UTBA-II Boxing League

[lethal liberal]

Earnie wins a brutal fight with Sanders to advance. Wow,Marciano lost...Left Jab is proud of the old acorn,probably not gonna take the title but a good performance regardless.

[Hanson Bros]

Wow what a fight between Shavers and Sanders!

[Romultiltus]

Congratulations to Alimi Goitia for winning the UTBA-II Gold Conference MVP Award for Season 3

Voting Results (only fighters receiving votes listed)

BW-Alimi Goitia (Diggstown Ringers) - 16 votes (66.67%)
WW-Henry Armstrong (Muckboys) - 5 votes (20.83%)
FLY-Yoko Gushiken (Bear's Unstable) - 2 votes (8.33%)
FLY-Midget Wolgast (Bonner Springs Bald Beavers) - 1 vote (4.17%)

[Romultiltus]

Congratulations to Roberto Duran for winning the UTBA-II Gold Conference MVP Award for Season 3

Voting Results (only fighters receiving votes listed)

LW-Roberto Duran (Villebillies) - 8 votes (34.78%)
LW-Alexis Arguello (Villebillies) - 5 votes (21.74%)
BW-Terry McGovern (Chilton Roughnecks) - 4 votes (17.39%)
HW-Sam Langford (Oakland Assassins) - 3 votes (13.04%)
FW-Diego Morales (Juggernaut) - 3 votes (13.04%)

[Romultiltus]

Congratulations to Gabriel Elorde for winning the UTBA-II Gold Conference ROY Award for Season 3

Voting Results (only fighters receiving votes listed)

LW-Gabriel Elorde (Tomato City) - 18 votes (75.00%)
MW-Marvin Hagler (Coventry Hitmen) - 4 votes (16.67%)
BW-Malcolm Tunacao (Baltimore Binks) - 1 vote (4.17%)
BW-Gilberto Roman (St. Louis Sluggers) - 1 vote (4.17%)

[Romultiltus]

Congratulations to Rocky Marciano for winning the UTBA-II Silver Conference ROY Award for Season 3

Voting Results (only fighters receiving votes listed)

HW-Rocky Marciano (Brooks Battlers) - 19 votes (82.61%)
FLY-Koki Kameda (Undisputed Champions) - 3 votes (13.04%)
FW-Daniel Ponce-DeLeon (Toronto Tornados) - 1 vote (4.35%)

[Romultiltus]

Congratulations to George LaBlanche & Jose Becerra for winning the UTBA-II Gold Conference CBF (Comeback Fighter) Award for Season 3

Voting Results (only fighters receiving votes listed)

MW-George LaBlanche (Bonner Springs Bald Beavers) - 9 votes (42.86%)
BW-Jose Becerra (Bear's Unstable) - 9 votes (42.86%)
LHW-Oakland Billy Smith (Baltimore Binks) - 2 votes (9.52%)
HW-Enzo Maccarinelli (Coventry Hitmen) - 1 vote (4.76%)

[Romultiltus]

Congratulations to Kid Chocolate for winning the UTBA-II Silver Conference CBF (Comeback Fighter) Award for Season 3

Voting Results (only fighters receiving votes listed)

FW-Kid Chocolate (IceTeaBoxing) - 13 votes (61.90%)
HW-Jerry Quarry (IceTeaBoxing) - 6 votes (28.57%)
HW-Wayne Braithwaite (Nebraska Corn Jabbers) - 2 votes (9.52%)

[Crimson]

Originally Posted by lethal liberal

Earnie wins a brutal fight with Sanders to advance. Wow,Marciano lost...Left Jab is proud of the old acorn,probably not gonna take the title but a good performance regardless.

That was a good fight. I'll be pulling for the Acorn now that he took out Sanders.

[mikehoudini]

Originally Posted by Crimson

That was a good fight. I'll be pulling for the Acorn now that he took out Sanders.

I'm in Shavers' corner as well. Hugh has one awesome fighter!

[Romultiltus]

UTBA-II Season 3 Light Heavyweight EOY Tournament
Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff (WALES)
28 November 2009

Quarterfinals:

(#1) CH-Jack Delaney 53-11-1 (37) vs. (#8) Tony Anthony 46-24-3 (33)

Vegas Odds: Delaney is a 5:2 favorite

Reigning LHW Champion and Tournament #1 Seed Jack Delaney has so far made 2 successful title defenses and has a 3-1 record in Championship bouts. Delaney captured the Title with a unanimous 12-round victory over Bob Fitzsimmons. He has qualified for his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament and now has a tournament record of 3-2 which includes victories over Dennis Andries (W-KO10) in S1 EOY, Glencoffe Johnson (W-TKO8(c)) in S1 EOY and Melio Bettina (W-KO10) in S3 EOY. He has been eliminated from the tournament by Karoly Balszay (L-TKO12) in S1 EOY and Lucian Bute (L-TKO12(c)) in S2 EOY.

#8 seeded Tony Anthony gets his first shot at the LHW Title here in the Quarterfinals of this season's EOY Tournament. Anthony is in his 2nd consecutive EOY Tournament and now has a tournament record of 2-1 including victories over Alvaro Lopez (W-TKO9(c)) in S2 EOY and Prince Charles Williams (W-T6(c)) in S3 EOY. He was eliminated from last season's Tournament by Michael Moorer (L-KO7). Anthony had a rough playoffs this season, losing all 4 of his bouts.

This will be the 2nd career meeting between Jack Delaney and Tony Anthony. Delaney won the bout by 7th round knockout week 1 of this regular season.

Round 1: Big round for Delaney. Delaney looks very sharp. Anthony is staggered at bell
Round 2: Too close to call
Round 3: Good round for Delaney. Both fighters land punches after the bell rings
Round 4: Anthony hit and staggers into the ropes. Delaney scores a knockdown. Anthony up at 8 but is badly hurt. Anthony starts to go down again but referee grabs him and stops the fight @ 2:45 of round

CH-Jack Delaney W-TKO4 Tony Anthony

Jack Delaney retains the LHW Title

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(#5) Bob Fitzsimmons 52-11-0 (41) vs. (#4) Harold Johnson 56-8-2 (20)

Vegas Odds: Even 1:1

#5 seed Bob Fitzsimmons is a former LHW Champion who has made 11 successful defenses and has a 12-2 record in Championship Bouts. Fitzsimmons won the LHW Title from Gus Lesnevich by 10th round knockout and lost the title to Jack Delaney by 12-round unanimous decsion. He also lost a bid for the title to Roy Jones Jr by 9th round knockout. In his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament, Delaney has a tournament record of 2-2 with victories over Alvaro Lopez (W-TKO8(c)) in S1 EOY and George Gardiner (W-KO1) in S3 EOY. He was eliminated from the previous tournaments by Harold Johnson (L-U15) in S1 EOY and Bob Murphy (L-TKO10(i)) in S2 EOY.

#4 seed Harold Johnson has only fought for the LHW Title once before - a 14th round stoppage on cuts to Karoly Balzsay. So far in his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament appearance, Johnson has a 4-2 tournament record which includes victories over Prince Charles Williams (W-KO12) in S1 EOY, Bob Fitzsimmons (W-U15) in S1 EOY, Bob Murphy (W-KO1) in S1 EOY and Jimmy Adamick (W-KO15) in S3 EOY. In the previous tournaments, Johnson was eliminated by Karoly Balzsay (L-TKO14(c)) in S1 EOY Final and Chad Dawson (L-TKO11) in S2 EOY.

Bob Fitzsimmon and Harold Johnson have fought once before with Johnson winning a 15-round unanimous decison back in the Season 1 EOY Tournament.

Round 1: Slow even round. Not much happens
Round 2: Pace picks up a bit. Johnson does enough to take the round
Round 3: Good round for Johnson. Fitzsimmons is cut on the inside of right eyebrow
Round 4: Big round for Fitzsimmons. Johnson is hurt from punch to ribs. Johnson has swelling around right eye. Referee warns Johnson for hitting Fitzsimmons after putting him in a headlock. Cut above Fitzsimmon's right eye reopened
Round 5: Nice round for Johnson. But over Fitzsimmons right eye reopened again. Johnson showcases his triple jab
Round 6: Slow round. Fitzsimmons' cut over right eye reopened. Ref stops action and has doctor check out the cut. Doctor allows fight to continue. Fitzsimmons warned for using his shoulders. Fitzsimmons warned a 2nd time for using his shoulders
Round 7: Good round for Johnson. Cut over Fitzsimmons' right eye reopened and bleeding. Referee stops action and consults doctor again. Doc lets fight continue. Swelling around Johnson's right eye is getting worse
Round 8: Big round for Johnson. Fitzsimmons is hurt. Swelling around Johnson's right eye getting worse
Round 9: Too close to call. Fitzsimmons' right eye cut reopened again. Increased swelling around Johnson's right eye
Round 10: Both fighters seem to be taking round off
Round 11: Swelling around Johnson's right eye is affecting his vison. Fitzsimmons scores a knockdown. Johnson up at 4
Round 12: Even round. Both fighters step up action. Swelling around Johnson's right eye is a lot worse. Fitzsimmons' right eye cut reopened again. Ref stops action and brings in doctor for 3rd time to inspect cut. Doctor lets fight continue
Round 13: Round starts out slowly. A Johnson punch reopens Fitzsimmons' cut again. Ref stops action and this time, the doctor has seen enough and this time will not let Fitzsimmons continue. Referee calls end to fight as time expires in the round

Harold Johnson W-TKO13(c) Bob Fitzsimmons

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(#3) Roy Jones Jr 56-8-3 (42) 1DQ vs. (6) Alvaro Lopez 48-18-1 (36)

Vegas Odds: Even 1:1

#3 seed and former LHW Champion Roy Jones Jr has make 17 sucessful title defenses with a record of 17-1-1 in Championship bouts. Jones Jr won the title with a unanimous 12-round decison over Karoly Balzsay and lost the belt to Lucian Bute by 11th round knockout. Over 3 consecutive EOY Tournaments, Jones Jr now has a tournament record of 3-2 including victories over Julio Gonzalez (W-U15) in S2 EOY, Karoly Balzsay (W-S15) in S2 EOY and Chad Dawson (W-TKO5) in S3 EOY. He has been eliminated from the tournament by George Gardiner (L-DQ4) in S1 EOY and Lucian Bute (L-KO11) in S2 EOY.

#6 seed Alvaro Lopez has only fought for the LHW Title once, losing a 12-round unanimous decision to Karoly Balzsay. Also in his 3rd consecutive EOY tournament, he now has a tournament record of 1-2 with only a victory over Glencoffe Johnson (W-TKO9) in S3 EOY. In the previous tournaments, Lopez was eliminated by Fitzsimmons (L-TKO8(c)) in S1 EOY and Tony Anthony (L-TKO9(c)) in S2 EOY.

This is the 1st meeting between Roy Jones Jr and Alvaro Lopez

Round 1: Close round. Jones Jr is busier. Lopez is shaken by a punch but recovered quickly
Round 2: Good round for Jones Jr
Round 3: Too close to call
Round 4: Even round
Round 5: Good round for Lopez. Lopez warned for hitting with his shoulder
Round 6: Big round for Jones Jr. Lopez is stunned late
Round 7: Jones Jr peppers Lopez with combinations. Lopez is hurt. Another combo knocks down Lopez. Ref reaches 10-count @ 1:57

Roy Jones Jr W-KO7 Alvaro Lopez

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(#10) Lucian Bute 43-22-3 (27) vs. (#2) Michael Moorer 61-8-3 (41)

Vegas Odds: Jones Jr is 5:2 favorite

#10 seed Lucian Bute is a former LHW Champion with 5 successful title defenses and a 6-3 record in Championship Bouts. Bute won the LHW Title from Roy Jones Jr by 11th round knockout and lost the title to Yvon Durelle by 5th round knockout. He also lost in 2 other title bouts against then-champion Bob Fitzsimmons (L-S12 and L-KO12). In his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament, Bute now has a 5-1 tournament record which includes victories over Jack Delaney (W-TKO12(c)) in S2 EOY, Bob Murphy (W-U15) in S2 EOY, Roy Jones Jr (W-KO11) in S2 EOY, Michael Moorer (W-U15) in S2 EOY Tournament final and Karoly Balzsay (W-U15) in S3 EOY. Bute was eliminated from the Season 1 Tournament by Bob Murphy (L-KO12). Bute won the Season 2 EOY Tournament.

#2 seed Michael Moorer has fought only once for the LHW Title, a 15-round unanimous decsion loss to Lucian Bute in the Season 2 EOY Tournament Final. Moorer is in his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament and now has a tournament record of 4-2 which includes victories over Prince Charles Williams (W-KO9) in S2 EOY, Tony Anthony (W-KO7) in S2 EOY, Chad Dawson (W-U15) in S2 EOY and Bob Murphy (W-TKO14) in S3 EOY. He was eliminated from the tournaments by Karoly Balzsay (L-KO10) in S1 EOY and Lucian Bute (L-U15) in S2 EOY Final.

In their only previous meeting, Lucian Bute defeated Michael Moorer by 15-round unanimous decsion.

Round 1: Close round. Moorer lands huge uppercut at end of round
Round 2: Big rouund for Bute. Bute outlands Moorer 42-6. Moorer shaken up a bit
Round 3: Moorer scores a knockdown. Bute up at 4. Bute uses ropes to remain standing
Round 4: Bute warned for leaning on Moorer's neck. Good round for Moorer. Bute doesn't look good
Round 5: Close round. Bute warned for holding and hitting. Bute may have been hurt on 2 separate occasions
Round 6: Another big round for Moorer. Bute warned for striking with his shoulder. Bute is backpedaling
Round 7: Moorer still in control. Ref calls a punch by Bute as a low blow
Round 8: Bute is out of gas. Bute is cut badly on right eyelid. Ref stops action and brings Bute over to doctor. Doctor wipes away blood and allows fight to go on. Moorer back on attack and stuns Bute. Moorer lands antoher clean shot to Bute's right eye. Cut is now pouring blood profusely. Ref wants doctor to look at the cut again. Doctor cleans off blood and sends Bute back out to fight. Bute clinches. Moorer lands another big shot. Ref finally jumps between fighters and stops bout @ 2:37 of round 8

Michael Mooer W-TKO8 Lucian Bute

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Semifinal Matchups:

(#1) CH-Jack Delaney (Toronto Tornados) 54-11-1 (38)
vs.
(#4) Harold Johnson (Juggernaut) 57-8-2 (21) (42)

(#3) Roy Jones Jr (Suffolk Dusk Owls) 57-8-3 (43) 1DQ
vs.
(#2) Michael Moorer (East Coast Gladiators) 62-8-3 (42)

[Hanson Bros]

You moved on Fitz and I think he lost

[Romultiltus]

Originally Posted by Hanson Bros

You moved on Fitz and I think he lost

Thanks for catching this screw-up Mike. I kind of rushed through the post and didn't proofread. (Post should now be correct)

Johnson did win the fight as posted, but I just posted the wrong winner...

All top 4 seeds in the LHW Tournament do advance...

[Crimson]

Sweet revenge for Moorer over Bute! Moorer and Roy Jones Jr. at Light Heavy is going to be one hell of a matchup.

[Romultiltus]

UTBA-II Season 3 Middleweight EOY Tournament
Sydney Stadium, Sydney NSW (AUSTRALIA)
30 November 2009

Quarterfinals:

(#16) Alan Minter 46-28-6 (23) 1DQ vs. (#8) CH-Artie Towne 43-22-3 (23) 1DQ

Vegas Odds: Even 1:1

#16 Seed Alan Minter gets his 1st shot at the MW Title. In his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament, Minter now has a 1-2-1 tournament record including 2 fights against teammate George LaBlanche (Draw-15 & W-KO9). Minter was eliminated from previous tournaments by Frank Wissenbach (L-S15) in S1 EOY and Michael Watson (L-TKO12) in S2 EOY.

#8 seed and reigning MW Champion Artie Towne defeated Frank Wissenbach for the Title in the opening round of this season's
EOY Tournament. He is making his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament with a 2-2 tournament record including victories over Tony Ayala Jr (W-U15) in S1 EOY and CH-Frank Wissenbach (W-TKO11) in S3 EOY. Towne was eliminated from the previous tournaments twice by Michael Nunn (L-KO2 & L-KO12).

This will be the 2nd career meeting between Alan Minter and Artie Towne. Minter won the 1st bout by a 6th round TKO stoppage due to cuts in the Season 2 Playoffs.

Round 1: Slow opening round. Neither fighters shows much
Round 2: Big round for Towne. Referee warns Towne for using his shoulders on the inside. Minter cut badly on lip. Minter has swelling under right eye
Round 3: Close round. Towne busier. Right eye swelling increasing on Minter
Round 4: Good round for Towne
Round 5: Close round. Not much happens. Neither fighter wants to mix it up
Round 6: Nice round for Minter. Swelling under Minter's right eye getting worse
Round 7: Towne outlands Minter 41-7. Slight swelling under Towne's right eye
Round 8: Nice round for Minter. Fighters end round in a staredown
Round 9: Minter doesn't do much. Minter's vision may be hampered by swelling right eye
Round 10: Towne takes round off. Minter starts targeting Towne's swelling right eye
Round 11: Swelling on both fighters getting worse. Towne seems to be bothered by swelling. Minter takes round easily
Round 12: Action from bell to bell. Towne seems to have advantage. Swelling on both fighters is getting worse
Round 13: Minter scores big knockdown. Towne up a 9-count but is on shaky legs. Towne is cut over right eye
Round 14: Close round. Could go either way
Round 15: Close round. Towne is a bit busier

Alan Minter W-S15 CH-Artie Towne
(scores: 144-141, 141-143, 143-142)

Alan Minter wins MW Title

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(#5) Charles Turner 45-18-1 (41) vs. (#13) Billy Papke 25-14-5 (18)

Vegas Odds: Papke is a 3:2 favorite

#5 seed Charles Turner has never fought for the MW Title so far in his career. This is Turner's 2nd consecutive EOY Tournament and now has a 3-1 tournament record which includes victories over Paul Pender (W-KO15) in S2 EOY, Steve Belloise (W-KO6) in S2 EOY and Carl Olson (W-TKO7) in S3 EOY. He was eliminated from last season's tournament by Michael Nunn (L-KO10)

#13 seed Billy Papke is a former MW Champion who won and lost the belt in back-to-back matches in last season's EOY Tournament and has a 1-1-2 record in Championship bouts. In his 2nd consecutive EOY Tournament, Papke has a tournament record of 2-1-1 including wins over Carl Olson (Draw-15 & W-TKO10) in S2 EOY to win the MW Title and Jermain Taylor (W-TKO10(c)) in S3 EOY. Papke lost the MW Title and was eliminated from last season's EOY Tournament by Tony Ayala Jr (L-TKO3)

This will be the 1st meeting between Charles Turner and Billy Papke.

Round 1: Good round for Turner. Papke hurt but recovers quickly
Round 2: Too close to call. Papke on his bicycle
Round 3: Close round. Brawl for entire 3 minutes
Round 4: Good round for Turner
Round 5: Close round. Could go either way
Round 6: Papke hurt badly. Turner can't put him away
Round 7: Papke recovered well. Papke much busier
Round 8: Papke's punches losing steam. Turner more aggressive and lands a couple of damaging punches
Round 9: Turner is knocked down - up at 7 and looks stunned. Turner has swelling around right eye
Round 10: Even round. Right eye swelling on Turner is getting bad. Papke has swelling around right eye
Round 11: Big round for Papke. Swelling on both fighters increases
Round 12: Good round for Papke. Swelling around Turner's right eye is a mess
Round 13: Turner's right eye almost completely swollen shut. Turner scores knockdown. Papke up at 5 but on wobbly legs. Swelling around Papke's right eye getting worse
Round 14: Good round for Papke. Papke targets Turner's swollen right eye. Swelling on both fighters is noticably worse
Round 15: Papke finishes strong. Good upstairs and downstairs work

Charles Turner Draw-M15 Billy Papke
(scores: 142-142, 142-142, 142-143)

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(#3) Kelly Pavlik 54-16-3 (36) 1DQ vs. (#6) Tiger Flowers 48-15-4 (16) 1DQ

Vegas Odds: Even 1:1

#3 seed Kelly Pavlik has been on the short end of 3 title shots and has a 0-1-2 record in Championship bouts. He lost to Steve Belloise (L-KO7) and fought even against George LaBlanche (Draw-12) and Frank Wissenbach (Draw-12). Pavlik now has a 1-2 record in 3 consecutive EOY Tournaments with his only victory against Paul Pender (W-TKO8) in S3 EOY. He was eliminated from the previous tournaments by Joey Giambra (L-TKO7(c)) in S1 EOY and Tiger Flowers (L-U15) in S2 EOY.

#6 seed Tiger Flowers has never fought for the MW Title. Flowers is in his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament now with a 3-2 tournament record including wins over Rocky Graziano (W-U15) in S1 EOY, Kelly Pavlik (W-U15) in S2 EOY and Michael Watson (W-U15) in S3 EOY. He was eliminated from the previous tournaments by Jermain Taylor (L-M15) in S1 EOY and Michael Nunn (L-KO14) in S2 EOY

Kelly Pavlik and Tiger Flowers have fought once before. Tiger Flowers won a 15-round unanimous decison in last season's EOY Tournament

Round 1: Slow round. Pavlik doesn't land a punch. Lots of wrestling and shoving
Round 2: Good round for Flowers. Pavlik just can't get anything going. Pavlik is clinching a lot
Round 3: Pavlik comes out of his shell. Pavlik lands big uppercut that knocks Flowers down. Flowers up at 6. Flowers
resorts to clinching
Round 4: Flowers back in control
Round 5: Close round. Pavlik hurts Flowers at end of round
ROund 6: Fighters land about equal number of punches, but Pavlik's punches are much more damaging
Round 7: Pavlik takes round off. Flowers lands often to score points effectively
Round 8: Too close to call. Flowers warned for low blow
Round 9: Even round
Round 10: Good round for Flowers. Pavlik looks dazed and in trouble. Pavlik has swelling around left eye
Round 11: Nice round for Pavlik. Flowers cut on inside of right eyebrow
Round 12: Flowers opens round very aggressive and has round in the bank until he is staggered by Pavlik and cut is reopened. Ref stops action and consults doctor. Doctor lets Flowers continue. Flowers seems revived and hurts Pavlik. Swelling around Pavlik's left eye is starting to affect him. Pavlik is staggered at bell
Round 13: Too close to call. Flowers is almost doubled over from a Pavlik body shot. Pavlik is still bothered by left eye swelling
Round 14: Flowers lets it all hang out. Referee warns Flowers for hitting with his shoulder. Pavlik warned by ref for leaning on Flowers' neck
Round 15: Good last round for Pavlik. Pavlik staggers Flowers again but can't finish him off

Kelly Pavlik Draw-15 Tiger Flowers
(scores: 144-142, 143-143, 142-144)

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(#7) Steve Belloise 46-22-3 (34) vs. (#15) Rocky Graziano 40-27-2 (33)

Vegas Odds: Graziano is 3:2 favorite

#7 seed Steve Belloise is a former MW Champion who has made 11 successful title defenses and has a 12-2 record in Championship Bouts. Belloise won the Season 1 EOY Tournament to become the 1st MW Champion in UTBA-II history. He captured the title with a victory over Michael Nunn and lost the belt to Joey DeJohn by 2nd round knockout. In his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament, Belloise now has a 6-1 tournament record with wins over George LaBlanche (W-TKO9) in S1 EOY, Terry Downes (W-TKO10) in S1 EOY, Joey Giambra (W-TKO8(c)) in S1 EOY, Michael Nunn (W-KO15) in S1 EOY Final, Rocky Graziano (W-U15) in
S2 EOY and Tony Ayala Jr (W-KO10) in S3 EOY. He was eliminated from last season's tournament by Charles Turner (L-KO6).

#15 seed Rocky Graziano has never fought for the MW Title yet in his career. In his 3rd consecutive EoY Tournament, Graziano now has a 1-2 tournament record with his only victory against Michael Nunn (W-KO10) in S3 EOY. He was eliminated in the previous tournaments by Tiger Flowers (L-U15) in S1 EOY and Steve Belloise (L-U15) in S2 EOY.

Steve Bellois and Rocky Graziano have fought twice before. Belloise won the 1st match (W-U15) in the Season 2 EOY Tournament and Graziano won the 2nd match (W-KO5) in Season 3 Week 7.

Round 1: Huge opening round for Belloise. Belloise hurts Graziano with a huge cross. Graziano immediately responds with a blatant low blow. Referee stops action and deducts a point from Graziano. Graziano cut under right eye. Graziano seems to be gasping for air
Round 2: Close round. Belloise busier but Graziano lands harder punches
Round 3: Good round for Graziano
Round 4: Good round for Belloise. Graziano is briefly dazed. Belloise's quickness and footwork are on display
Round 5: Graziano drops Belloise with a huge combination. Belloise back up at 9 but is badly hurt. Belloise has swelling around right eye. Graziano goes in for the kill. Belloise shaken by another big combination and starts to go down again. Referee grabs the falling Belloise and stops fight @ 2:28 mark

Rocky Graziano W-TKO5 Steve Belloise

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Semifinal Matchups:

(#16) CH-Alan Minter (Bonner Springs Bald Beavers) 47-28-6 (23) 1DQ
vs.
[TBD]

[TBD]
vs.
(#15) Rocky Graziano (Chilton Roughnecks) 41-27-2 (34)

[bear]

Lee
Good luck to Rocky

[Lee]

Originally Posted by bear

Lee
Good luck to Rocky

Thanks Bear, how cool would a battle of Cinderella's (Graziano V Minter) be in the finals.

[Romultiltus]

UTBA-II Season 3 Middleweight EOY Tournament
Sydney Stadium, Sydney NSW (AUSTRALIA)
1 December 2009

Quarterfinal Rematches:

1st Match ended in 15-Round Majority Draw

(#5) Charles Turner 45-18-2 (41) vs. (#13) Billy Papke 25-14-6 (18)

Round 1: Good opening round for Papke. Papke shows off his superior speed
Round 2: Papke is dancing circles around Turner. Turner is hurt. Papke pounces and scores a knockdown. Turner is up at 8
and badly hurt
Round 3: Better round for Turner, but Papke is still the busier fighter
Round 4: Turner knocked down again. Turner up at 4-count. Turner has major swelling under right eye
Round 5: Good round for Turner. Papke is on his heels
Round 6: Action filled round. Turner seems a bit distracted by increased swelling under right eye. Turner also has swelling around left eye
Round 7: Close round. Papke is busier. Turner's left eye is almost closed from swelling
Round 8: Close round. Papke is busier. Papke is hurt briefly. Turner looks fatigued
Round 9: Slow round. Lots of clinching. Papke is hurt again. Turner's left eye swelling is getting worse. Turner is warned for leaning on Papke's neck
Round 10: Even round. Swelling around both of Turner's eyes is getting worse.
Round 11: MOre swelling under Turner's left eye. Both fighters are hurt during round
Round 12: Papke takes round off. Turner is very active despite growing vision problems
Round 13: Dull round. Too much holding
Round 14: Papke lands hook to Turner's ribs and Turner folds like an accordion and goes down. Turner is up by 7. Turner is hurt badly. Both of Turner's eyes are swelling worse. Turner barely survives round
Round 15: Slow last round. Could go either way. Fighters embrace after bell, completing 30 rounds of fighting over 2 days

Billy Papke W-U15 Charles Turner
(scores: 147-137, 146-136, 147-137)

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(#3) Kelly Pavlik 54-16-4 (36) 1DQ vs. (#6) Tiger Flowers 48-15-5 (16) 1DQ

1st Match ended in 15-round Draw

Round 1: Pavlik wastes no time in this rematch. Pavlik lands beautiful uppercut to Flowers' chin that sends Flowers to the canvas. Flowers is disorientated and cannot beat the count. Referee reaches 10-count at 1:17 of opening round

Kelly Pavlik W-KO1 Tiger Flowers

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Semifinal Matchups:

(#16) CH-Alan Minter (Bonner Springs Bald Beavers) 47-28-6 (23) 1DQ
vs.
(#13) Billy Papke (Boxing Kangaroos) 26-14-6 (18)

(#3) Kelly Pavlik (Diggstown Ringers) 55-16-4 (37) 1DQ
vs.
(#15) Rocky Graziano (Chilton Roughnecks) 41-27-2 (34)

[Romultiltus]

I just finished running the WW-EOY Quarterfinal matches but won't have time to post the results tonight.

(Just a quick teaser - one of the bouts ended in a Technical Draw and a rematch will be run tomorrow)

[Romultiltus]

Sorry guys, no updates tonight. Got called back into work tonight. 2nd week in a row "on-call"