World Team Boxing League - Season Thread - 1901 Season (On Football Hiatus)

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Bears Unstable	vs	Punching Bags
		Lineup		Lineup
		Kevin McBride		Al McCoy
		Marvin Hart		Vassily Jirov
		Lloyd Marshall		Joe Lannon
		Charley Retzlaff		Paddy Ryan
		Mervine Thompson		Joe Kennedy
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Kevin McBride	0	1	0	1
		Al McCoy	1	0	1	2	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Marvin Hart	1	1	1	3	W3
		Vassily Jirov	0	0	0	0
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Lloyd Marshall	1	1	1	3	W3
		Joe Lannon	0	0	0	0
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Charley Retzlaff	1	1	3	5	KO3
		Paddy Ryan	0	0	0	0
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Mervine Thompson	1	0	0	1
		Joe Kennedy	0	0	3	3	KO3
		Final Score
		Bears Unstable	13		Gate rec		$2.25
		Punching Bags	5		Gate rec		$4.50
	Moment of the Match

"The streak" is the story in this one, as in 11 straight rounds that the Punching Bags failed to tally a point. From the time Al McCoy took the 3rd stanza from Kevin McBride, until Joe Kennedy starched Mervine Thompson with a flurry of blows culminated with a left hook, the home fans had nary a thing to cheer. It was a hapless display that left team captain Al McCoy fuming afterwards, vowing the lads would be back!

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Louisville Clays	vs	Buckeye Promotions
		Lineup		Lineup
		Seth Mitchell		Bob Dunlap
		Manual Ramos		Harry Persson
		Archie Moore		Roy Lazer
		Roman Greenberg		John L Sullivan
		Terry Hinke		Tom Heeney
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Seth Mitchell	0	0	0	0
		Bob Dunlap	1	1	1	3	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Manual Ramos	0	0	1	1	Draw3
		Harry Persson	0	1	0	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Archie Moore	0	0	1	1
		Roy Lazer	1	1	0	2	W3
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Roman Greenberg	0	0	0	0
		John L Sullivan	0	3	1	4	TKO2
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Terry Hinke	0	0	0	0
		Tom Heeney	1	1	3	5	TKO3
		Final Score
		Louisville Clays	2		Gate rec		$1.75
		Buckeye Promotions	15		Gate rec		$3.50
	Moment of the Match

It was incomparable John L Sullivan, looking sluggish and uninterested going through the motions against Roman Greenberg in round 1 that lit the fire and turned a match that was still within reach for Louisville into a rout. The power of John L is always a wildcard and a single uppercut put Greenberg into a slumber, inspiring the crowd and teammate Tom Heeney who destroyed Terry Hinke to close the show. If their performances continue Buckeye may want to look at expanding their small arena before next season, as the fans are sure to be clamoring for more tickets.

[Lee]

		WTB League Standings			W	L	D	PF	PA	GB
		Buckeye Promotions			2	0	0	24	8	-
		Hebron Haymakers			2	0	0	19	10	-
		Nebraska Cornjabbers			2	0	0	18	11	-
		Bears Unstable			1	0	1	20	12	0.5
		Louisville Clays			0	1	1	9	22	1.5
		Washington Sounders			0	2	0	11	19	2
		Punching Bags			0	2	0	10	19	2
		Ice Tea Boxing			0	2	0	11	21	2
		Round 2 Recap
		Hebron Haymakers			13	Ice Tea Boxing			5
		Nebraska Cornjabbers			10	Washington Sounders			5
		Bears Unstable			13	Punching Bags			5
		Buckeye Promotions			15	Louisville Clays			2

News
Herbie Hide becomes the Chilton Cup Champion

	Schedule Round 3
		Hebron Haymakers				@	Louisville Clays
		Punching Bags				@	Nebraska Cornjabbers
		Washington Sounders				@	Bears Unstable
		Buckeye Promotions				@	Ice Tea Boxing
	Schedule Round 4
		Ice Tea Boxing				@	Punching Bags
		Nebraska Cornjabbers				@	Buckeye Promotions
		Bears Unstable				@	Hebron Haymakers
		Louisville Clays				@	Washington Sounders

[Gunsmoke]

Round 4 might be a bit early for the wooden spoon matchup, but the Punching Bags - Ice Tea match is looking likely to this point.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Hebron Haymakers	vs	Louisville Clays
		Lineup		Lineup
		Altus Allen		Seth Mitchell
		Quinn Navare		Manual Ramos
		Mike Koranicki		Roman Greenberg
		Gerry Cooney		Archie Moore
		David Izon		Terry Hinke
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Altus Allen	1	1	0	2	W3
		Seth Mitchell	0	0	1	1
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Quinn Navare	1	1	0	2	W3
		Manual Ramos	0	0	1	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Mike Koranicki	0	0	1	1	Draw3
		Roman Greenberg	0	1	0	1
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Gerry Cooney	0	0	0	0
		Archie Moore	1	1	1	3	W3
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		David Izon	0	0	1	1	Draw3
		Terry Hinke	0	1	0	1
		Final Score
		Hebron Haymakers	6		Gate rec		$2.50
		Louisville Clays	7		Gate rec		$5.00
					Arena	Medium
	Moment of the Match

With the Louisville Clays coming off a demoralizing loss in round 2 and trailing the favored Haymakers 5-3, it was 'The Old Mongoose' a disappointing 0-2-1 coming in, who determined enough has enough. Boxing masterfully Archie Moore frustrated, befuddled and dominated Gerry Cooney, giving the power punching Irishman a boxing lesson. Staked to a 1 point lead, Hinke held on for the draw to give the Clays the upset win in front a delirious home crowd.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Punching Bags	vs	Nebraska Cornjabbers
		Lineup		Lineup
		Al McCoy		Herbie Hide ©
		Paddy Ryan		Corrie Sanders
		Vassily Jirov		Sully Montgomery
		Joe Kennedy		Pedro Agosto
		Joe Lannon		Eddie Neilson
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Al McCoy	1	1	0	2	W3
		Herbie Hide ©	0	0	1	1
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Paddy Ryan	0	0	0	0
		Corrie Sanders	0	1	3	4	KO3
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Vassily Jirov	1	1	0	2	W3
		Sully Montgomery	0	0	0	0
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Joe Kennedy	1	1	1	3	W3
		Pedro Agosto	0	0	0	0
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Joe Lannon	0	0	0	0
		Eddie Neilson	1	3	1	5	TKO2
		Final Score
		Punching Bags	7		Gate rec		$3.50
		Nebraska Cornjabbers	10		Gate rec		$7.00
					Arena	Medium
	Moment of the Match

Outside of another knockout win by Corrie Sanders, things looked gloomy for the Cornjabbers. Herbie Hide had been dethroned and they needed Eddie Neilson to score a sweep or early knockout as they trailed 7-5. Neilson responded brilliantly, tearing into Joe Lannon in the 1st round, he opened a gash over his left eye and had his right eye swelling. Midway through round two the cut worsened as Neilson sniped away and the fight was stopped, giving Nebraska the comeback win!

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Washington Sounders	vs	Bears Unstable
		Lineup		Lineup
		Billy Gilliam		Lloyd Marshall
		Lorenzo Zanon		Mervine Thompson
		Tor Hamer		Charley Retzlaff
		Tommy Gibbons		Marvin Hart
		David Haye		Kevin McBride
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Billy Gilliam	0	0	0	0
		Lloyd Marshall	1	0	0	1	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Lorenzo Zanon	1	0	0	1
		Mervine Thompson	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Tor Hamer	1	0	1	2	W3
		Charley Retzlaff	0	1	0	1
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Tommy Gibbons	1	0	0	1
		Marvin Hart	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		David Haye	0	1	1	2	W3
		Kevin McBride	1	0	0	1
		Final Score
		Washington Sounders	6		Gate rec		$2.50
		Bears Unstable	7		Gate rec		$5.00
					Arena	Medium
	Moment of the Match

One would never imagine Tor Hamer to be mentioned in the moment of the match, but the journeyman did the unthinkable. Dropping unbeaten and heavily favored Charley Retzlaff in the 1st and then stealing the 3rd round to set his team up to win the match with 2 fights left. Unfortunately Marvin Hart beat favored Tommy Gibbons and David Haye took the first round off giving Bears Unstable all they needed to squeak out the win.

[CONN CHRIS]

Cooney needs to not block with his face.

[SAL]

My $1.25 fighter might need a raise!

Thanks for the comeback victory Eddie!

[McClearyMauler]

Looks like I will take my usual place in the standings, LAST PLACE, but I did hold the Chilton Cup for 2 secs. Great work on the League Lee.

[Lee]

Originally Posted by McClearyMauler

Looks like I will take my usual place in the standings, LAST PLACE, but I did hold the Chilton Cup for 2 secs. Great work on the League Lee.

Thank you, this is a lot of fun.

I am liking this short round format more and more, anything at all can happen and a stoppage can turn an entire match around. Plus with only the referee scoring, a lot depends on the random ref you get. I have the points set to not show when I watch the matches, but in watching that Gibbons/Hart fight I thought it was a 2-1 for Tommy. He definitely landed more in the last round, but Hart's blows must have been judged more effective. That one round would have given you the win too.

Originally Posted by SAL

My $1.25 fighter might need a raise!

Thanks for the comeback victory Eddie!

I really thought you were done going into that last match, but Neilson was a wrecking ball, his best fight for sure.

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Cooney needs to not block with his face.

This was a surprise, since Moore has been starting slow, but he took it Cooney and never let him get set. Cooney never even had him hurt.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Buckeye Promotions	vs	Ice Tea Boxing
		Lineup		Lineup
		Tom Heeney		John Henry Lewis
		Harry Persson		Jersey Joe Walcott
		Roy Lazer		Ossie Ocasio
		John L Sullivan		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen
		Bob Dunlap		Manual Quezada
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Tom Heeney	1	1	0	2	W3
		John Henry Lewis	0	0	1	1
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Harry Persson	1	0	0	1
		Jersey Joe Walcott	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Roy Lazer	1	0	1	2	W3
		Ossie Ocasio	0	1	0	1
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		John L Sullivan	3	1	1	5	KO1
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen	0	0	0	0
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Bob Dunlap	1	1	1	3	W3
		Manual Quezada	0	0	0	0
		Final Score
		Buckeye Promotions	13		Gate rec		$2.00
		Ice Tea Boxing	4		Gate rec		$4.00
					Arena	Medium
	Moment of the Match

Once again the vaunted right hand of John L Sullivan was the talk of the evening. 'The Boston Strongboy' used his lethal trademark punch to blow open a close match and propel Buckeye Promotions to a comfortable win. With Ice Tea Boxing hanging tough, Buckeye captured the last 9 points to run away with it and retain their place atop the WTB standings after 3 rounds. Sullivan recording win number 5, tied with Corrie Sanders for tops among WTB fighters.

[Lee]

		WTB League Standings			W	L	D	PF	PA	GB
		Buckeye Promotions			3	0	0	37	12	-
		Nebraska Cornjabbers			3	0	0	28	18	-
		Bears Unstable			2	0	1	27	18	0.5
		Hebron Haymakers			2	1	0	25	17	1
		Louisville Clays			1	1	1	16	28	1.5
		Washington Sounders			0	3	0	17	26	3
		Punching Bags			0	3	0	17	29	3
		Ice Tea Boxing			0	3	0	15	34	3
		Round 3 Recap
		Louisville Clays			7	Hebron Haymakers			6
		Nebraska Cornjabbers			10	Punching Bags			7
		Bears Unstable			7	Washington Sounders			6
		Buckeye Promotions			13	Ice Tea Boxing			4

News
Al McCoy became Chilton Cup Champion

	Schedule Round 4
		Ice Tea Boxing				@	Punching Bags
		Nebraska Cornjabbers				@	Buckeye Promotions
		Bears Unstable				@	Hebron Haymakers
		Louisville Clays				@	Washington Sounders

[SAL]

A couple of unbeatens in round 4. I feel my Cornjabbers are going down.

Early on........that Buckeye squad looks to be the stud of the league!!

[Lee]

Originally Posted by SAL

A couple of unbeatens in round 4. I feel my Cornjabbers are going down.

Early on........that Buckeye squad looks to be the stud of the league!!

Agreed, but things can change as fighters reach pre-prime at different times. We had our first fighter get there in the match I am about to post

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Ice Tea Boxing	vs	Punching Bags
		Lineup		Lineup
		John Henry Lewis		Paddy Ryan
		Jersey Joe Walcott		Al McCoy ©
		Ossie Ocasio		Joe Kennedy
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen		Joe Lannon
		Manual Quezada		Vassily Jirov
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		John Henry Lewis	1	1	1	3	W3
		Paddy Ryan	0	0	0	0
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Jersey Joe Walcott	1	0	1	2	W3
		Al McCoy ©	0	1	0	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Ossie Ocasio	1	1	1	3	W3
		Joe Kennedy	0	0	0	0
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen	0	0	1	1
		Joe Lannon	1	1	0	2	W3
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Manual Quezada	1	0	0	1
		Vassily Jirov	0	1	1	2	W3
		Final Score
		Ice Tea Boxing	10		Gate rec		$2.75
		Punching Bags	5		Gate rec		$5.50
					Arena	Large
	Moment of the Match

The curse of the Chilton Cup continues as Jersey Joe Walcott captured the honor in Al McCoy's first defense. The title change came in the middle of a strong 8-1 start by Ice Tea Boxing that proved too much for the home team to overcome in the final two matches. What has yet to be proven is that a fighter can hold on to the elusive Chilton Cup for more than 1 match, Jersey Joe will be the next to try.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Nebraska Cornjabbers	vs	Buckeye Promotions
		Lineup		Lineup
		Herbie Hide		Roy Lazer
		Corrie Sanders		John L Sullivan
		Sully Montgomery		Bob Dunlap
		Pedro Agosto		Tom Heeney
		Eddie Neilson		Harry Persson
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Herbie Hide	0	1	1	2	W3
		Roy Lazer	1	0	0	1
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Corrie Sanders	0	1	1	2	W3
		John L Sullivan	1	0	0	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Sully Montgomery	1	0	0	1
		Bob Dunlap	0	3	1	4	KO2
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Pedro Agosto	1	0	1	2	W3
		Tom Heeney	0	1	0	1
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Eddie Neilson	0	1	1	2	W3
		Harry Persson	1	0	0	1
		Final Score
		Nebraska Cornjabbers	9		Gate rec		$1.75
		Buckeye Promotions	8		Gate rec		$3.50
					Arena	Small
	Moment of the Match

Tied at 7 going into the final match it seemed only fitting that the 'Dollar Twenty Five Wonder' Eddie Neilson was on deck for the Nebraska Cornjabbers. Undaunted by the pressure of the moment, Neilson rallied after losing the first round to take two straight against Harry Persson in a slugfest of epic proportions. One of only six undefeated fighters in the WBT at the start of round 4, Neilson continues to defy the oddsmakers as his record remains unblemished. With the victory over powerful Buckeye Promotions, Nebraska is assured of sole possesion of 1st place heading into round 5.

[SAL]

Originally Posted by Lee

Tied at 7 going into the final match it seemed only fitting that the 'Dollar Twenty Five Wonder' Eddie Neilson was on deck for the Nebraska Cornjabbers. Undaunted by the pressure of the moment, Neilson rallied after losing the first round to take two straight against Harry Persson in a slugfest of epic proportions. One of only six undefeated fighters in the WBT at the start of round 4, Neilson continues to defy the oddsmakers as his record remains unblemished. With the victory over powerful Buckeye Promotions, Nebraska is assured of sole possesion of 1st place heading into round 5.

WOW!!! Unexpected victory by the Cornjabbers. The Cornjabbers will be back in the gym Monday except Eddie. I'm going to give him the day off and let him rest up in my cabin down on the crick and enjoy all the frog legs and corn mash he wants.

[Lee]

Originally Posted by SAL

WOW!!! Unexpected victory by the Cornjabbers. The Cornjabbers will be back in the gym Monday except Eddie. I'm going to give him the day off and let him rest up in my cabin down on the crick and enjoy all the frog legs and corn mash he wants.

I think Eddie Neilson may well become the Tim Tebow of the WTB League.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Bears Unstable	vs	Hebron Haymakers
		Lineup		Lineup
		Lloyd Marshall		David Izon
		Mervine Thompson		Altus Allen
		Charley Retzlaff		Quinn Navare
		Marvin Hart		Mike Koranicki
		Kevin McBride		Gerry Cooney
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Lloyd Marshall	1	0	0	1	Draw3
		David Izon	0	0	1	1
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Mervine Thompson	0	0	1	1	Draw3
		Altus Allen	1	0	0	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Charley Retzlaff	0	0	0	0
		Quinn Navare	3	1	1	5	KO1
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Marvin Hart	1	1	1	3	W3
		Mike Koranicki	0	0	0	0
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Kevin McBride	0	0	0	0
		Gerry Cooney	1	1	1	3	W3
		Final Score
		Bears Unstable	5		Gate rec		$2.00
		Hebron Haymakers	10		Gate rec		$4.00
					Arena	Large
	Moment of the Match

Quinn Navarre, added in the final round of the draft for a paltry $0.75 1 year deal needed no words to make a statement on this night. A solid 3-1 underdog to Charley Retzlaff, Navarre shook Retzlaff with a hard hook to the temple and nearly knocked him through the ropes with a furious followup assault that left Charley face down for the 10 count and provided the difference for Hebron, as both Marvin Hart and Gerry Cooney did what was expected of them in the final two matches.