Ring Fodder?

Cap · 03-06-2012, 01:56 PM

Just finished re-creating a number of pre-1960s European/North & South American heavyweights who would probably best fit into the category of ring fodder. Using version 2.0 I don't have the advantage of "0" rated fighters so I set their ratings as low as I felt reasonable.

I think, for the most part, that these types of "boxers" should be restricted by the game in a future version to only participate in bouts in their home countries or regions. There wouldn't be much sense for a promoter to pay the travel fare for a foreign ham & egger when he could get the same kind of body right close to home.

Cap

professordp · 03-06-2012, 04:59 PM

I generally agree. There's a wealth of "red meat" at the local butcher shop, so why go through the time and expense for an import.

Still I can't help but think of one Kame De Kabbajar, who according to the September 7, 1970 issue of Sports Illustrated, travelled 7,000 miles from Ghana to San Antonio to meet the much-hyped heavyweight Terry Krueger, was knocked out in the first round (one of the quickest kayos in ring history) and got back on the jet to head home.

Maybe there was a favorable balance-of-trade for cannon fodder forty years ago.

Being a free-market sort, I wouldn't like to see anything in the form of a tariff or an embargo on red meat in a future version of TBCB.

03-06-2012, 01:56 PM	#1
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,774 Blog Entries: 4	Ring Fodder? Just finished re-creating a number of pre-1960s European/North & South American heavyweights who would probably best fit into the category of ring fodder. Using version 2.0 I don't have the advantage of "0" rated fighters so I set their ratings as low as I felt reasonable. I think, for the most part, that these types of "boxers" should be restricted by the game in a future version to only participate in bouts in their home countries or regions. There wouldn't be much sense for a promoter to pay the travel fare for a foreign ham & egger when he could get the same kind of body right close to home. Cap __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."

03-06-2012, 04:59 PM	#2
professordp Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,006	I generally agree. There's a wealth of "red meat" at the local butcher shop, so why go through the time and expense for an import. Still I can't help but think of one Kame De Kabbajar, who according to the September 7, 1970 issue of Sports Illustrated, travelled 7,000 miles from Ghana to San Antonio to meet the much-hyped heavyweight Terry Krueger, was knocked out in the first round (one of the quickest kayos in ring history) and got back on the jet to head home. Maybe there was a favorable balance-of-trade for cannon fodder forty years ago. Being a free-market sort, I wouldn't like to see anything in the form of a tariff or an embargo on red meat in a future version of TBCB. __________________ A Partial Eclipse of the Sonny Laszlo Papp: The Lost Years The Spice O' Life Teofilo Stevenson Pro Simulation