All Time Greatest Tourney - Infinity Style

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Quarter-Finals:

Mario D'Agata vs Simone Maludrottu - Maludrottu did a good job of keeping D'Agata at bay for a large portion of this fight, showing good heart, but not quite enoug in the skill department as the judges saw it 9-5, 7-7 (odd score) 8-6 for D'Agata.

Casper Leon vs Johnny Vacca - Good tough bout that saw both men have their moments as they took turns taking rounds early on. Leon asserted himself in the championship rounds however to win the 9-6, 9-6, 8-7 decision.

Franco Zurlo vs Kid Francis - Zurlo was wearing Francis down with a patient attack from the outside, making him follow throughout. A cut on the bridge of Francis nose became a gushing gash in the 10th round for the TKO.

Packey O'Gatty vs Piero Rollo - Rollo was dominant throughout the fight landing 49.8% of his punches and building up an insurmountable lead going into the 15th. Unfortunately a cut suffered early in the fight reopened and the fight was stopped 49 seconds into the round to give O'Gatty the suprise TKO on cuts!

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Semi-Finals:

Mario D'Agata vs Packey O'Gatty - D'Agata did everything right in this fight but one thing. He built up a solid lead with controlled agression and was well on his way to a decision (he was up 10-3 on both my card and that of Don Koss. The judges had it 10-4, 10-4, 9-5) when he blatantly began hitting and holding. He was given his 7th foul and was disqualified for the blatant foul handing O'Gatty a prayer of a win!

Casper Leon vs Franco Zurlo - A back and forth fight that saw these warriors accidentally clash heads in the 7th resulted in a cut over the right eye of Leon. In the 12th the cut had become so bad that the fight was stopped and sent to the scorecards. The judges had it 6-4, 7-2, 7-3 for Zurlo! I had it 6-4 for Zurlo, so the decision was just even though I felt it was far closer than 2 of the judges scored it.

Final:

Franco Zurlo vs Packey O'Gatty - Zurlo was in top form throughout the fight moving, then sticking then moving again using his jab to nearly close the left eye of O'Gatty who simply was too slow to cut the ring off effectively. When he did get in close Zurlo punished him with an wicked cross and strong hooks to dominate the fight. The judges scored the bout 10-4, 11-4, 9-5 for Zurlo who will advance to the World Tournament.

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The lone entrant at Jr. Bantamweight is Luigi Castiglione who will represent his country in the World Tournament.

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The amount of fighters is the same as The Beatles favorite number....number 9....number 9...... So with 9 fighters we'll have a single fight-in bout.

Fight-In:

Franco Cherchi vs Mercurio Ciaramitaro - A good effort by Ciaramitaro, but Cherchi simply won more of the 1 round fights to win the main fight 9-5, 8-7, 8-6.

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Quarter-Finals:

Salvatore Burruni vs Franco Cherchi - The number 7 wasn't lucky for Burruni. He dominated the fight, nearly closed both of Cherchi's eyes going into the 15th round. His 7th foul of the fight was using his shoulder to boor in and he was disqualified handing Cherchi the massive upset win. Burruni was up 10-4, 13-1, 12-2 through the 14th round.

Salvatore Fanni vs Franco Sperati - Fanni was well on his way to a dominating performance using his jab and footwork to good effect when in the 13th he opened a bad cut on the forehead of Sperati. It reopened in the 14th and the fight was promptly halted by the ring physician for the TKO for Fanni.

Rocky Gattellari vs Fernando Atzori - War Gattellari! War Atzori! Both men fought at a furious pace but the split decision went to the tough and hard hitting Gattellari by the score of 8-5, 5-7, 8-6.

Aristide Pozzali vs Andrea Sarritzu - Pozzali appeared on the way to a dominant win when a cut opened in the 2nd round over the left eye of Sarritzu reopened for the 3rd time in the 5th to stop the fight for the TKO. Pozzali was up 3-1 on all 3 cards and 4-0 on both my and Javier's scorecard.

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Semi-Finals:

Salvatore Fanni vs Franco Cherchi - Cherchi fought much better than expected to build up a lead going into the 14th round (I had him up 7-5 and Dan Cuoco had it 7-4 for Cherchi. The judges had it 7-5, 6-5, 7-6 for Cherchi). Fanni caught Cherchi with a wicked combo near the half way mark of round 14 and Cherchi was unable to beat the count for the come from behind KO!

Rocky Gattellari vs Aristide Pozzali - Pozzali built up a big lead then tried to hold on as the slow starting Gattellari came on like a hurricane! In the end the judges scored it 8-7 Gatellari, 8-6 for Pozzali and 7-7 even for a draw! Rematch to come.

Rematch:

Rocky Gattellari vs Aristide Pozzali - More of the same though this time they went back and forth throughout another solid action packed bout! Neither man was willing to give an inch and it showed in the closeness of the scoring (Lee Crooks and I had it 8-6 for Pozzali). In the end it went to the cards and the judges scored it 8-5, 9-5, 9-5 for the winner Aristide Pozzali!

Final:

Salvatore Fanni vs Aristide Pozzali - Fanni and Pozzali put on quite the performance in this classic boxer-slugger matchup. Fanni used the entire ring and Pozzali kept on top of him cutting him off well at times.In the 3rd Fanni went down and barely beat the count!. In the 9th round they gave a highlight reel round that saw both men raising their hands to a jubulant crowd! In the 10th the slugger Pozzali walked into a perfectly timed hook that dropped Pozzali for the count, handing the boxer the KO win! Fanni moves on to the World Tournament after this thrilling fight!

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2 warriors makes for a 1 win you're in scenario.

Final:

Vincenzo Belcastro vs Franco Udella - Belcastro was boxing well but Udella was landing the heavier leather. Belcastro suffered cuts under his right eye, on the bridge of his nose, and a split lip. In the 13th the cut on the bridge of the nose forced the bout to end, sending Udella to the World Tournament on the back of a 13th round TKO. I had it 7-6 Belcastro and my co-announcer Javier Aguirre Flores had it 7-3 for Belcastro. The judges had it 7-2, 6-3, 6-4 for Belcastro.

My next post will be a recap of Italy as there are no Straweight entrants.

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Italy will be lead by Nino Benvenuti and Bruno Arcari, but there are others that may suprise.

HW - Francesco Damiani 5-0-0 (4)
CW - Giacobbe Fragomeni 3-0-1 (0)
LHW - Silvio Branco 3-0-0 (0)
SMW - Vincenzo Nardiello 1-0-0 (0)
MW - Nino Benvenuti 3-0-0 (2)
JMW - Carmelo Bossi 3-0-0 (2)
WW - Silvano Bertini 4-0-0 (1)
JWW - Bruno Arcari 3-0-0 (1)
LW - Aldo Spoldi 3-0-1 (2)
JLW - Domenico Chiloiro 2-0-0 (1)
FW - Tommaso Galli 3-0-0 (0)
JFW - Loris Steccca 1-0-0 (1)
BW - Franco Zurlo 4-0-0 (1)
JBW - Luigi Castiglione - Automatic Bid
FLY - Salvatore Fanni 3-0-0 (3)
JFLY - Franco Udella 1-0-0 (1)
SW - No entrant.

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There are 2 fighters in the Welterweight division.

Welterweights:

Final:

David Thio vs Traore Dramane - Thio was the beneficiary of a cut on Dramane's forehead due to an accidental butt that ended the fight in the 7th round. The judges scored it 3-2, 3-2, 4-1 for Thio who moves on to the World Tournament.

The following fighters recieve automatic bids to the World Tourney due to their being the lone entrant in their divisions:

Kimoun Kouassi - LW
Jules Touan - FW
Ernest Koffi - BW

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Heavyweights:

Argentina: The top seeded Oscar Bonavena was disqualified while fighting the eventual winner Pedro Lovell.

Belgium: Karel Sys was heavlily favored in his bout against Pierre Charles yet lost on a TKO.

Cruiserweights:

Argentina: It's second straight #1 seed disqualified as eventual Tournament winner Victor Emilio Ramirez prevails against Marcelo Dominguez.

Australia: Daniel Rowsell scores the TKO over Dave Russell.

Brazil: The lowest seed in the tournament KO's the #1 seed then defeats the #3 seed to move on.

England: Slight favorite Johnny Nelson loses by TKO to the hard hitting David Haye.

Germany: Ruediger May outpoints heavily favored Marco Huck.

Light Heavyweights:

Australia: Top seeded Jeff Harding loses to #4 Paul Brigs who then loses to #2 seeded Danny Green.

Italy: Lou Bogash, the #1 seed loses on disqualification in the first round to lightly regarded Artenio Calzavara. Second seeded Silvio Branco wins.

Middleweights:

Argentina: The great Carlos Monzon loses to 9th seeded Miguel Angel Arroyo on a disqualification. Arroyo then loses in the finals to 8th seeded Victor Zalazar in the final round.

Australia: Top seeded Les Darcy loses to eighth seeded Tom Hall. Hall then loses to fourth seeded Sam Soliman in the Finals.

Belgium: Lightly regarded Leon Fouquet defeats Cyrille Delannoit on a DQ.

England: All time great Bob Fitzsimmons loses by TKO on cuts against #3 Randy Turpin.

Germany: Hans Stretz comes out of nowhere to KO Arthur Abraham. Felix Sturm, the #2 seed ends up going to the World Tournament.

Welterweight:

England: 2nd seeded Lloyd Honeyghan scores a TKO against top seeded Ted Kid Lewis.

Italy: Top seeded Bruno Visintin loses on points to the eventual winner 7th seeded Silvano Bertini.

Jr. Welterweight:

Argentina Juan Martin Coggi, the #3 seed wins on points against Nicolino Locche.

England: #1 seed Ricky Hatton loses the decision to eventual winner #2 seed Jack Kid Berg.

Italy: As predicted by PWills Duilio Loi was upset by #2 seeded tourney entrant Bruno Arcari.

Lightweights:

Argentina: Justo Suarez, the 6th seed defeats top seeded Luis Federico Thompson on a disqualification.

Cuba: Florentino Fernandez drops the decision to tourney winner and #3 seed Emory Cabana.

Ireland: Fourth seeded Tommy Cleary defeats the third and first seeds along the way to winning the berth.

Italy: Aldo Spoldi, the #2 seed scores the TKO against Carlo Orlandi.

Featherweights:

Columbia: #3 Seed Daniel Blanco scores 3 KO's including #1 seed Ricardo Cardona to win this berth.

England: Unknown Richie Wenton KO's top seed Derry Matthews to win the tourney.

Bantamweights:

Australia: Jimmy Carruthers is TKO'd on cuts by lightly thought of Joe Russell. Elly Bennett, the #2 seed moves on to the world tournament.

England: The #3 seed Johnny King scores the KO against top seeded Owen Moran.

Flyweights:

England: Top seeded Terry Allen is the victim of an embarrassing KO at the hands of #9 seeded Mickey McGuire. #2 seeded Teddy Gardner was out pointed by #11 seeded Joe Symonds. Symonds went on to the final round where he was KO'd by #5 seed Eric Marsden.

Italy: The #1 Seeded Salvatore Burruni lost on DQ to #7 Seeded Franco Cherchi who was subsequently KO'd by eventual winner #2 seed Salvatore Fanni.

Strawweights:

Argentina: Hector Luis Patri was shocked by Carlos Mario Eluaiza in the finals.

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Some big time upsets there with Bonavena and Monzon going down

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We have 5 entrants in the Heavyweight division so will have a fight-in.

Fight-In:

Melton Bowen vs Stanford Harris - Bowen used constant pressure to score 3 knockdowns enroute to a 9-6, 11-3, 9-5 decision.

Semi-Finals:

Owen Beck vs Melton Bowen - Beck was a one man wrecking crew in this one, taking it to Bowen, hurting him badly in the 6th then scoring a knockdown before the fight was stopped in the 6th for the TKO.

Joe Bygraves vs Oliver Wright - Dominating performance by Bygraves. After a slow first round he took every round with ease, scoring 3 knockdowns, including the KO shot in the 11th round.

Final:

Owen Beck vs Joe Bygraves - Beck wore Bygraves down, then scored a knockdown in the 10th. In the 11th, sensing the end he scored 4 more knockdowns before Bygraves was finally counted out! Beck moves on to the World Tournament.

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Uriah Grant gets the automatic bid as he has no challengers.

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3 fighters in this division gives Glencoffe Johnson the bye.

Semi-Final:

Richard Hall vs Ovill McKenzie - Hall fell behind 5-0 and was cut in the 5th round. He came out looking to end things in the 6th and did some serious damage but Hall survived. McKenzie came out with a vengance in the 7th and battered McKenzie throughout the round for the TKO win!

Final:

Glencoffe Johnson vs Richard Hall - Hall survived a 1st round KO but was unable to get untracked and Johnson punished him so badly in the 4th round that the referee was forced to end things for the TKO. Johnson moves forward to the World Tournament.

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McCallum time

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We have 3 Super Middleweights. Top seeded Otis Grant recieves the bye.

Semi-Final:

Chris Johnson vs Richard Grant - Johnson dictated the pace and Grant landed punches in bunches to punish him for doing so, but it was the pure aggression and power that took the day as Grant won the decision in a very entertaining bout. Mike Hanson and I had it 10-4 for Johnson, and the judges scored it 9-4, 7-7, 11-3 for Johnson by split decision. Most of the fans were booing the 2nd referee. but they were pleased that the right man made it to the next fight.

Final:

Otis Grant vs Chris Johnson - Grant danced as if his life depended on it, keeping the bobbing and weaving Johnson at bay for most of the fight, building up a lead when in the 13th he zigged when he should have zagged and ran into a short hook flush on the temple that sent Grant pitching forward for an 8 count! Johnson waded in for the kill and later in the round landed a huge cross that put Grant out for the count! Johnson moves forward to the World Tournament.

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Only one entrant at Middleweight.

Frisco McGale

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The lone entrant at Jr. Middleweight is the great Mike McCallum who's the odds on favorite to win the gold medal at the World Tournament.

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McCallum gets the automatic bid, but I honestly think he'll take the gold medal in the World Tournament.

Originally Posted by PWillisTheMan

McCallum time

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Originally Posted by bear

Some big time upsets there with Bonavena and Monzon going down

I'm still in shock about the Monzon result, and that happened months ago...