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

[Lee]

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Whew, what a stench in Hebron!

That Sanders fight was so close to being stopped too, another 30 seconds in that round and you are probably still in contention.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Ice Tea Boxing	vs	Washington Sounders
		Lineup		Lineup
		Manuel Quezada		Tommy Gibbons
		Ossie Ocasio		David Haye
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen		Billy Gilliam
		John Henry Lewis		Lorenzo Zanon ©
		Jersey Joe Walcott		Tor Hamer
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Manuel Quezada	0	0	0	0
		Tommy Gibbons	1	1	1	3	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Ossie Ocasio	0	1	0	1	Draw3
		David Haye	0	0	1	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen	0	0	0	0
		Billy Gilliam	1	1	1	3	W3
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		John Henry Lewis	1	1	1	3	W3
		Lorenzo Zanon ©	0	0	0	0
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Jersey Joe Walcott	1	0	1	2	W3
		Tor Hamer	0	1	0	1
		Final Score
		Ice Tea Boxing	6		Gate rec		$2.00
		Washington Sounders	8		Gate rec		$4.00
					Arena	Medium
	Moment of the Match

It is not always the victor that is the hero. Things were going as expected for the most part as Washington led Ice Tea 7-1 heading into the final two matches, with Ice Tea's two best fighters on deck. John Henry Lewis brought the Chilton Cup back to Ice Tea with a sound thrashing of Lorenzo Zanon, leaving Joe Walcott to face 2-8-1 Tor Hamer. It looked at best that Washington would leave with a draw and at worst that their 7 match winning streak could come to an end. Queue Hamer, who after getting pounded in the opening round, grabbed, mauled, brawled and roughoused his way to a narrow edge in round two, taking Walcott completely out of his game. Realizing the round was close, Walcott unleashed a furious assault in round 3, but Hamer took everything Jersey Joe threw at him and remained upright. Never has a loss been celebrated so heartily as Hamer's 2-1 loss to Walcott was, as his teammates emerged to carry him from the ring on their shoulders.

[SAL]

The Cornjabbers are starting to show their true colors.

We sure have been stinking the joint up the last couple of rounds.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Bears Unstable	vs	Buckeye Promotions
		Lineup		Lineup
		Charley Retzlaff		Roy Lazer
		Marvin Hart		John L Sullivan *
		Lloyd Marshall		Harry Persson
		Mervine Thompson		Tom Heeney
		Kevin McBride		Bob Dunlap
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Charley Retzlaff	1	1	3	5	KO3
		Roy Lazer	0	0	0	0
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Marvin Hart	0	0	0	0
		John L Sullivan *	1	3	1	5	KO2
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Lloyd Marshall	1	1	0	2	W3
		Harry Persson	0	0	1	1
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Mervine Thompson	0	0	0	0
		Tom Heeney	1	1	1	3	W3
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Kevin McBride	1	1	1	3	W3
		Bob Dunlap	0	0	0	0
		Final Score
		Bears Unstable	10		Gate rec		$2.75
		Buckeye Promotions	9		Gate rec		$5.50
					Arena	Small
	Moment of the Match

Explosive knockouts, back and forth battles and a furious finish made this one for the ages. Needing to win just 1 round and remain upright to clinch the win for his team, Bob Dunlap ran into an Irish juggernaught. Kevin McBride has proven to be a valuable commodity in the anchor position for Bears Unstable and on this night he fought with unmatched fury. Roaring from his corner, McBride threw punches in quantities that would make Harry Greb proud, taking nary a step back the entire fight. Dunlap was a willing participant to this brand of mayhem and he landed more than his share in several violent exchanges. In the end though, the sheer determination of McBride was enough to take each round, setting up what will be frenetic finish to the WTB's first season in rounds 13 and 14.

Four teams will enter the final 2 rounds within a game of first place, we should be in for a great finish. Bears had 3 fighters hit prime this match, which could have a big impact in their last 2 matches. We also saw Buckeye benefit from salary modifiers in this match, getting $0.5 for winning last round and $1 (which benefits both teams) for John L Sullivan being a star fighter. It turned an ordinary $4/$2 gate split into $5.50/$2.75 for the home and visiting sides.

[Lee]

		WTB League Standings			W	L	D	PF	PA	GB
		Nebraska Cornjabbers			8	3	1	105	94	-
		Washington Sounders			8	4	0	101	75	0.5
		Buckeye Promotions			7	4	1	109	83	1
		Bears Unstable			7	4	1	115	87	1
	E	Hebron Haymakers			5	7	0	86	109	3.5
	E	Ice Tea Boxing			4	6	2	92	99	3.5
	E	Punching Bags			3	8	1	80	101	5
	E	Louisville Clays			2	8	2	68	118	5.5
		Round 12 Recap
		Nebraska Cornjabbers			11	Hebron Haymakers			8
		Punching Bags			9	Louisville Clays			5
		Washington Sounders			8	Ice Tea Boxing			6
		Bears Unstable			10	Buckeye Promotions			9
		News
		John Henry Lewis wins the Chilton Cup Championship
		Billy Gilliam advances to Prime
		Marvin Hart advances to Prime
		Lloyd Marshall advances to Prime
		Mervine Thompson advances to Prime
		Hebron and Ice Tea Boxing are eliminated from league title contention
		League Leaders
		Rankings				W	L	D	KO
		Champ	John Henry Lewis			8	6	0	2
		1	Tommy Gibbons			11	2	1	2
		2	John L Sullivan			11	3	1	8
		3	Lloyd Marshall			9	1	2	1
		4	Vassily Jirov			9	3	0	3
		5	Jersey Joe Walcott			9	2	1	1
		6	Gerry Cooney			9	4	0	2
		7	Corrie Sanders			12	3	0	6
		8	Kevin McBride			7	5	0	3
		9	David Haye			7	4	1	1
		10	Manuel Ramos			6	3	3	1
		Wins
		Corrie Sanders			12
		Tommy Gibbons			11
		John L Sullivan			11
		Loses
		Paddy Ryan			10
		Terry Hinke			10
		Three tied			9
		Knockouts
		John L Sullivan			8
		Corrie Sanders			6
		Five tied			3
		Most Points Scored
		John L Sullivan			37
		Corrie Sanders			34
		Tommy Gibbons			32
		Fewest Points Scored
		Paddy Ryan			5
		Terry Hinke			8
		Joe Lannon			9
		Upcoming Matches

Schedule Round 13
	Hebron Haymakers				@	Washington Sounders
	Punching Bags				@	Buckeye Promotions
	Bears Unstable				@	Ice Tea Boxing
	Louisville Clays				@	Nebraska Cornjabbers
Schedule Round 14
	Buckeye Promotions				@	Hebron Haymakers
	Washington Sounders				@	Punching Bags
	Nebraska Cornjabbers				@	Bears Unstable
	Ice Tea Boxing				@	Louisville Clays

	Previous Rounds Scores
	Round 1 Scores
	Hebron Haymakers	6	Punching Bags	5
	Buckeye Promotions	9	Washington Sounders	6
	Nebraska Cornjabbers	8	Ice Tea Boxing	6
	Louisville Clays	7	Bears Unstable	7
	Round 2 Scores
	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
	Round 3 Scores
	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
	Round 4 Scores
	Ice Tea Boxing	10	Punching Bags	5
	Nebraska Cornjabbers	9	Buckeye Promotions	8
	Hebron Haymakers	10	Bears Unstable	5
	Louisville Clays	8	Washington Sounders	7
	Round 5 Scores
	Nebraska Cornjabbers	11	Hebron Haymakers	8
	Punching Bags	11	Louisville Clays	5
	Washington Sounders	9	Ice Tea Boxing	7
	Bears Unstable	12	Buckeye Promotions	6
	Round 6 Scores
	Washington Sounders	10	Hebron Haymakers	4
	Buckeye Promotions	8	Punching Bags	6
	Ice Tea Boxing	11	Bears Unstable	8
	Nebraska Cornjabbers	8	Louisville Clays	5
	Round 7 Scores
	Buckeye Promotions	9	Hebron Haymakers	6
	Washington Sounders	10	Punching Bags	3
	Nebraska Cornjabbers	11	Bears Unstable	7
	Louisville Clays	9	Ice Tea Boxing	9
	Round 8 Scores
	Punching Bags	8	Hebron Haymakers	7
	Washington Sounders	8	Buckeye Promotions	7
	Ice Tea Boxing	12	Nebraska Cornjabbers	5
	Bears Unstable	17	Louisville Clays	4
	Round 9 Scores
	Hebron Haymakers	7	Ice Tea Boxing	6
	Washington Sounders	9	Nebraska Cornjabbers	6
	Bears Unstable	9	Punching Bags	5
	Buckeye Promotions	8	Louisville Clays	6
	Round 10 Scores
	Hebron Haymakers	9	Louisville Clays	8
	Punching Bags	10	Nebraska Cornjabbers	10
	Washington Sounders	11	Bears Unstable	6
	Ice Tea Boxing	8	Buckeye Promotions	8
	Round 11 Scores
	Ice Tea Boxing	8	Punching Bags	6
	Buckeye Promotions	9	Nebraska Cornjabbers	6
	Bears Unstable	14	Hebron Haymakers	2
	Washington Sounders	12	Louisville Clays	2

[Lee]

With some of the changes for season 2 and to make the roster screens a bit cleaner I have revised the format.

New format for the 1901 season

		Team	W	L	D	PF	PA	Streak	Owner
		Hebron Haymakers	5	7	0	86	109	L2	Conn Chris
		Finances	Budget	Wages	Retainer	Arena	Misc	Gates	Bonus	Balance
		Arena Size - Large	$50.00	$31.00	$5.00	$10.00	$0.00	$45.25	$0.00	$49.25
		Fighters	W	L	D	KO	SP's	CS	Wage	Contract
		Altus Allen	4	3	5	0	13	Prime	$3.50	3yr
		Gerry Cooney	9	4	0	2	27	Pre	$13.50	3yr
		David Izon	6	3	3	2	23	Pre	$9.50	2yr
		Mike Koranicki	3	7	2	0	11	Pre	$3.75	1yr
		Quinn Navare	4	8	0	1	12	Pre	$0.75	1yr
		(Reserve)							$0.00	1yr

Header changes
Added Streak to track current winning/losing streaks

Finance changes
Changed starting to budget, still the amount of money you have to start the season.

Removed Fees and added Retainer (To track fee for multi-year contracts on new signings)

Added Misc category which will be used for money sent to other teams in trades and arena upgrades, etc. (Money received in a trade will just be added to your budget total)

Added separate column for wages

Bonus column will be monies earned for winning league, having the Chilton Cup Champion at seasons end, etc.

Roster
Added slot for reserve fighter

Moved career stage column

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Hebron Haymakers	vs	Washington Sounders
		Lineup		Lineup
		David Izon		Tor Hamer
		Altus Allen		Billy Gilliam
		Quinn Navare		David Haye
		Gerry Cooney		Lorenzo Zanon
		Mike Koranicki		Tommy Gibbons
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		David Izon	3	1	1	5	KO1
		Tor Hamer	0	0	0	0
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Altus Allen	1	0	1	2	W3
		Billy Gilliam	0	1	0	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Quinn Navare	0	0	1	1	Draw3
		David Haye	0	1	0	1
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Gerry Cooney	0	1	1	2	W3
		Lorenzo Zanon	1	0	0	1
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Mike Koranicki	0	0	0	0
		Tommy Gibbons	1	1	1	3	W3
		Final Score
		Hebron Haymakers	10		Gate rec		$3.50
		Washington Sounders	6		Gate rec		$7.00
					Arena	Medium
	Moment of the Match

With Washington firmly in the hunt for the Wildhawke Memorial Trophy a packed house turned out to witness an epic collapse. Tor Hamer was the hero for winning a single round last match, but this time he couldn't even last a single round. With Hebron looking to play spoiler, David Izon crushed Hamer, dropping him a minute into the fight, then wailing away with uncompromised fury until Hamer fell again, this time taking the 10 count. The slow start was compounded by a lackluster effort from David Haye and the victory was secured for Hebron in Cooney's win, leaving nothing for Tommy Gibbons to fight for but pride.

Hebron avenged an earlier 10-4 loss to the Sounders and can have a profound impact on the race for the Championship as they face Buckeye Promotions in the final round

[SAL]

Great win Chris. I owe you one for helping the Cornjabber's quest to win the Wildhawke trophy.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Punching Bags	vs	Buckeye Promotions
		Lineup		Lineup
		Paddy Ryan		Harry Persson
		Joe Lannon		Roy Lazer
		Al McCoy		Bob Dunlap
		Vassily Jirov		Tom Heeney
		Joe Kennedy		John L Sullivan *
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Paddy Ryan	0	0	0	0
		Harry Persson	1	0	3	4	KO3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Joe Lannon	0	1	1	2	W3
		Roy Lazer	1	0	0	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Al McCoy	0	0	1	1	Draw3
		Bob Dunlap	0	1	0	1
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Vassily Jirov	1	1	0	2	W3
		Tom Heeney	0	0	1	1
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Joe Kennedy	0	0	0	0
		John L Sullivan *	3	1	1	5	TKO1
		Final Score
		Punching Bags	5		Gate rec		$1.25
		Buckeye Promotions	12		Gate rec		$2.50
					Arena	Small
	Moment of the Match

Despite a rousing start by Harry Persson, not much had gone right for Buckeye Promotions in matches two through four and they held a slim 7-5 lead going into the finale. Fortunately for them, the flamboyant John L Sullivan was in the anchor position. Never at a loss for words or flair, John L promptly addressed a ringside purveyor of Beer, ordering him to keep one cold for yours truly. Sullivan then proceeded to charge into Joe Kennedy with all the finesse of a crazed Bull, driving him into the ropes and unleashing a fusilade of blows. Kennedy was caught, staggered and though he refused to go down was taking a horrific beating. Sullivan forged on at a furious pace, snapping Kennedy's head back and forth like it was on a swivel, until referee Samuel Viruet had finally seen enough.

Buckeye Promotions can now enter the final round no worse than 1 game back and thoroughly in contention.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Bears Unstable	vs	Ice Tea Boxing
		Lineup		Lineup
		Charley Retzlaff		Manual Quezada
		Marvin Hart		Ossie Ocasio
		Lloyd Marshall		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen
		Mervine Thompson		John Henry Lewis ©
		Kevin McBride		Jersey Joe Walcott
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Charley Retzlaff	1	0	1	2	W3
		Manual Quezada	0	1	0	1
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Marvin Hart	1	0	0	1
		Ossie Ocasio	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Lloyd Marshall	1	1	1	3	W3
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen	0	0	0	0
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Mervine Thompson	0	0	0	0
		John Henry Lewis ©	1	1	1	3	W3
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Kevin McBride	0	0	0	0
		Jersey Joe Walcott	3	1	1	5	KO1
		Final Score
		Bears Unstable	6		Gate rec		$1.50
		Ice Tea Boxing	11		Gate rec		$3.00
					Arena	Medium
	Moment of the Match

To the well once too often as Kevin McBride was again asked to be the hero as Ice Tea Boxing and Bears Unstable entered the final match tied. This time however 'The Clones Colossus' would come up short courtesy of a well place counter right hand from Jersey Joe Walcott. McBride charged from his corner, looking once again to outmuscle a smaller opponent in the final bout of a match, but Walcott moved smartly to the side. Utilizing the jab, Walcott kept McBride at bay as the latters rushes grew more and more wreckless. Finally, as McBride lunged awkwardly, Walcott unleashed the right hand and McBrides legs gave out like overcooked Spaghetti and though he tried vainly, he could not beat the count.

This places Bears Unstable on the verge of elimination and both they and Washington need Louisville to upset Nebraska in the final match of the round.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Louisville Clays	vs	Nebraska Cornjabbers
		Lineup		Lineup
		Seth Mitchell		Sully Montgomery
		Manual Ramos		Herbie Hide
		Roman Greenberg		Corrie Sanders
		Archie Moore		Eddie Neilson
		Terry Hinke		Pedro Agosto
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Seth Mitchell	1	3	1	5	KO2
		Sully Montgomery	0	0	0	0
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Manual Ramos	1	1	1	3	W3
		Herbie Hide	0	0	0	0
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Roman Greenberg	1	0	0	1
		Corrie Sanders	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Archie Moore	1	1	1	3	W3
		Eddie Neilson	0	0	0	0
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Terry Hinke	0	0	1	1	Draw3
		Pedro Agosto	0	1	0	1
		Final Score
		Louisville Clays	13		Gate rec		$3.50
		Nebraska Cornjabbers	3		Gate rec		$7.00
					Arena	Medium
	Moment of the Match

Louisville fans must have been wondering where this team has been all season, while a sold out house in Nebraska was just left wondering. Sitting dead last in both points scored and knockouts, Seth 'Mayhem' Mitchell set the tone, bloodying Sully Montgomery, then knocking him down twice in round two to get the Clays off and running. Nebraska seemed to come apart, falling behind 9-0 before Corrie Sanders took their only individual win of the match. Then, with the remote chance of a comeback still possible, the much maligned Archie Moore put on his best performance of the season, routing onetime league darling Eddie Neilson and setting the stage for an epic finish to the inagural WTB season.

Well, four teams still in contention after the Clays shocking upset of Nebraska. Bears Unstable and the Cornjabbers go head to head in the last round, while Hebron and the Punching Bags will look to play the roll of spoiler.

[Lee]

		WTB League Standings			W	L	D	PF	PA	GB
		Buckeye Promotions			8	4	1	121	88	-
		Nebraska Cornjabbers			8	4	1	108	107	-
		Washington Sounders			8	5	0	107	85	0.5
		Bears Unstable			7	5	1	121	98	1
	E	Hebron Haymakers			6	7	0	96	115	2.5
	E	Ice Tea Boxing			5	6	2	103	105	2.5
	E	Louisville Clays			3	8	2	81	121	4.5
	E	Punching Bags			3	9	1	85	113	5
		Round 13 Recap
		Hebron Haymakers			10	Washington Sounders			6
		Buckeye Promotions			12	Punching Bags			5
		Ice Tea Boxing			11	Bears Unstable			6
		Louisville Clays			13	Nebraska Cornjabbers			3
		News
		John Henry Lewis defends the Chilton Cup Title
		Tor Hamer advances to Prime
		Lorenzo Zanon advances to Prime
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen advances to Prime

Upcoming Matches

	Schedule Round 14
		Buckeye Promotions				@	Hebron Haymakers
		Washington Sounders				@	Punching Bags
		Nebraska Cornjabbers				@	Bears Unstable
		Ice Tea Boxing				@	Louisville Clays

[Lee]

With four teams still in it going into the last round, here are the tie breakers.

1-Head to head
2-Total points scored
3-Point differential
4-head to head point differential

With that in mind here is what needs to happen for each team

Buckeye Promotions - Beat Hebron and they are the Champions (split with Nebraska, hold the edge in points scored and can't be passed)

Nebraska Cornjabbers - Beat Bears Unstable and Buckeye Promotions lose to Hebron

Washington Sounders - Beat Punching Bags, Buckeye Promotions lose to Hebron and Bears Unstable beats Nebraska.

Bears Unstable - Beat Nebraska, Buckeye Promotions lose to Hebron (Bears beat Buckeye twice) and Washington loses to Punching Bags.

Buckeye Promotions control their own destiny, everybody else will need help.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Ice Tea Boxing	vs	Louisville Clays
		Lineup		Lineup
		Manual Quezada		Seth Mitchell
		Ossie Ocasio		Manual Ramos
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen		Roman Greenberg
		John Henry Lewis ©		Archie Moore
		Jersey Joe Walcott		Terry Hinke
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Manual Quezada	0	1	0	1
		Seth Mitchell	1	0	1	2	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Ossie Ocasio	1	0	0	1
		Manual Ramos	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Hans Jorgen Jacobsen	0	0	1	1	Draw3
		Roman Greenberg	1	0	0	1
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		John Henry Lewis ©	1	1	1	3	W3
		Archie Moore	0	0	0	0
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Jersey Joe Walcott	3	1	1	5	KO1
		Terry Hinke	0	0	0	0
		Final Score
		Ice Tea Boxing	11		Gate rec		$2.00
		Louisville Clays	5		Gate rec		$4.00
					Arena	Medium
	Moment of the Match

With both teams fighting for pride, Louisville looked to ride the wave of their huge round 13 upset of Nebraska to a strong finish, but in a close match it was once again Archie Moore that underperformed. Coming off arguably his best outing and with a shot to put some bonus money in Louisville's coffers Moore was dominated by Chilton Cup Champion John Henry Lewis. Cut open early in the fight, Moore seemed to struggle picking up Lewis' jab and was subjected to a steady diet of them, with punishing right hands mixed in for good measure. The clean sweep gave Ice Tea a 6-5 lead and Jersey Joe Walcott iced to ending his bout in 38 seconds.

Ice Tea can finish as high as 5th with a Hebron loss which will mean a bonus of $1 in addition to the $2 bonus earned for employing the Chilton Cup Champion. Louisville meanwhile will look to find a way to solve the struggles of the enigmatic Moore during the off season.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Washington Sounders	vs	Punching Bags
		Lineup		Lineup
		David Haye		Vassily Jirov
		Lorenzo Zanon		Al McCoy
		Tor Hamer		Paddy Ryan
		Billy Gilliam		Joe Lannon
		Tommy Gibbons		Joe Kennedy
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		David Haye	1	0	0	1
		Vassily Jirov	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Lorenzo Zanon	1	1	1	3	W3
		Al McCoy	0	0	0	0
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Tor Hamer	0	0	1	1
		Paddy Ryan	1	1	0	2	W3
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Billy Gilliam	1	0	0	1
		Joe Lannon	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Tommy Gibbons	1	0	0	1
		Joe Kennedy	0	3	1	4	KO2
		Final Score
		Washington Sounders	7		Gate rec		$2.75
		Punching Bags	10		Gate rec		$5.50
					Arena	Large
	Moment of the Match

The Punching Bags had put up a game fight and their fans gave them a polite ovation heading into the final bout of their season. Sure, they were tied 6-6 but Washington's ace Tommy Gibbons was on deck to fight Joe Kennedy, a man with a punch and not much else. On this night however, a punch would be all that was needed. After being made to look foolish by the boxing wizardry of Gibbons in round 1, Kennedy called on the only thing he could in the 2nd round....Desperation. With his eyes looking at the canvas, Kennedy launched a wild overhand right just as Gibbons went to uncork yet another jab. The right got there first and arena stood in shocked silence, breaking into delirious cheers as Gibbons was counted out.

The cruelest blow of all however, was Washington being officially eliminated losing their final two matches after an eight match winning streak.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Nebraska Cornjabbers	vs	Bears Unstable
		Lineup		Lineup
		Eddie Neilson		Charley Retzlaff
		Pedro Agosto		Marvin Hart
		Herbie Hide		Lloyd Marshall
		Corrie Sanders		Mervine Thompson
		Sully Montgomery		Kevin McBride
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Eddie Neilson	0	0	0	0
		Charley Retzlaff	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Pedro Agosto	0	0	1	1
		Marvin Hart	1	1	0	2	W3
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Herbie Hide	0	1	1	2	W3
		Lloyd Marshall	1	0	0	1
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Corrie Sanders	0	0	0	0
		Mervine Thompson	3	1	1	5	KO1
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		Sully Montgomery	0	0	0	0
		Kevin McBride	1	1	1	3	W3
		Final Score
		Nebraska Cornjabbers	3		Gate rec		$2.75
		Bears Unstable	13		Gate rec		$5.50
					Arena	Medium
	Moment of the Match

It should have been the fight that vaulted Nebraska (trailing 5-3) into the lead and put them in position to possibly win the league championship. Instead it became one of the biggest upsets of season one and sent Nebraska spiraling into their second straight lopsided defeat to end the campaign. 'The Sniper' Corries Sanders was sure to take out the 'The Cleveland Thunderbolt' Mervine Thompson, but Sanders learned just how Thompson earned his monicker. With Sanders slightly ahead, a hard left hook from Thompson got through and Sanders was staggered. Thompson poured it on and landed blow after blow as Sanders looked to grab. With just 3 seconds left in the round a bristling uppercut lifted Sanders off of his feet and dropped him in a heap, where he remained as he was counted out after the bell. The KO clinched the match and made McBrides walloping of Montgomery in the finale mere icing on the cake.

So now it comes down to one match for all the glory. If Buckeye defeats Hebron they are the 1900 WBT Champions and winners of the prestigious Wildhawke Memorial Trophy. They lose and Bears Unstable shall reign supreme.

In a special announcement, the WTB governing board announced that the deciding match would be contested tomorrow night in prime time.

[bear]

Torture, waiting

[Lee]

Originally Posted by bear

torture, waiting

[McClearyMauler]

Gave it a run, but yes it was a crushing blow losing my last 2 matches.

[Lee]

		Visitors		Home
		Buckeye Promotions	vs	Hebron Haymakers
		Lineup		Lineup
		Harry Persson		Gerry Cooney
		Roy Lazer		Quinn Navare
		Bob Dunlap		Mike Koranicki
		Tom Heeney		David Izon
		John L Sullivan		Altus Allen
		Bout 1	1	2	3	T	Result
		Harry Persson	0	0	0	0
		Gerry Cooney	1	0	1	2	W3
		Bout 2	1	2	3	T
		Roy Lazer	1	0	1	2	W3
		Quinn Navare	0	1	0	1
		Bout 3	1	2	3	T
		Bob Dunlap	0	1	0	1
		Mike Koranicki	1	0	1	2	W3
		Bout 4	1	2	3	T
		Tom Heeney	0	0	0	0
		David Izon	0	1	1	2	W3
		Bout 5	1	2	3	T
		John L Sullivan	0	1	0	1
		Altus Allen	1	0	1	2	W3
		Final Score
		Buckeye Promotions	4		Gate rec		$4.25
		Hebron Haymakers	9		Gate rec		$8.50
					Arena	Large
	Moment of the Match

Arrogance is a dish best consumed in moderation and indeed it was gluttony that caused the undoing of John L Sullivan and Buckeye Promotions on this day. Trailing 7-3 entering his match with Altus Allen John L proclaimed, we have them right where we want them. It turns out that Altus Allen had his own ideas of where he wanted to be in mind. He tore from the corner in round 1 and matched Sullivan blow for blow in what was an extremely vicious and close round. Angered, Sullivan bulled Allen back in round 2 and dropped him with a wide looping hook. The crowd went silent, then erupted in thunderous applause as Allen rose at the count of 7 and survived the round. Frustrated and tiring from his futile attempt to stop Allen, Sullivan was wild in round 3 and Allen took advantage, peppering 'The Boston Strongboy' with nifty combinations, to not only last the distance, but win the bout!!

The shocking conclusion to the match resulted in a three way tie at the top of the standings and gave the 1900 WTB Championship to Bears Unstable!!! As he was led from the ring a dejected John L Sullivan was heard to mutter, "Altus Allen is Judas."