Yeah, I played this game back when it was a board game by Avalon Hill, so I do know that punch types are pretty much entirely cosmetic.
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Since the entire brand-new New York Region decided to take the month off, we here at Frank's Gym decided to host a Night of the Newbies. It was a 4-fight card with every fight featuring a man who had not fought before. The crowd seemed to love the unexpected nature of the bouts. Even the main event, which featured a boxer named Manuel Roettgen, who looked absolutely devastating in his first fight, turned out to go a different way than we'd expected. Speaking of unexpected, we're not entirely sure how Oscar Thompson is undefeated, but the record doesn't lie.
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Date Winner W-L-D K Loser W-L-D K Venue Group Significance Matchup Result
7/20/1866 David Sams 1-0-0 1 Tom Reid 0-1-0 Frank's Beginners B+ C KO6
If it wasn't for getting knocked down twice, Reid would have won. If it wasn't for being poor, I would own a pony.
7/20/1866 Allen Polito 1-0-0 Joe Miles 0-1-1 Frank's Beginners B+ C UD
The punchless Polito wins a boring affair. No knockdowns, no cuts... you'd have thought they were playing base ball.
7/20/1866 Oscar Thompson 4-0-0 Thomas McConkey 0-1-0 Frank's Beginners B+ C- UD
McConkey somehow manages to stay on his feet despite Thompson going for his head all night long.
6/22/1866 William Jackson 1-0-0 1 Manuel Roettgen 1-1-0 1 Frank's Beginners B+ C+ KO3
Roettgen was wiping the floor with Jackson, but then Jackson got in that one good punch.