Vacant Title: Heavyweight Tourney, who wins?

1. Muhammad Ali UD Jersey Joe Walcott
2. Joe Frazier TKO 9 Donovan 'Razor' Ruddock
3. Mike Tyson KO 3 Earnie Shavers
4. Larry Holmes UD Jack Johnson
5. George Foreman KO 5 Wladimir Klitschko
6. Rocky Marciano KO 10 Shannon Briggs
7. Lennox Lewis UD Ron Lyle
8. Joe Louis KO 9 Sonny Liston
9. Evander Holyfield UD Ken Norton
10. Jack Dempsey KO 11 Riddick Bowe

Round 2

Muhammad Ali UD Riddick Bowe
Evander Holyfield UD Joe Frazier
Joe Louis KO 7 Mike Tyson
Lennox Lewis UD Larry Holmes
George Foreman KO 2 Rocky Marciano


Round 3

Muhammad Ali KO 10 George Foreman
Lennox Lewis UD Evander Holyfield
Joe Louis KO 6 Jim Jeffries

Round 4

Muhammad Ali UD Lennox Lewis

Final - Title Fight

Muhammad Ali UD Joe Louis

 

:rofl

 

:fy :stfu :twisted: :hand :****off

 

There is such a thing as reality.

 

Yeah, get into it and out of Ali's ass.

 

:rofl:good

 

ROUND 1 -

1. Muhammad Ali vs. Jersey Joe Walcott - Ali SD15
Walcott's awkward style perplexes Ali thoroughly. Walcott wins a flash KD in round two, before Ali can settle into his rhythm. In round 14, as Ali appears confident, Walcott sends him to the canvas again. Difficult fight to score - Ali lands the bulk of the shots but Walcott deals the bulk of the damage. Ali's workrate and star-power win him a razor-thin split decision.

2. Joe Frazier vs. Donovan "Razor" Ruddock - Ruddock TKO8
Frazier leads on two scorecards going into round 8 when one too many Smashes lands directly on his chin, sending him to the canvas. Frazier up at 9, but repeated, unanswered punishment incites a referre stoppage. Fans of Frazier protest that he wasn't hurt, but referee defends his decision to the grave. (My big upset pick )

3. Mike Tyson vs. Earnie Shavers - Tyson KO1
Tyson has a granite chin, accuracy, and superb defense. Shavers has a glass chin and leaky defense. Easy night for Iron Mike.

4. Larry Holmes vs. Jack Johnson - Holmes UD15
Round one consists of a wrestling match that takes the referee two and a half minutes to seperate. Holmes baffles Johnson through the bulk of the fight with his jab and footwork. Around round 13 Johnson realizes he cannot allow the fight to go the distance and goes for broke - Holmes responds with several swift uppercuts on the inside. At 1:39 of round 15 Johnson lands a perfect overhand right that sends Holmes crashing to the canvas, but Holmes staggers to his feet, beats the count, and hands on for the rest of the round.

5. George Foreman vs. Wladimir Klitschko - Foreman KO3
Foreman charges forward and proceeds to swing for the fences. Klitschko clinches, only to be forced back into the killing zone and bombarded again. Klitschko down twice in round two, three times in round three.

6. Rocky Marciano vs. Shannon Briggs - Marciano KO8
Briggs is up on two of three scorecards when a final Marciano right hand sends him down for the count. Briggs' size + power allowed him to bomb and manhandle Marciano until accumulation of damage stopped him.

7. Lennox Lewis vs. Ron Lyle - Lewis UD15
Fight is a brawl for the first five rounds, with Lewis down in the fifth. After the knockdown Lewis falls back on his jab and sweeps the remainder of the rounds.

8. Sonny Liston vs. Joe Louis - Liston KO7
FOTY candidate. Both come forward and trade bombs for the first five rounds. By the sixth, Louis appears exhausted after being continuously manhandled in the clinches by the seemingly much stronger Liston. Louis, trying to conserve energy so he can dominate the championship rounds, releases himself from a clinch and steps back - Liston capitalizes on the opportunity to bomb him out. Horrific beatdown in the second half of round six sends Louis to the canvas twice, he staggers into his corner after the bell. First punch of the seventh round is a big right from Liston that sends Louis down for good.

9. Evander Holyfield vs. Ken Norton - Holyfield TKO4
Holyfield walks down Norton and shatters him. Norton down once in the third and twice the fourth, prompting a referee stoppage with Norton propped up by the ropes enduring a prolonged Holyfield assault.

10. Riddick Bowe vs. Jack Dempsey - Bowe TKO4
David versus Goliath for four rounds - Goliath sends him down three times in the fourth for a referee stoppage. Every Marciano bomb is answered by an even bigger bomb until attrition finishes the Manassa Mauler.

ROUND 2 -

A) Muhammad Ali vs. Riddick Bowe - Bowe DQ8
Nightmare of a fight to referee. Bowe chases Ali around the ring for the first seven rounds, with Ali clinching behind the head every time Bowe goes to work. Ali, after receiving no less than five warnings, is warned for the final time at the end of round seven. Ali is disqualified for holding behind the head and repeated rabbit punching at the start of round eight.

B) Donovan "Razor" Ruddock vs. Evander Holyfield - Holyfield UD15
FOTY candidate. Holyfield-Bowe I all over again, with Ruddock leading through the tenth. Superior late-fight stamina wins Holyfield the majority of the championship rounds. All three judges score a close fight for the Real Deal.

C) Mike Tyson vs. Sonny Liston - Tyson UD15
PANDEMONIUM at both the press conference and ringside. The "Big Bad Bear" dominates the early rounds with his bulk and prodiguous inside strength. Tyson utilizes accurate combinations to keep Liston honest until he gets his break, which comes in the seventh. Liston, sensing an opportunity to put the Iron One away, unleashes a combination that would've killed Floyd Patterson's entire family - only to land nothing. Tyson, ala the Reggie Gross fight, ducks and slips over a dozen punches, before coming back up with a rocket launcher of a left hook that lands with pinpoint accuracy. Liston never settles back into his rhythm, and Tyson dominates the rest of the fight.

D) Larry Holmes vs. Lennox Lewis - Holmes MD15
Straight-up jabfest for fifteen rounds, with Holmes' superior speed edging the scorecards. Holmes dominates the inside game with uppercuts and ultimately wins the decision.

E) George Foreman vs. Rocky Marciano - Foreman KO3
"Jesus Christ", says the announcer. "Who would've guessed that the Rock from Brockton would end up....rubble?"

ROUND 3 -

Riddick Bowe vs. George Foreman - Foreman TKO8
WAR. Bowe tries to get inside, but Foreman pushes him back into bombing range every time he gets close. The audience is in awe of two truly granite chins when Bowe is stopped on his feet in the eighth, gassed from the sheer exertion of his battle with Big George.

Evander Holyfield vs. Larry Holmes - Holmes UD15
Cat and mouse. Larry wins the majority of the rounds with his jab, but also uses the uppercut inside. Evander's heart and chin win him several rounds on workrate and aggression, but he ultimately plays the bull to Holmes' matador.

Mike Tyson vs. Jim Jeffries - Tyson KO6
"This guy wasn't even in the tournament earlier!", Tyson tells Rooney. Tyson is manhandled in round one. After that embaressment, he comes out of his corner in round two intent on finishing his man - he exploits holes in Jeffries' defence until a bloodied, discouraged Jeffries hits the floor in round six. Jeffries later remarks that Tyson's defence, accuracy, and combination punching - unlike anything he had ever seen - confused him.

ROUND 4 -

George Foreman vs. Larry Holmes - Holmes SD15
Boring fight. Foreman dominates up through round nine, where he gasses out and Holmes takes over. Holmes sweeps the championship rounds, but misses out on the UD because of Foreman's earlier dominance.

FINAL FIGHT - WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Mike Tyson vs. Larry Holmes - Tyson KO6
Oh dear! Havn't we seen this before... Holmes sticks and moves while Tyson stalks him. Tyson finally lands a left hook at the start of the sixth to send Holmes to the canvas. Holmes is up at 8, but clearly hurt. He survives for another thirty seconds before a double right hook ( ) sends him down again. This time he does the Berbick dance.

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION - "IRON" MIKE TYSON!
- Tyson dedicates his hard-won title to his late "father" and mentor, Cus D'Amato

WOW! I did not expect Tyson to win Looking back, he avoided all of the guys that I would've picked to beat him. He had a pretty easy run through the tournament.

PS - Who's going to be the first to call me out for having Ali lose by DQ?

 

Okay, time to finish up-

Frazier SD 15 Ali- already gave Ali the nod in a difficult stylistic match-up against Walcott, and gave him the benefit of the doubt in a razor thin one against Dempsey, Frazier beat him decisively when he was close to his best, peak-for-peak is more or less a coin toss in my view, I'll give Joe the nod in this instance

Final
Joe Louis UD 15 Joe Frazier- Louis jumps out to an early lead, maybe a knockdown or two in the first and/or second round, Frazier comes on and makes it a war, wins many of the subsequent rounds, but Louis' superior offensive variety and repertoire allows him to give a touch better than he takes and secure a close, but clear-cut victory

As such, Louis claims the title of tournament champion at the end of this fictitious tourney.

 

Round 1

1. Muhammad Ali vs. Jersey Joe Walcott
2. Joe Frazier vs. Donovan 'Razor' Ruddock
3. Mike Tyson vs. Earnie Shavers
4. Larry Holmes vs. Jack Johnson
5. George Foreman vs. Wladimir Klitschko
6. Rocky Marciano vs. Shannon Briggs
7. Lennox Lewis vs. Ron Lyle
8. Sonny Liston vs. Joe Louis
9. Evander Holyfield vs. Ken Norton
10. Riddick Bowe vs. Jack Dempsey

Round 2

Winner of:

A) Muhammad Ali vs. Riddick Bowe
B) Joe Frazier vs. Evander Holyfield
C) Mike Tyson vs. Joe Louis
D) Larry Holmes vs. Lennox Lewis
E) George Foreman vs. Rocky Marciano

Round 3

Winner of:

Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman
Joe Frazier vs. Larry Holmes
Joe Louis vs. Jim Jeffries

Round 4

Winner of:

Muhammad Ali vs. Larry Holmes

Final - Title Fight

Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Louis

Winner = Ali.

This heavily favours Jeffries... who only has to win 3 fights to win.

 

Jeffries only has to fight two fights, actually.

The winner of (Tyson/Shavers + Liston/Louis) in round 3, and then he seems to get a bye from round 4 and goes straight into the title fight.

Tyson-Jeffries is a common argument here on the Classic forums, I wonder if he was situated in the same bracket for a reason?

Jeffries basically only has to fight one from Tyson/Liston/Louis (because it's a very slim chance Shavers makes it past Tyson, much less Tyson AND the winner of Liston/Louis) and then he's in the championship fight.

Jeffries only has to fight two to win - any other contender has to win four.

 

You've really got a thing for Tyson stopping all the all-time greats in seven rounds, don't you?

 

1. Muhammad Ali TKO 13
2. Joe Frazier KO7
3. Mike Tyson KO4
4. Larry Holmes KO9
5. George Foreman KO2
6. Rocky Marciano KO5
7. Lennox Lewis KO12
8. Joe Louis UD 15
9. Ken Norton SD 15
10. Jack Dempsey KO8

ROUND 2

Muhammad Ali UD 15 Jack Dempsey
Joe Frazier KO 6 Ken Norton
Joe Louis UD 15 Mike Tyson
Lennox Lewis KO 13 Larry Holmes
Rocky Marciano KO 5 George Foreman

ROUND 3

Rocky Marciano TKO 13 Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier KO 11 Lennox Lewis
Joe Louis KO 8 Jeffries

ROUND 4

Rocky Marciano TKO 7 Joe Frazier

TITLE FIGHT:

Joe Louis UD Rocky Marciano

WINNER: JOE LOUIS