Time to try to get caught up...got behind while studying for the bar.
JR LIGHTWEIGHT
Ben Villaflor W15 Hector Camacho
Action-packed. Camacho was getting slightly the best of the early rounds, and would have won a split decision after 8. However, he ran out of gas and Villaflor didn't. Camacho was knocked down 3 times in the last 4 rounds, and lost a decision that makes it sound (wrongly) like he was never in the fight: 145-137, 147-136, 143-139. Villaflor now 3-0-1 (12-round draw over Erik Morales in the semis before winning a unanimous decision in the rematch), and Camacho 2-1.
FEATHERWEIGHT
Willie Pep TKO 5 Young Griffo
Not all that much to say...Pep won 3 of the first 4 rounds, in the process opening up a cut over Griffo's eye in the second round. Cut kept reopening & getting worse...Pep was a monster on defense & an accurate puncher; the fight was stopped during the 5th on the basis of the cut. Pep improves to 4-0-1 (2); Griffo falls to 3-1 (1).
JR FEATHERWEIGHT
Victor Callejas TKO 7 Jaime Garza
After 5 fairly even rounds, Garza got tagged in the 6th, and that was it. He was staggered, and Callejas finished well, dropping Garza twice in the 6th for a 10-7 round on all cards, then dropping him three times in the 7th for an automatic stoppage at the 2:27 mark. Callejas is now 3-0 (2); Garza is 2-1 (1).
BANTAMWEIGHT
Ruben Olivares W 15 Paulie Ayala
The first half of the fight was about even, but Olivares was too strong, and just kept coming. He dropped Ayala in the 12th and the 13th, and seemed like he was going to score a late stoppage, but Ayala actually rallied and won the 14th. The second half of the fight was all Olivares, though, and he earned a solid decision by scores of 143-140, 145-139, and 146-140. Olivares stands at 4-0-2 (2), while Ayala drops to 3-1-1.
JR BANTAMWEIGHT
Khaosai Galaxy TKO 8 Rafael Orono
Galaxy started fast, dropped Orono in the second, then again 3 times in the 8th, for the automatic stoppage at the 2:37 mark. Orono won a couple of close rounds, but it clearly wasn't his night. Galaxy is 3-0 (2); Orono is 2-1.
More to come!!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Still yet more...
WELTERWEIGHT
Luis Rodriguez W15 Tommy Hearns
Maybe the best of the championship fights...lots of action, back & forth. Rodriguez dropped Hearns in the 4th for a 4-count. Hearns had Rodriguez hurt in the 9th and 10th...back and forth, but when it was all said and done, it was 143-141 (twice) and 143-142, all for Rodriguez. After 12, Rodriguez led by a point on two cards, and Hearns led by a point on the third...totally up for grabs. Rodriguez moves to 4-0 (2); Hearns drops to 3-1 (2).
JR WELTERWEIGHT
Duilio Loi W15 Jack "Kid" Berg
145-140 (twice), 144-141. Not the back-and-forth action-packed brawl that Rodriguez-Hearns was... Almost every round was close. The 144-141 card was probably closest; it wasn't one-sided. Loi improved to 4-0, all by decision. The championship bout was the only one that was unanimous. Berg dropped to 3-1-1 (1). If you're wondering about Aaron Pryor, he stagged Saoul Mamby a few times in their tournament first-round bout, but dropped the decision. Interesting random pairing; Pryor and Mamby held different versions of the 140-pound title contemporaneously. That fight was a 6-rounder; they may get a rematch over a longer distance, in which case I'd like Pryor's chances.
LIGHTWEIGHT
Joe Gans W15 Benny Leonard
Classic matchup between the two best pre-Duran lightweights of all time. They may compare well with Duran, too; it's just that it's pretty well undisputed BEFORE Duran (possible exception: Henry Armstrong). Leonard dropped Gans for a 5-count in the 13th, and almost stopped him, but there was only about half a minute left, and Gans weathered the storm. Leonard also lost a point in the 8th for hitting low one too many times. The 13th was a 10-7 round on all cards for Leonard, but it wasn't enough in a split decision: 143-140 (twice), 139-144. Gans moved to 4-0-2 (1) (two 12-round draws against Jem Driscoll in the semi-finals before finally stopping him in the 11th in their third match). Leonard fell to 3-1 with no knockouts, but including a BIZARRE semi-final win over Roberto Duran. Leonard scored two flash knockdowns in the first...Duran wasn't really hurt, came on to win middle-late rounds...after 9, Leonard was up by one point on two cards, and the fight was even on the third, but Duran had won the last two rounds and four of the last five, when in the 10th, Duran was disqualified for a blatant head butt, having previously been warned.
More to come!
Luis Rodriguez W15 Tommy Hearns
Maybe the best of the championship fights...lots of action, back & forth. Rodriguez dropped Hearns in the 4th for a 4-count. Hearns had Rodriguez hurt in the 9th and 10th...back and forth, but when it was all said and done, it was 143-141 (twice) and 143-142, all for Rodriguez. After 12, Rodriguez led by a point on two cards, and Hearns led by a point on the third...totally up for grabs. Rodriguez moves to 4-0 (2); Hearns drops to 3-1 (2).
JR WELTERWEIGHT
Duilio Loi W15 Jack "Kid" Berg
145-140 (twice), 144-141. Not the back-and-forth action-packed brawl that Rodriguez-Hearns was... Almost every round was close. The 144-141 card was probably closest; it wasn't one-sided. Loi improved to 4-0, all by decision. The championship bout was the only one that was unanimous. Berg dropped to 3-1-1 (1). If you're wondering about Aaron Pryor, he stagged Saoul Mamby a few times in their tournament first-round bout, but dropped the decision. Interesting random pairing; Pryor and Mamby held different versions of the 140-pound title contemporaneously. That fight was a 6-rounder; they may get a rematch over a longer distance, in which case I'd like Pryor's chances.
LIGHTWEIGHT
Joe Gans W15 Benny Leonard
Classic matchup between the two best pre-Duran lightweights of all time. They may compare well with Duran, too; it's just that it's pretty well undisputed BEFORE Duran (possible exception: Henry Armstrong). Leonard dropped Gans for a 5-count in the 13th, and almost stopped him, but there was only about half a minute left, and Gans weathered the storm. Leonard also lost a point in the 8th for hitting low one too many times. The 13th was a 10-7 round on all cards for Leonard, but it wasn't enough in a split decision: 143-140 (twice), 139-144. Gans moved to 4-0-2 (1) (two 12-round draws against Jem Driscoll in the semi-finals before finally stopping him in the 11th in their third match). Leonard fell to 3-1 with no knockouts, but including a BIZARRE semi-final win over Roberto Duran. Leonard scored two flash knockdowns in the first...Duran wasn't really hurt, came on to win middle-late rounds...after 9, Leonard was up by one point on two cards, and the fight was even on the third, but Duran had won the last two rounds and four of the last five, when in the 10th, Duran was disqualified for a blatant head butt, having previously been warned.
More to come!
Sunday, July 1, 2007
A few more divisions
Once I get the title fights updated, I'll get to 1) other significant fights, 2) upcoming fights, and 3) rankings. The program does some ratings based on results, also, so I think I'll do my own top 10 for each division, have the computer do ITS top 10, and then publish an overall top 10 based on some combination of the two.
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Tony Zale TKO4 Sugar Ray Robinson
Zale's lucky day...a left hook opened up a nasty cut over Robinson's right eye in the 2nd round. Robinson had a big 3rd round, and was having a big 4th, but the cut re-opened in each round, and the ref stopped it at the 1:57 mark. Zale moved to 4-0 (3), and defeated some great competition to earn the belt - Robinson, Monzon, Cerdan, and LaMotta. The loss sent Robinson into a bit of a tailspin; it dropped him to 3-1 (1), but he's had two subsequent fights, tallying a decision loss and a draw, putting him at 3-2-1 (1) -- winless in his last 3.
JR MIDDLEWEIGHT
Mike McCallum W15 Tony Ayala, Jr.
The fight was dead even on two cards after the 14th (McCallum was winning easily on the third)...up for grabs, and McCallum grabbed it, taking the 15th round and the fight on all cards, 143-142, 143-142, and 146-139. McCallum also scored a 13-round knockdown, giving him a 10-8 round -- the bout's only knockdown; barring that, we'd have had a draw. McCallum moved to 3-0 (1); Ayala dropped to a bizarre 2-1-3 (1). He won his first fight in the tournament by disqualification; then he had THREE 12-round draws against Maurice Hope before knocking him out in their 4th bout.
More to follow!
Friday, June 29, 2007
Welcome
Greetings and welcome to the new home of my Title Bout (TM)-simulated boxing results, where legends and palookas alike, past and present, take each other on. Feel free to drop requests for specific bouts, or for specific fighters to get some action in. I can't post the results of every fight I run (the automatch simulator can run a few hundred in just minutes, and since there are so many fighters in the database, I'm running a lot so I can establish records for a wide variety of them), but I will give you the highlights. Here are the initial champions, including how they won the title; I ran single-eliminations tournaments with 16 fighters in some divisions, and 8 in others.
HEAVYWEIGHT:
Joe Louis KO 9 Rocky Marciano.
Sweet payback for the real-life fight between the prime Marciano and the over-the-hill Louis. Louis dropped Marciano in the first, and twice in the 9th to end a fight in which he was leading comfortably on all cards. I think this would be a fairly typical result, were they in their primes simultaneously.
Louis moves to 4-0-2 (4) (Records are W-L-D (KO/TKO)), while Marciano falls to 3-1 (2).
CRUISERWEIGHT:
Evander Holyfield KO 14 O'Neill Bell (no 12-round championship fights here!)
Bell was dropped in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and twice in the 14th. Huge lead for Holyfield on the cards; only question was whether Bell was going to go the distance.
Holyfield moved to 3-0 (3). Bell fell to 2-1-2, but has picked up two more decisions to move to 4-1-2.
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT:
Harry Greb W15 Mauro Mina
The only fighter ever to defeat Gene Tunney took a pretty easy decision, though it wouldn't have been as bad had Greb not scored two late knockdowns (14th & 15th). Scores: 146-137 (twice) and 148-135. Greb raises his record to 4-0-1 (2), while Mina falls to 3-1 (1). If your reaction is, "Who the hell is Mauro Mina?!" you're probably not alone. He was probably Peru's best fighter of the 20th century, putting together a 52-3-3 (25) record, with wins over, among others, Eddie Cotton and Bob Foster (in Foster's 13th pro fight). Kicking himself at ringside was Michael Spinks, who fought a draw with Greb in the semis, then lost the rematch. I suspect the "Spinks Jinx" will get a title shot before this is all over.
SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT
Michael Nunn W15 Sugar Ray Leonard
Michael Nunn captured the first dramatic belt of the tournament series, with a split decision win over Leonard. Nunn's title run included a majority decision (2 judges for him, 1 scored it a draw) AND a split decision (2 for him, 1 for the other guy). He got there, though, and he's now at 3-0, all by decision.
Scores 145-141; 146-140; 142-144. Judge Silvestri Albainza was probably on crack, though. The ringside experts' cards were more like 146-140, Nunn. Albainza gave Leonard the first four rounds, for instance, while the other two judges agreed that Nunn won the 1st and 3rd. Leonard fell to 2-1, and has since won a subsequent bout, putting him at 3-1, also all by decision.
Middleweight & below...the tournaments are over; I'll report the results later.
HEAVYWEIGHT:
Joe Louis KO 9 Rocky Marciano.
Sweet payback for the real-life fight between the prime Marciano and the over-the-hill Louis. Louis dropped Marciano in the first, and twice in the 9th to end a fight in which he was leading comfortably on all cards. I think this would be a fairly typical result, were they in their primes simultaneously.
Louis moves to 4-0-2 (4) (Records are W-L-D (KO/TKO)), while Marciano falls to 3-1 (2).
CRUISERWEIGHT:
Evander Holyfield KO 14 O'Neill Bell (no 12-round championship fights here!)
Bell was dropped in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and twice in the 14th. Huge lead for Holyfield on the cards; only question was whether Bell was going to go the distance.
Holyfield moved to 3-0 (3). Bell fell to 2-1-2, but has picked up two more decisions to move to 4-1-2.
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT:
Harry Greb W15 Mauro Mina
The only fighter ever to defeat Gene Tunney took a pretty easy decision, though it wouldn't have been as bad had Greb not scored two late knockdowns (14th & 15th). Scores: 146-137 (twice) and 148-135. Greb raises his record to 4-0-1 (2), while Mina falls to 3-1 (1). If your reaction is, "Who the hell is Mauro Mina?!" you're probably not alone. He was probably Peru's best fighter of the 20th century, putting together a 52-3-3 (25) record, with wins over, among others, Eddie Cotton and Bob Foster (in Foster's 13th pro fight). Kicking himself at ringside was Michael Spinks, who fought a draw with Greb in the semis, then lost the rematch. I suspect the "Spinks Jinx" will get a title shot before this is all over.
SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT
Michael Nunn W15 Sugar Ray Leonard
Michael Nunn captured the first dramatic belt of the tournament series, with a split decision win over Leonard. Nunn's title run included a majority decision (2 judges for him, 1 scored it a draw) AND a split decision (2 for him, 1 for the other guy). He got there, though, and he's now at 3-0, all by decision.
Scores 145-141; 146-140; 142-144. Judge Silvestri Albainza was probably on crack, though. The ringside experts' cards were more like 146-140, Nunn. Albainza gave Leonard the first four rounds, for instance, while the other two judges agreed that Nunn won the 1st and 3rd. Leonard fell to 2-1, and has since won a subsequent bout, putting him at 3-1, also all by decision.
Middleweight & below...the tournaments are over; I'll report the results later.
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