and Elmer Ray to finish on top of Group Sixteen Young was unable to take advantage of his top four seeding, but the result was hardly an upset. With Norton the tournament's 13th seed and Young it's 16th it was a difficult one to pick. In the final outcome Norton was able to ride a terrific finish in the bottom half of the fight (and final three rounds in particular) to victory.

This was a real trench war, the type of contest that HBF fans can look forward to seeing many of over the coming twelve months. The first five rounds were mostly close affairs, with only the 2nd swinging firmly in Young's favour and the 3rd in Norton's. But after a fantastic, crowd-pleasing 6th the Pennsylvanian started to tire in the 7th, Norton's power wearing him down. The USC member was in command from the 8th through until the end of the fight, cutting Young over the left eye with a crushing right hand midway through the 9th. When the verdict came Norton exclaimed triumphantly, pumping his fist and high-fiving his corner crew.

"This was a huge fight for the both of us," he said. "We're right in the middle of the group so this could end up being the one that decided where we finish. I'm not under any illusions about how tough the rest of this thing will be so to get this win is ... like I said, it's huge for me."

Punch totals

Jimmy Young: 231/591 (.391)
Ken Norton: 222/472 (.470)

***

Slavin TKO2 Hide
Evangelista KO4 Morrison
Norton MD10 Young
Holmes TKO1 Shavers
Langford KO9 Folley
Bowe TKO9 Mercer

[CONN CHRIS]

Round two is here?! That was a long time in coming! Congrats on getting to this point.

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Round two is here?! That was a long time in coming! Congrats on getting to this point.

Thanks, Chris. I had a six week universe time gap between the end of stage one and the start of stage two, during which there weren't many HBF cards but a bunch of IBL ones. With the new less detailed format I've recently brought in the speed at which I move along will definitely improve.

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BRAVE AMONTI GOES THE DISTANCE WITH TUNNEY

Saturday 26 October 2002

Italy's Sante Amonti produced a courageous performance at Milan's Stadio San Siro tonight in lasting the full ten rounds in his main event bout against New York's Gene Tunney. As expected the World Championship tournament's #1 seed was a unanimous decision winner (98-93 on all three cards) but only after weathering a determined effort from Amonti through the first six rounds. Tunney only led by a single point on each scorecard heading into the 7th, Amonti becoming a new national hero as he gave just about as good as he received in the contest's opening half.

Back in August Gene Tunney himself had suggested holding the fight card in Italy, believing it would help boost the profile of boxing in the football and motor racing-mad nation. It did that and more, with almost 73,000 in attendance on the evening. Amonti had done a fantastic job of helping promote the event during the last month, appearing at numerous events and quickly becoming one of the most recognizable people on Italian television. Amongst the many local celebrities in attendance at ringside were two of Amonti's fellow Italian fighters, International Boxing League competitors and Olympic medallists Nino Benvenuti and Duilio Loi.

Amonti had the crowd in raptures as he took an exciting opening round, letting Tunney know that he'd be anything but a pushover. A crushing left hook midway through the frame caught Tunney flush on the jaw and brought a roar from the audience. They exploded in applause at round's end and after Tunney dominated the 2nd Amonti was back in it with a competitive 3rd. His national pride was evident across a determined countenance, the 20 year-old also wearing trunks of red, green and white. The bout swung strongly in Tunney's favour in rounds four and five, the American peppering Amonti with a fantastic jab and also scoring with damaging lefts and rights. But he eased off in the 6th, allowing Amonti to take it with some solid late work and keep himself within striking distance to the crowd's delight.

Round seven signalled the end of Amonti's brave resistance as Tunney swept the final four rounds on all three cards. But the 120th seed stayed on his feet throughout, refusing to take a backward step. With some twenty seconds of the 10th and final round remaining the crowd started coming to their feet and applauding the two combatants. When the bell sounded they shared an embrace and spoke congratulations to each other. Tunney had landed 299 of 596 punches (.502), Amonti 148 of 421 (.352).

(to be continued)

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Amonti spoke at length afterwards, occasionally in broken English but mostly in his native tongue. He thanked his fellow Italians for their fantastic support and encouraged them to give another round of applause to his opponent, reveling in and soaking up the moment. Tunney expressed his admiration for Amonti's toughness, determination and fighting spirit, also saying that he hoped to see him record some victories dunring the rest of the tournament. Tunney's sentiments were nice but the truth is that Amonti might just go through the entirety of stage two without a win. His upcoming opponents are Sam McVey, Donovan Ruddock and George Chuvalo and he won't be regarded as much of a chance against any of those three. For now, though, he's still 5-2-1(1) and living the dream.

***

The one man who boxing observers believe has a genuine chance of taking Tunney's spot in the World Championship tournament semi-finals produced a dominant performance earlier on the card. California's Sam McVey floored England's Alex Stewart twice on the way to a convincing unanimous decision victory (97-91, 99-89, 97-91), only Stewart's resilience seeing him survive to the final bell. McVey's win made his USC entourage 2-0 in stage two following Ken Norton's defeat of Jimmy Young on Friday night. McVey was in outstanding shape for the clash after what was described as a "fantastic" training camp, wearing trunks of white with yellow and purple trim.

McVey quickly established control in the opening two rounds and after Stewart showed a glimpse of competitiveness in the 3rd the Englishman was sent to the canvas for the first time two minutes into the 4th, a short, clean cross dropping him on his backside. Stewart was down again late in the 5th from a wicked left rip to the body, an exclamation point on a great round of work from McVey. Stewart rallied admirably in the 6th, catching McVey with a number of hard punches but it represented little more than a speed bump as the 8th seed maintained the upperhand through the last four rounds of the contest. There was something of a lull in the action in rounds seven and eight but McVey was back to his best in the final two stanzas. McVey connected with a fantastic 323 of 515 punches (.627), Stewart just 120 of 491 (.244).

"The brother is tough," said McVey, his girlfriend Claudette James by his side. "But I never felt threatened, you know? I was confident through each round that I'd be victorious, even when he got goin' a little in the 6th. I've really been lookin' forward to these ten-rounders and tonight lived up to what I was expectin'."

McVey is now 8-0(1) while Stewart, who survived a number of nail-biters to make it to stage two, falls to 5-2-1.

In the evening's co-feature McVey's fellow Californian James Jeffries made a great start to stage two of the 1st Defense tournament, the #2 seed knocking out the New Yorker John Lester Johnson in the 8th round. After a promising opening frame Johnson was never in the fight, Jeffries punishing him in each round and flooring him on two occasions. The first came a minute into the 4th with a jolting right cross doing the damage and Johnson barely beating the count. Jeffries then unloaded with a merciless ribshot in the 8th from which Johnson could not recover. He was counted out at the 1:51 mark, his record falling to 4-2-2. The win saw Jeffries improve to 7-1(4) but surprisingly he was not in the mood for words afterwards, living up to a declaration he'd made last week to talk with his fists.

"People have said I've got an ego," the San Francisco native had said. "That I'm arrogant and should stop talking about myself. Well, I've decided that from now on I'm going to let my fists speak for me. I'm gonna keep my mouth shut but when I'm in the ring, you won't be able to keep these two guys quiet."

He'd said these last words with both fists raised, ready to strike. No doubt, his fists were very talkative tonight.

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***

The card started with a fantastic 1st Defense tournament bout between Pasadena's Carl Morris and Washington, DC native Natie Brown. After ten hard-fought rounds the judges could not split the two and the result was a draw (95-95, 96-95 (Morris), 95-95). With Morris the tournament's overall 12th seed and Brown it's 10th the result was not really a surprise, although when James Jeffries won his bout later in the evening he became the only one of the group's top four seeds to score a win in series one.

The opening two rounds were pretty uneventful but Brown was the more active in them. In the 3rd the action heated up, Morris dominating before the crowd were on their feet cheering during an explosive 4th. Through the rest of the contest the momentum shifted literally from round to round, neither man able to keep a hold on the upper hand. It was the first draw of Morris' career after he went through stage one with a 6-1(1) record, but the third that Brown had been involved in. He's now 4-1-3 and looked visibly frustrated afterwards. This result stretched his winless streak to four fights with his last victory coming back on the 15th of May in San Francisco.

***

In the second fight of the evening Canada's hard man George Chuvalo turned back the determined challenge of Minnesota's Harry Thomas. It was a clash that featured an abundance of damaging exchanges, in particular during rounds two, four and seven. But Chuvalo was able to wear down his foe and floored him three times during the 8th to score a TKO victory, the contest over at the 2:16 mark. Thomas' only loss through stage one had come against Larry Holmes back in June and just reaching stage two had been quite an achievement for him. But he gave Chuvalo all he could handle and only trailed by two points on two of the scorecards heading into the 8th.

Chuvalo landed 253 of 428 punches (.591) in improving to 6-1-1(1) while Thomas connected with 182 of 466 (.391) and fell to 6-2. The tough Canadian was full of praise for his opponent afterwards.

"I can't speak highly enough of him," Chuvalo said. "The guy didn't back down through the whole fight, even after I caught him with some really big shots. It was a great fight to be a part of and he can be proud of his efforts, without a doubt. Harry's gonna cause some real headaches through the rest of the stage. I'm sure about that."

***

Things did not go as well for Chuvalo's fellow Canadian Donovan Ruddock, the big puncher suffering his first professional defeat at the hands of North Carolina's Floyd Patterson. Having topped a fiercely competitive Group Thirteen in stage one Ruddock came into the fight confident and enthusiastic but the smaller Patterson pounced on him early, controlling the first two rounds behind a snappy jab. Ruddock appeared to be working his way into the bout through the next three rounds but Patterson wrestled back the initiative in the 6th and then almost stopped the Canadian in the 7th, landing some big bombs on the tiring giant. It was fascinating to see Patterson dissect Ruddock, who outweighed him by some thirty pounds and enjoyed a three-inch height advantage.

Surprisingly Ruddock came back to compete in the 8th and then take the 9th but Patterson sealed the deal with a trio of flush shots late in the final round, Ruddock slumping to the canvas. He beat the count but wore a dejected, beaten countenance as the final seconds ticked away. The scorecards all favoured the American, Patterson a 95-94, 99-91, 96-93 unanimous decision victor. It was his second big win in a row after he dominated Florida Alliance leader Elmer Ray in August and it improved his record to 6-1-1. Patterson had held top seed Jimmy Young to a draw before the fight against Ray so it goes without saying that he's in a rich vein of form.

Patterson landed almost twice as many punches as Ruddock (256-132) and is amongst a number of fighters who might just end up in the Junior-Heavyweight division following the conclusion of the World Championship tournament, but as he said during the post-fight interview that's something he's not the least bit concerned about right now.

"It makes no sense for me to think that far ahead," the 18 year-old said, shrugging his shoulders. "If that's all I should be worried about then what's the point of even bothering with this Championship? No one thought I'd be able to get past Ruddock. They said he was too big and strong for me to handle but tonight I guess I kind of put that theory on ice. I'm not thinking of anything beyond my next opponent and that's George Chuvalo. After what I saw of him against Thomas that's gonna be one helluva challenge. But I'll be ready for it."

***

Morris D10 Brown
Chuvalo TKO8 Thomas
Patterson UD10 Ruddock
McVey UD10 Stewart
Jeffries KO8 Johnson
Tunney UD10 Amonti

[Romdawg88]

WOOO, go Patterson! I think he can beat Chuvalo as long as his chin doesn't let him down. With Chuvalo's laughable defense and horrible accuracy Patterson should be able to land enough to win a UD maybe even score a TKO if he can pull out a big round.

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Originally Posted by Romdawg88

WOOO, go Patterson! I think he can beat Chuvalo as long as his chin doesn't let him down. With Chuvalo's laughable defense and horrible accuracy Patterson should be able to land enough to win a UD maybe even score a TKO if he can pull out a big round.

I knew you'd be happy about that. Patterson has been fantastic in his last three fights, going undefeated against Young, Ray and Ruddock. Hopefully he can pick George off one round at a time and get another UD.

One fight I'm really looking forward to is Holmes vs Norton in series two. That's gonna be a great tussle. Those opening stage two cards have got me wanting to run the following weekend's ones before doing any of the other cards that take place during the week.

[Romdawg88]

Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

I knew you'd be happy about that. Patterson has been fantastic in his last three fights, going undefeated against Young, Ray and Ruddock. Hopefully he can pick George off one round at a time and get another UD.

One fight I'm really looking forward to is Holmes vs Norton in series two. That's gonna be a great tussle. Those opening stage two cards have got me wanting to run the following weekend's ones before doing any of the other cards that take place during the week.

Yeah, he has been on one hell of a run and I think he has a great shot at keeping it going. Patterson just needs to avoid getting tagged too much and I think he wins that fight.

Holmes/Norton should be a great tussle but I think Holmes will prove to be too classy for Norton. I'm picking Holmes by TKO in the 8th. Of course, if Holmes comes out fullbore like he did against Shavers I could see him getting Norton out earlier since Ken is abit chiny then Earnie. So what is on the tap for next weekend?

[kenyan_cheena]

Originally Posted by Romdawg88

So what is on the tap for next weekend?

I'll be posting the full week's schedule tomorrow but here's a sample of what to look forward to:

* Elmer Ray's Continental Americas tourney debut.

* Series Three of the Qualifying League kicks off on the Tuesday with you, Mike and Chris in action (along with Mr. Okocha).

* The WC/1D fighters in action include Marciano, Liston, Jeannette, Johnson, Jackson and McCall.

Big week for the Florida Alliance with you, Elmer and O-Mac all fighting...

[Romdawg88]

Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

I'll be posting the full week's schedule tomorrow but here's a sample of what to look forward to:

* Elmer Ray's Continental Americas tourney debut.

* Series Three of the Qualifying League kicks off on the Tuesday with you, Mike and Chris in action (along with Mr. Okocha).

* The WC/1D fighters in action include Marciano, Liston, Jeannette, Johnson, Jackson and McCall.

Big week for the Florida Alliance with you, Elmer and O-Mac all fighting...

Damn, I'm back in action already again. It doesn't seem like the last fight was that all that long ago. Looks like we got a ton of fun matches to look forward to. Hoping for a 3-0 week from the Alliance.

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GODDARD DEFEATED IN HOMELAND DEBUT

Sunday 27 October 2002

Australia's Joe Goddard failed to make the most of both a homeland debut and a main event slot tonight, the #1 seed in the HBF's Asia/Oceania Championship tournament absorbing quite a beating from New Zealand's Sam Leuluai before losing by unanimous decision (58-56, 59-55, 58-56). It was the opening card of the tourn