After the War

[CONN CHRIS]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

Thanks to all who've responded so far! I think I've got more people responding in one day than I've had in the lifetime of the Thriftlon Reports.

Clearly, the people in the basement are just better. It's the only reasonable explanation.

[Syd Thrift]

Well, fight fans, we finally had our first 5 Boroughs matchup between #2 contender Roderick "The Playboy" Johnston and Frank "The Club" Seiler. It was a decent fight in all, at least once you get past the fact that Johnston did all that bobbing and weaving and throwing light little girl punches that we normally associate with the French. Will that be enough for him to defeat Jaffe? Well, we don't know. We've sort of forgotten how good or bad he is because the jerk hasn't put on gloves since March. Oh, he shows up every Friday to talk about the "game", but if he doesn't get himself into a matchup soon... well, let's just say that our Tammany Hall connections might come in handy here.

Merlin Vienns seems to have a predilection for shocking fight fans. The patron saint of the French style nonetheless delivered a powerful performance against the heretofore undefeated Oscar Thompson. We'll say it straight out - Thompson was lucky. Still, Thompson was delivered to the mat in under a minute against a guy who really, we swear, doesn't punch all that hard. Makes you wonder.

Notes: Allen Pulito broke his ankle following the fight and will be out for several months. Serves him right for headhunting in the first round. Also following his fight, Canadian Tanguy Ruel announced he is returning to his homeland for 6 months to support his family cutting logs. Since he "earned" a draw against future tomato can Spencer Summers in his only match, it's hard to say that he'll be particularly missed.

Date	   Winner              W-L-D K   Loser            W-L-D K  Venue   Group       Significance Matchup Result
9/7/1866   William Jackson     2-0-0 1   Chris Barrett    0-5-0    Frank's Beginners   C           C-       UD
Congratulations, Mr. Barrett! You've been promoted to Tomato Can!
9/7/1866   Alexis Beaudoin     1-0-0     Thomas McConkey  1-2-0    Frank's Beginners   C-           C-      MD
Beaudoin has the strongest right hand of any Canadian we've seen. Which is to say that it's mediocre.
9/7/1866   Norris Hetu         1-0-0     Anton Pelchat    0-1-0    Frank's Beginners   B+           C       UD      
Even when French people fight each other they can't knock anybody out.
9/7/1866   Nicholas Gregory    2-0-0     David Sams       1-1-0 1  Frank's Beginners   B+           B+      MD
Gregory kept this one closer than it should have been with repeated fouling.
9/21/1866  Spencer Summers     1-5-1     Tanguy Ruel      0-0-1    Frank's Beginners   C            C-      Dr
Is there hope for Summers yet? No, there is not.
9/21/1866  Jeffrey Melton      2-2-0 1   Allen Polito     2-1-0    Frank's Beginners   C            D       TKO1
Polito didn't take Melton seriously in the first round and paid the price.
9/21/1866  Merlin Vienns       3-3-1 1   Oscar Thompson   5-1-0 1  Frank's Intergrp    D            D-      KO1
What is this foolishness!!???
9/21/1866  Roderick Johnston   5-3-0     Frank Seiler     3-4-2 1  Frank's NY          B            B       MD
Johnston utilizes the French style to a slim majority division (thanks in part to judge Dr. Chaos, who is weird).

NY State Ranking      W  L  D  KO
C. Jesse Jaffe        7  2  0  2
1. Roderick Johnston  5  3  0
2. Jesus Horne        4  2  0
3. Michael Butler     2  4  1  1
4. Frank Seiler       3  3  2  1
5. Mike Reynolds      2  3  1  1

[CONN CHRIS]

I think it might be a good idea for this publication's editorial staff to spend some quality time in a back alley with Marcel Cerdan.

[kenyan_cheena]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

Thanks to all who've responded so far! I think I've got more people responding in one day than I've had in the lifetime of the Thriftlon Reports.

It's always nice to see a new universe start up. I hope you have as much fun down here as the rest of us do, Syd.

As for the responses, I'd have to agree with Chris. I don't want to be critical to the posters or readers of the OOTP Dynasty forum, but they really don't give a person much enthusiasm for continuing a baseball dynasty. Last year I was doing one which included weekly reports of the happenings around the league. Not to blow my own horn, but it was better than probably 90% of the stuff being posted there and with the exception of board member ifspuds, I rarely got a word of encouragement or compliment. It was one of the reasons why I stopped doing it because even though it was getting a lot of views, and even though I was enjoying writing it, I really felt like I was performing to an empty auditorium, so to speak. Folks down here in ItR really get involved in the universes people craft and they let you know that with their posts.

Welcome aboard!

[Syd Thrift]

Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

It's always nice to see a new universe start up. I hope you have as much fun down here as the rest of us do, Syd.

As for the responses, I'd have to agree with Chris. I don't want to be critical to the posters or readers of the OOTP Dynasty forum, but they really don't give a person much enthusiasm for continuing a baseball dynasty. Last year I was doing one which included weekly reports of the happenings around the league. Not to blow my own horn, but it was better than probably 90% of the stuff being posted there and with the exception of board member ifspuds, I rarely got a word of encouragement or compliment. It was one of the reasons why I stopped doing it because even though it was getting a lot of views, and even though I was enjoying writing it, I really felt like I was performing to an empty auditorium, so to speak. Folks down here in ItR really get involved in the universes people craft and they let you know that with their posts.

Welcome aboard!

Oh yeah, I definitely do Thriftlon for personal enjoyment. I've gotten the occasional good word from people but it quickly became clear that if I was going to rely on verbal encouragement for that, the dynasty wasn't going to last long... and, of course, peoples' dynasties there tend not to last long.

Ah well... on with the uni....

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

I think it might be a good idea for this publication's editorial staff to spend some quality time in a back alley with Marcel Cerdan.

Or George Chuvalo. But it's all in good fun! Speaking of which... Connecticut is right next to New York state... hmm.

[Syd Thrift]

October brings us the first regional class ring championship. Jesse Jaffe TKO'd the free-living Roderick "Playboy" Johnston during the title-opening tourney, so it wasn't all that strange that he won an easy unanimous decision. It was just good to see Jaffe in the ring again. Johnston's defeat propelled Jesus Horne back into the #1 contender slot. Horne also lost twice to Jaffe in the tournament; it's going to be nice to see some of these non-tournament entrants get promoted to the region so they can take on the ringmaster.

Date	   Winner              W-L-D K   Loser            W-L-D K  Venue   Group       Significance Matchup Result
10/12/1866 Christian Barrett   1-5-0 1   Jacques Cantin   1-3-0    Frank's Beginners   D            D       TKO5
Fun fact: the French word for "tomato" is "tomate".
10/12/1866 Jeffrey Melton      3-2-0 1   Thomas McConkey  1-3-0    Frank's Beginners   D            C-      SD
Everything we have said in the past about Canadians could equally be applied to the Irish.
10/12/1866 Nicholas Gregory    3-0-0     Scott Ross       0-1-0    Frank's Beginners   B+           C       SD
Gregory came back from questionable foul call in the 1st round and dominated last 3 frames.
10/12/1866 Frank Seiler        4-4-2 1   Mike Reynolds    2-4-1 1  Frank's New York    C            B-      MD
Close decision on the cards, but boy did Seiler cut up Reynolds in this fight.
10/26/1866 Julius Perry        1-0-0     Tom Reid         0-2-0    Frank's Beginners   B            C-      MD
Orange Julius, a new boxer from the state of Connecticut, is one to watch.
10/26/1866 Manuel Roettgen     2-1-0 2   Spencer Summers  1-6-1    Frank's Beginners   C            D       TKO6
Roettgen recovers nicely from surprise knockout, returns the favor to Summers.
10/26/1866 William Jackson     3-0-0 1   Robert Bayham    0-2-0    Frank's Beginners   C            C-      DQ2
Jackson was, to be charitable, lucky to emerge with a win here.
10/26/1866 Jesse Jaffe         8-2-0 2   Rod Johnston     5-4-0    Frank's New York    A            C+      UD
See, the problem with the French style is that if you're losing, you can't punch your way back into it.

NY State Ranking      W  L  D  KO
C. Jesse Jaffe        8  2  0  2
1. Jesus Horne        4  2  0
2. Roderick Johnston  5  4  0
3. Frank Seiler       4  4  2  1
4. Michael Butler     2  4  1  1
5. Mike Reynolds      2  4  1  1

[CONN CHRIS]

Orange Julius, a new boxer from the state of Connecticut, is one to watch.

Home to the great Professor Charles Hadley who began boxing at about this time. He lost in his one shot at the Colored title with Godfrey. Later he beat a stiff for something billed as the Black HW title but I don't know if that counted in anybody's book.

The fight one-liners are the best thing about this little universe.

[bear]

Syd
How are you coming up with your fictional names. Are you using a name generator or using your mischievous imagination.

Bear

[Syd Thrift]

Originally Posted by bear

Syd
How are you coming up with your fictional names. Are you using a name generator or using your mischievous imagination.

Bear

I found a fictional name generator on the Interwebs. It also is creating fictional credit card numbers but I'm not using those. I *would* use OOTP except that I already have Acrobat Reader, 5 Open Office Files, 2 instances of Firefox with several tabs in each, the Python code editor and IDLE, and Notepad open, and I'm thinking that OOTP would at this point blow up my system.

All nicknames, commentaries, and related sass are 100% me, however.

ETA: I'm not normally a fan of releasing ratings in my dynasties, but here's the punch distributions of one of my debut fighters for the month, professional pirate/pugilist Captain Jack O'Rourke:

Jabs: 0/0
Hooks: 79/21
Crosses: 0/0
Combos: 0/0
Uppercuts: 0/0

[Syd Thrift]

Well, we waited for the rematch between Laffe Jaffe and Jesus "The Messiah" Horne all year long and... this is how it ended. Horne seems to have a real problem with opening up wounds. One could almost say he has the fistic stigmata, har har har. His loss throws the 5 Boroughs into turmoil. Jeffrey Melton is now the best-looking boxer of the bunch, although nobody really looks like they have a chance against Jaffe. We guess that means he's going to sit on his rear for another 6 months talking about how great a fighter he is.

In other news, the league is taking on a more international flavor with some of its new additions. Witness Don Flamenco, whose path to the ring involves him holding a rose between his teeth. Don't ask us why; we guess it's a bullfighting thing. He also believes that he has really good hair, but we can't really tell on account of all the pomade he puts in it. Captain Jack O'Rourke is the other new non-US fighter; he is, shall we say, not very acclimated to the rules set down by the Marquis of Queensbury, but it seems to work for him.

Date	   Winner              W-L-D K   Loser            W-L-D K  Venue   Group       Significance Matchup Result
11/2/1866  Harley Jackson      0-0-0     Anton Pelchat    0-1-1    Frank's Beginners   B+           B       Draw
Even the phrase "Canadian on Canadian action" sounds morally wrong. When they fight? Ohhhh.
11/9/1866  Scott Ross          1-1-0     Nathan Rice      0-1-0    Frank's Beginners   B+           C-      UD
That's no way to introduce our friends from across the border to the game, Mr. Ross. Oh, wait... yes it is.
11/9/1866  Tony Wilson         4-1-0 2   Joe Miles        0-4-0    Frank's Beginners   B+           C       KO2
Joe Miles ran away the entire fight but Wilson still caught up to him.
11/9/1866  Robert Baynham      1-2-0     Don Flamenco     0-1-0    Frank's New York    B+           D       UD
Heard between rounds: "Hey, referee! I like your hair!"
11/9/1866  Roderick Johnston   6-4-0     Thomas McConkey  1-4-0    Frank's Beginners   D            D       UD
Fight was never in doubt. Coincidentally, "Never In Doubt" is the name of Johnston's yacht.
11/16/1866 Manuel Roettgen     3-1-0 2   Alan Briggs      1-4-1    Frank's Beginners   D            D       UD
Roettgen goes the distance for the first time in his career; Briggs is awful for the 6th time in his.
11/23/1866 Cap'n Jack          1-0-0     Nick Gregory     3-1-0    Frank's Beginners   B+           A       UD
A lot closer than you'd expect a unanimous decision to be. Hook count: Jack 155, Gregory 25.
11/23/1866 Julius Perry        2-0-0 1   Tanguy Ruel      0-1-1    Frank's Beginners   B            C       KO2
Ruel's ankle didn't look like it was quite 100% healed. Or else he watched Cap'n Jack and decided to walk like a pirate.
11/23/1866 Merlin Vienns       4-3-1 2   Chris Barrett    1-6-0 1  Frank's New York    D            D       TKO1
Apparently, no matter how softly you punch, if you punch often enough the referee will stop the fight.
11/23/1866 Jeffrey Melton      4-2-0 1   Frank Seiler     4-5-2 1  Frank's New York    B            B       SD
Melton survived a late knockdown to take this one.
11/23/1866 Jesse Jaffe         9-2-0 3   Jesus Horne      5-3-0 0  Frank's New York    A-           A       TKO1
"Anticlimactic" cannot begin to describe this bout. Jaffe opened up a nasty cut above Horne's eye and it was all over.
11/30/1866

NY State Ranking      W  L  D  KO
C. Jesse Jaffe        9  2  0  3
1. Jeffrey Melton     4  2  0  1
2. Roderick Johnston  6  4  0
3. Frank Seiler       4  5  2  1
4. Jesus Horne        5  3  0
5. Michael Butler     2  4  1  1
6. Mike Reynolds      2  4  1  1

[Syd Thrift]

Notes on November 1866:

Tanguy Ruel finally did get himself away like he promised, but only after getting pounded by Nutmeg State fighter "Orange Julius" Perry. His ankle, despite what it says in the fight summary, is just fine. We hear that the lumber trade does wonders for a man's arm strength...

Julius Perry himself was caught in an alcohol "abuse" scandal that won't make a lot of sense unless we explain it. We at Frank's gym, we like to drink a fair amount. We encourage our boxers to do the same. Well, unbeknownst to us Orange Julius had been pretending to get as loaded as everybody else but was actually feeding the beer to his dog that he kept under the table. This way, we think, he was getting the lowdown on what the other fighters' self-proclaimed strengths and weaknesses were. Nobody was any the wiser until the end of this month, when that canine sadly perished of acute liver poisoning. We've decided to give Perry 3 months off to think about his actions. If he's a real man, he won't use his ill-gotten knowledge to land more strong hits when he comes back.

Nathan Rice busted up his knee shortly after his unanimous decision loss to Scott Ross. He was sparring too soon after a fight. Should have known better. He'll be out for a good 6 months with that blow.

The travails of Captain Jack O'Rourke continue. Following his victory over Nicholas Gregory, O'Rourke poked out the eye of the doctor who was giving him his post-fight physical and was suspended from boxing for 30 days. "Yar, I be not havin' a man touch me in that way when I ain't at sea," he said by way of explanation.

Thomas McConkey rolled his ankle celebrating his latest loss. Nothing big; he won't box next month but should be able to start losing again in no time.

Finally, Jesse Jaffe's gloves appeared to have been doctored when our people looked at them in the post-fight inspection. He was immediately banished from Frank's Gym for a year and the 5 Boroughs Belt will be shortly rewarded to someone else. You may wonder why it is that a man who loads up his hands before a fight gets a 1 year suspension while a man who gets his dog drunk only gets 3 months. However, if you wonder about that too much, perhaps you should go back to Canada where people do that sort of thing all the time.

[gocubsgo]

Very nice idea Syd, i will be keeping up with it.

[Syd Thrift]

For the time being, the 5 Boroughs Class Ring is on the finger of Frank "The Club" Seiler following his convincing decision against the unconvincing Michael Butler. Still, through 12 career bouts Seiler has lost as many matches as he's won so we don't expect that he'll be holding onto the ring for long. Jeffrey Melton, who won a split decision against Seiler in his first New York City regional bout, decided he didn't want to fight this month. What were we expected to do? Wait for this young scoundrel to feel he was up to it before allowing him to box for the title?

Speaking of regions, there have been rumblings among the Canadian crowd that they may have a version of the 5 Boroughs Class Ring sometime soon. Already Merlin the Magician has propped himself up as the "Canadian champion", and although that title strikes us as about as useful as "finest epic poet in Yonkers", we see no reason why they should not have a little glory of their own. Another title we expect to see soon is the King of the Ring 1: The Fellowship of the Ring belt, which will be awarded to the top newcomer and defended as such until the boxer moves up into regional play.

Date	   Winner              W-L-D K   Loser            W-L-D K  Venue   Group       Significance Matchup Result
12/14/1866 David Sams          2-1-0 2   Glass Joe        0-1-0    Frank's Beginners   B+           D       TKO6
His full name is Joe Lavalliere but we didn't want to type all of that in.
12/14/1866 Harley Jackson      1-0-1     Norris Hetu      1-1-0    Frank's Beginners   B+           B       UD
We think the judges gave it to Jackson primarily for staying in the match with the right side of his face bleeding.
12/14/1866 Tony Wilson         5-1-0 2   Anton Pelchat    0-2-1    Frank's Beginners   C            D       UD
It's like the War of 1812 all over again! We won that one, right?
12/14/1866 Michael Reynolds    3-4-1 2   Tom Reid         0-3-0    Frank's Intra       D            F       KO2
Reynolds did exactly what was expected against an outclassed newbie.
12/14/1866 Brandon Casey       1-0-0     Rob Baynham      1-3-0    Frank's Beginners   B+           D       UD
Baynham never had a chance against slugging newcomer "Mighty" Casey.
12/28/1866 Nicholas Gregory    4-1-0     Scott Ross       1-2-0    Frank's Beginners   C            D       UD
The only "split" this time around occurred in Ross's lips and eyebrows. Ross was also saved by the bell in the 6th.
12/28/1866 Alexis Beaudoin     2-0-0 1   Oscar Thompson   5-2-0 1  Frank's Beginners   B+           B+      KO5
Thompson was winning this one going away, then the French-Canadian did what no French-Canadian is ever supposed to do.
11/23/1866 Frank Seiler        5-5-2 1   Mike Butler      2-5-0 1  Frank's New York    A+           B       UD
Seiler, the epitomal .500 fighter, wraps up the 5 Boroughs Class Ring with a devastating performance.

NY State Ranking      W  L  D  KO
3. Frank Seiler       5  5  2  1
1. Jeffrey Melton     4  2  0  1
2. Roderick Johnston  6  4  0
3. Oscar Thompson     5  2  0  1
4. Jesus Horne        5  3  0
5. Mike Reynolds      3  4  1  1
6. Michael Butler     2  5  1  1
X. Jesse Jaffe        9  2  0  3

[Syd Thrift]

Ah, a new year of pugilistics and fisticuffs and assorted other names for the sport of one man bashing another man's brains out. This one figures to be even more exciting than the first, and that's saying quite a lot!

Without a doubt, the fight of the month award has to go to the Casey-Jackson matchup that took place on the 25th. Both fighters came out headhunting and thus it was no surprise that one of them hit the mat early. Brandon Casey tried to cover up for the rest of the first but Jackson still got to him. He barely got up on the count of 9 and only made it through the round because the bell tolled shortly thereafter. Casey also got cut underneath one eye and spent the majority of the 2nd running away from punches while waiting for it to clot. Jackson took this maneuver as a sign that his opponent was ready to be taken down. Not the best of decisions. "Mighty" Casey timed his punches in the third against the charging Jackson, and he struck Jackson down once, twice, and then three times. Just like in the new ball game that is taking this city by storm, three strikes generally means that you are out.

Based on this, we've elected to award Brandon Casey the King of the Ring award. We're not sure how long he'll hold it, as we imagine he'll be moving up to the next level very quickly, but for the time being he's the man to beat.

Date	   Winner              W-L-D K   Loser            W-L-D K  Venue   Group       Significance Matchup Result
1/11/1867  Tony Wilson         6-1-0 2   Thomas McConkey  1-5-0    Frank's Beginners   D            B       MD
McConkey proving to be a man who cannot be knocked down. He can't punch, but he can't be floored.
1/18/1867  Cap'n Jack          2-0-0 1   Anton Pelchat    0-3-1    Frank's Beginners   D            D       KO3
Cap'n Jack's ferocious hooks capsize another victim.
1/18/1867  Nicholas Gregory    5-1-0     Bear Hugger      0-1-0    Frank's Beginners   B+           D       UD
They don't call Clifton Hugger "Bear" because he doesn't like to clinch, if you know what we mean.
1/18/1867  Don Flamenco        1-1-0     Jacques Cantin   1-4-0    Frank's Beginners   C            B       MD
Flamenco doesn't have a lot of punching power, but does have a great deal of fashion style.
1/18/1867  Michael Reynolds    4-4-1 2   Spencer Summers  1-7-1    Frank's New York    D            D       UD
Following this fight, we've decided to nickname Reynolds "The Manhattan Mauler". It's better than "Manhattan Mediocrity".
1/25/1867  Brandon Casey       2-0-0 1   William Jackson  3-1-0 1  Frank's Beginners   C            A       KO3
Wild, wild fight saw Casey go down twice in first, recover to floor Jackson thrice in 3rd.

NY State Ranking      W  L  D  KO
C. Frank Seiler       5  5  2  1
1. Jeffrey Melton     4  2  0  1
2. Oscar Thompson     5  2  0  1
3. Jesus Horne        5  3  0
4. Tom McConkey       1  5  0
5. Roderick Johnston  6  4  0
6. Mike Reynolds      4  4  1  1
7. Michael Butler     2  5  1  1
X. Jesse Jaffe        9  2  0  3

Canada Ranking        W  L  D  KO
C. Merlin Vienns      4  3  1  2

[Gunsmoke]

Good stuff Syd, enjoying this quite a lot.

Cheers,
Mark

[Syd Thrift]

If Jesus Horne fought nobody but Roderick "Playboy" Johnston, we imagine he'd be the 5 Boroughs ringholder by now. Of course, Johnston hasn't held the ring himself so that would be pretty hard. We were and still are skeptical of Horne's ability to last 10 rounds against somebody with proven punching power; Horne seems to open up a gash above his eye every single fight and this has led him to go for broke in the middle rounds of even some of his shorter fights. Having the ability to knock an opponent out is great; having to resort to that strategy because otherwise you're going to have the match called on cuts isn't. Even when he does win that way, he's got to tend to his wounds for a month and thus could miss out on fighting opportunities.

In other news, the New York region just got a little bigger as Nicholas Gregory announced he was moving up. He provides the 5 Boroughs with the kind of winning boxer it has missed since the suspension of Laffy Jaffe. Speaking of promotions, we're waiting with pleasure for Canadians Alexis Beaudoin and Norris Hetu to tell good old Frank that they'll be moving up to the Canadian regionals. When that happens, we expect that they'll retire to a second gym and hold matches there. We don't know for sure, but based on our knowledge of the people to the north, it will probably be owned by someone named "Guy" who pronounces his name "Gee" and who gets very angry when you say his name wrong. Don't say you weren't warned.

Notes: All was not well for Alexis Beaudoin, as it turns out that he broke his hand on Vladimir "Vodka" Drunkenski's face and will miss a couple months. Norris Hetu also bowed out for the next few months. He's following in his fellow Canadians' footsteps and taking up logging for a while. While we hear that it's great for the arms, it also provides them with a second source of income. Okay, that's actually a good thing on a personal level but it also means that he's liable to be less hungry. Let's hope he's still "got it" when he comes back.

Following his victory against future tomato can Allen Briggs, David Sams decided that boxing was not the life for him and announced his retirement. Well, forget you as well, Mister Sams!

Date	   Winner              W-L-D K   Loser            W-L-D K  Venue   Group       Significance Matchup Result
2/8/1867   Milton Harris       0-0-1     Allen Polito     2-1-1    Frank's Beginners   B            A       Dr
Polito's last bout was in September, and it showed.
2/8/1867   Robert Baynham      2-3-0     Bear Hugger      0-2-0    Frank's Beginners   C            C       UD
Baynham needed this victory. Hugger needs some sort of full-body razor.
2/8/1867   Cap'n Jack          3-0-0 2   Joe Miles        0-5-0    Frank's Beginners   D            F       TKO3
Throughout the fight, Miles had "a little Captain in him"; specifically, Captain's fists were embedded in his jaw.
2/8/1867   Thomas McConkey     2-5-0     Mike Butler      2-6-1 1  Frank's New York    C-           C       MD
Butler was all over McConkey in rounds 7 and 8; the question is, why didn't he fight like that sooner?
2/22/1867  David Sams          3-1-0 2   Alan Briggs      1-4-1 1  Frank's Beginners   D            D       UD
Sams literally wiped the floor with Briggs. Okay, fine... they literally had to mop the floor after they were done.
2/22/1867  Alexis Beaudoin     3-0-0 2   Vodka Drunkenski 0-1-0    Frank's Beginners   B            C       UD
Maybe Beaudoin isn't such a soft puncher after all: 2 knockdowns in his first 3 fights.
2/22/1867  Norris Hetu         2-1-0 1   Tony Wilson      6-2-0 2  Frank's Beginners   C            B       KO2
Hetu put Wilson to the canvas twice in the 2nd. What is this world coming to, when Canadians can do that to the USA?
2/22/1867  Manuel Roettgen     3-1-0 2   Don Flamenco     1-2-0    Frank's Beginners   C            D       UD
Roettgen's punches slide off Flamenco's slick hair, preventing knockdown.
2/22/1867  Nicholas Gregory    6-1-0 1   Jacques Cantin   1-5-0    Frank's Beginners   D            D       KO6
The first KO of Gregory's career moves him into the New York Regionals. Good luck, Nicky Two Punches!
2/22/1867  Jesus Horne         6-3-0 2   Rod Johnston     6-5-0    Frank's New York    B+           B+      TKO8
Horne finally answers critics who say he can't do anything but get cut. Incidentally, he got cut in this fight, too.

NY State Ranking      W  L  D  KO
C. Frank Seiler       5  5  2  1
1. Jesus Horne        6  3  0  1
2. Jeffrey Melton     4  2  0  1
3. Tom McConkey       2  5  0
4. Nick Gregory       6  1  0  1
5. Oscar Thompson     5  2  0  1
6. Tony Wilson        6  2  0  2
7. Roderick Johnston  6  5  0
8. Mike Reynolds      4  4  1  1
9. Michael Butler     2  6  1  1
X. Jesse Jaffe        9  2  0  3

Canada Ranking        W  L  D  KO
C. Merlin Vienns      4  3  1  2

[Syd Thrift]

I've made a little modification to my Python script that allows me to enter in the primary characteristics of the boxers if I want to. What this means is, I am now opening up the After the War dynasty for you, the reader, to add in your own guys! If that sounds like something you want to do, just post the following in this thread in the way of a character sheet:

Name: (insert name here)
Nickname: (if you want one)
Hometown:
Skin color: (not used in determining ratings!)
Style: Boxer, Slugger, or Either
Handedness: L or R

Punching Prowess: (Bad, Mediocre, Average, Good, Excellent)
Hitting Power: (Bad, Mediocre, Average, Good, Excellent)
Heart: (Bad, Mediocre, Average, Good, Excellent)
Defense: (Bad, Mediocre, Average, Good, Excellent)

Origin story: Bear in mind that we're operating in the year 1867 but other than that feel free to get creative.

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A word on creativity: those of you who remember the ill-fated OT universe known as OT Nemesis Boxing (ill-fated in that it was totally wiped out in the Great Crash of 2005) know that I am big on creativity. Simply put, the better/funnier/more fistic the boxer you put together is, the better he will be. Conversely, if you create a guy named Greaty McGreaterson and list his origin as "HE GRATEST OF ALL TIEM!!!!11!", he'll probably become a tomato can, even if you set all his characteristics to "Excellent". That's because I will move them down to poor.

This also applies to setting actions in between months. If you want to tell your boxer to do something, just post that he's doing it and I'll post the results shortly. If the task he's doing hasn't been used before by someone else, you'll probably get a decent-sized bump to your boxer's abilities. If it has, whatever gains you get will probably be compensated for elsewhere. If you're just copying other people, expect your boxer to get worse. Don't expect changing a couple words around to count as something entirely new, either. For example: CONN CHRIS tells me that his boy Candy Jack Jacoby gets high on nutmeg before fights, which infuses him with robustness and makes him punch harder. I give Candy Jack a +2 to his Hitting Power. Stupid Johnny Slick (to pick out a name at random) then comes around and says "Okay, my guy Ulysses Simpson sniffs oleander". Oops! Ulysses found out that oleander makes his knees wobbly and just permanently lost 3 points of Avoid Knockdown.

Make sense? Then make your characters and get it on!

[Syd Thrift]

As expected, Frank Seiler gave up the 5 Boroughs Class Ring just as soon as he won it. I guess it was a little bit surprising that he lost it to Thomas McConkey, whose best attribute is his name. McConkey took an early lead and we saw why Seiler now has more career losses than wins: he was flat-out unable to punch himself back into the fight. If he wants another chance, he'll have to work his way up to get it now.

It was a bit of a disappointing month, actually. We're still watching Captain Jack O'Rourke, but his inability to soundly defeat tomato can Christian Barrett tells us that maybe he's not an upper echelon fighter after all. Sure is fun to watch though. Oscar Thompson also continued to win, which is just plain weird: we see the guy fall down all the time in sparring sessions, but when it comes to actual fights for actual money, he's been dropped just two times in eight fights. We will grant you that he didn't get up either time. We're just saying, it's curious. Is he hiding something in practice? Now he's the #2 contender for the 5 Boroughs Class Ring. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Date	   Winner              W-L-D K   Loser            W-L-D K  Venue   Group       Significance Matchup Result
3/1/1867   Cap'n Jack          4-0-0 2   Chris Barrett    1-7-0 1  Frank's Beginners   D            D       MD
It still shows up as a win in the standings is the best thing we can say about this one.
3/15/1867  Harley Jackson      2-0-1     Willie Burciaga  0-1-0    Frank's Beginners   B            C       UD
This one was close for a unanimous decision; Burciaga threw 20% more punches per round but landed fewer.
3/15/1867  Tom Reid            1-3-0 1   Glass Joe        0-2-0    Frank's Beginners   D            C       KO1
Seeing two bad fighters going at it is technically a close matchup, but is it the kind of matchup you want to see?
3/15/1867  Milton Harris       1-0-1     Robert Baynham   2-4-0    Frank's Beginners   C            A       UD
Harris may have won the fight, but the next night Baynham was out at the bar while Harris was home nursing concussion.
3/15/1867  Don Flamenco        2-2-0     Julius Perry     2-1-0 1  Frank's Beginners   C            C       UD
Flamenco built an early lead and then ran away from Perry for the rest of the fight. Flamenco is annoying.
3/15/1867  Oscar Thompson      6-2-0 1   Mike Reynolds    4-5-1 2  Frank's New York    B            B       UD
We're told that Thompson will go down when he's looked at hard, but we haven't seen that yet.
3/15/1867  Thomas McConkey     3-5-0     Frank Seiler     5-6-2 1  Frank's Beginners   A            B       UD
Well, that was quick. Seiler probably shouldn't be called "The Club". More like "The Noodle".

NY State Ranking      W  L  D  KO
C. Tom McConkey       3  5  0
1. Jesus Horne        6  3  0  1
2. Oscar Thompson     6  2  0  1
3. Jeffrey Melton     4  2  0  1
4. Nick Gregory       6  1  0  1
5. Tony Wilson        6  2  0  2
6. Roderick Johnston  6  5  0
7. Frank Seiler       5  6  2  1
8. Mike Reynolds      4  5  1  1
9. Michael Butler     2  6  1  1
X. Jesse Jaffe        9  2  0  3

Canada Ranking        W  L  D  KO
C. Merlin Vienns      4  3  1  2

[Claybor]

It's quiet in here.

[Syd Thrift]

Sorry, fight fans. My computer died a couple weeks ago and I just recently got the graphics card replaced. Also, I thought I had done something stupid that would have made me have to retrace a lot of this work, but as it turns out I did not.