Heavyweight Touranment - Round 2.

[Crease]

So here it is, the seconf round of the tournament.

The second round is a group stage, with 4 groups of 4 boxers...
A group will have 2 group winners & 2 group runners up from the last round...
Each boxer fights each other once....
Top 2 boxers go through...

*boxers who fought in the first group phase CANNOT meet each other*

Joe Louis-Riddick Bowe..............Muhammad Ali-Floyd Patterson
Larry Holmes-Gene Tunney.........Lennox Lewis-Rocky Marciano
Mike Tyson-Jack Johnson..........Sonny Liston-Jack Dempsey
Joe Frazier-Vitali Klitchsko..........George Foreman-Evander Holyfield

STAND BY FOR THE DRAW!

[Crease]

THE DRAW:

GROUP A:
Joe Louis
Joe Frazier
Floyd Patterson
Jack Dempsey

GROUP B:
Lennox Lewis
George Foreman
Jack Johnson
Riddick Bowe

GROUP C:
Muhammad Ali
Mike Tyson
Gene Tunney
Evander Holyfield

GROUP D:
Larry Holmes
Sonny Liston
Rocky Marciano
Vitali Klitchsko

[Crease]

Here's my predictions:

GROUP A:
Louis beats Frazier... pts
Louis beats Patterson... tko 10
Louis beats Dempsey... pts
Dempsey beats Frazier... tko 11
Dempsey beats Patterson...KO 8
Frazier beats Patterson... KO 9


GROUP B:
Foreman beats Lewis... KO 7
Foreman beats Johnson... pts
Foreman beats Bowe... KO 12
Johnson beats Lewis... tko 10
Johnson beats Bowe... tko 9
Lewis beats Bowe... pts


GROUP C:
Ali beats Tyson... tko 10
Ali beats Tunney... KO 5
Ali beats Holyfield... pts
Tyson beats Holyfield... pts
Tyson beats Tunney... KO 10
Holyfield beats Tunney... pts


GROUP D:
Marciano beats Holmes... KO 11
Marciano beats Liston... KO 6
Marciano beats Klitchsko... KO 4
Holmes beats Liston... pts
Holmes beats Klitchsko... tko 9
Liston beats Klitchsko... KO 10

[Ezzard]

Group A results I agree with

Group B Johnson beats Foreman; the rest I agree with.

Group C Holyfield beats Tyson; the rest I agree with.

Group D Marciano loses all 3; the rest I agree with.

[Goodnight, Irene]

A)

Louis over Patterson, Frazier, & Dempsey (toughest fight = Dempsey)
Dempsey over Patterson & Frazier
Frazier over Patterson

B)

Foreman over Lewis, Johnson, & Bowe (toughest fight = Bowe)
Bowe over Lewis & Johnson
Lewis over Johnson

C)

Ali over Tyson, Tunney, & Holyfield (toughest fight = Tunney)
Tyson over Holyfield & Tunney
Holyfield over Tunney

D)

Liston over Marciano, Holmes, & Klitschko (toughest fight = Holmes)
Holmes over Marciano & Klitschko
Marciano over Klitschko

[Crease]

C'mon guys, there is only 5 days to go... Get your votes in please... :)

[jezzamundo]

Louis TKO8 Frazier
Louis TKO3 Patterson
Dempsey KO6 Louis
Frazier MD15 Dempsey
Patterson UD15 Dempsey
Frazier TKO7 Patterson

Lewis UD15 Foreman
Johnson UD15 Foreman
Foreman TKO10 Bowe
Lewis UD15 Johnson
Johnson MD15 Bowe
Lewis TKO6 Bowe

Ali TKO11 Tyson
Ali UD15 Tunney
Ali UD15 Holyfield
Holyfield TKO12 Tyson
Tyson KO5 Tunney
Holyfield MD15 Tunney

Holmes TKO13 Marciano
Marciano SD15 Liston
Klitschko UD15 Marciano
Holmes UD15 Liston
Holmes UD15 Klitschko
Liston TKO7 Kiltschko

[observer1]

Copy and Pasted Crease, and change some, obviously my opinion only


GROUP A:
Louis beats Frazier... pts
Louis beats Patterson... tko Latter Rounds
Louis beats Dempsey... pts
Frazier beats Dempsey... tko Middle Rounds
Dempsey beats Patterson...KO 8
Frazier beats Patterson... KO 9


GROUP B:
Foreman beats Lewis... KO Middle Rounds
Foreman beats Johnson... pts
Foreman beats Bowe... KO Latter Rounds
Johnson beats Lewis... tko Latter Rounds
Johnson beats Bowe... TKO KLatter Rounds or UD
Lewis beats Bowe... pts


GROUP C:
Ali beats Tyson... UD
Ali beats Tunney... KO Middle Rounds
Ali beats Holyfield... pts
Tyson beats Holyfield... TKO latter Rounds
Tyson beats Tunney... KO Middle Rounds
Holyfield beats Tunney... pts


GROUP D:
Holmes beats Marciano... UD
Liston beats Marciano... TKO Latter Rounds
Marciano beats Klitchsko... KO Early Rounds
Holmes beats Liston... pts
Holmes beats Klitchsko... TKO Middle Rounds
Liston beats Klitchsko... KO Early Rounds

My opinion

[Crease]

Two days to go guys...

[witherspoon]

Sorry man, i didn't pay my internet bill in time and got cut.
i know it's late, but just for the hell of it:

A
Louis sd Frazier
Dempsey ko6 Patterson
Louis kolatefrombehind Patterson
Frazier ud Dempsey
Frazier tko8 Patterson
Louis tko10 Dempsey

B
Foreman ko4 Lewis
Bowe sd Johnson
Bowe sd Lewis
Johnson ud Foreman
Foreman drw Bowe
Lewis ud Johnson

C
Ali ud Tyson
Holyfield sd Tunney
Tyson sd Holyfield
Ali ud Tunney
Tyson tko11 Tunney
Ali ud Holyfield

D
Holmes sd Marciano
Liston ud Klitschko
Liston ud Marciano
Holmes ud Klitschko
Holmes sd Liston
Marciano drw Klitschko

[Crease]

I realise that this thread has been a long time before progressing, but the turth is, I forgot that I put this thread up and only remembered as I seen it...

But here are the results anyway: (the top two boxers from each group go through)

GROUP A:
Joe Louis wins group
Jack Dempsey qaulifies as second place
Joe Frazier finishes just ever-so-slightly behind Dempsey
Floyd Patterson brings up the rear

GROUP B:
George Foreman destroys everybody and tops the group
Jack Johnson finishes in a strong second place
Lennox Lewis ends up in 3rd place
Riddick Bowe just has not got enough

GROUP C:
Muhammad Ali lords it all over in Group C.
Mike Tyson squezzes into second after a tight battle with Holyfield
Evander Holyfield leaves the tournament with his head held high
Gene Tunney seems out of his depth

GROUP D:
Larry Holmes is crowned champion of Group D.
Sonny Liston just nudged Marciano out of the qualifying
Rocky Marciano goes home having fought a good tournament
Vitali Klitchsko got as far as he could, no disrespect to him.

[Crease]

THE AFTERMATH of ROUND 2:

GROUP A:
Joe Louis wins group A convincingly. Louis looked sharp in the ring and brought his record in this tournament to 6-0-0... When interviwed the day before the Quarter Final draw, he is asked if he thought he could win the tournment:
"It will get harder... But absolutely".

Jack Dempsey qaualifies second place in his group... Dempsey looked even toruble at his fight with Louis, but Dempsey laughs:
"I'm a survivor. I will learn from the experience and I will be to meet him later when our times comes around".

Joe Frazier leaves the tournament with an impressive showing, though he's still a little disgruntled at the referree stopping his fight against Dempsey. He declares that he was never really hurt, and that his cut above his eye was not that bad... Though he leaves the tournament with 4 wins by KO and 2 defeats to his name.

Floyd Patterson brings up the rear of the group. And after three consecutive losses, and, in particualr, a crushing knockout loss to Frazier... Patterson leaves without complaint.


GROUP B:
George Foreman destroys everybody and tops the group! He finishes his trio of fights in much the same vain as he had the first round... Foreman still brags that he will prove the bookmakers wrong.

Jack Johnson finishing as the runner-up admits that he never fought anyone like Foreman before, but declares that he's looking forward to the next round, and insists: "Suckah, I'm ready for anybody".

Lennox Lewis insists that his points loss to Johnson, should be investiagted and feels that despite being on the back foot, he done enough to qualify for the Quater Finals.

Riddick Bowe declares that he still suffering from a virus, and pins this as the reason he never got back into his rhythmn.


GROUP C:
Muhammad Ali lords it all over in Group C... And In the press conference, rhymes about Holyfield and Tunney runnin' but Ali came boomin'... After a much enteraining recital, Ali stands up and declares: "I AM THE GREATEST"!

Mike Tyson squezzes into second after a tight battle with Holyfield... But Mike's punhcing power was enough to last against the incredibly tough Holyfield... Tyson admits his relief that he cannot encounter Muhammad Ali or Jack Johnson again in the next round.

Evander Holyfield leaves the tournament with his head held high... Holyfield gave a great account of himself, despite losing 3 fights in the tournament.

Gene Tunney announces that he will be stepping down to Light Heavyweight... And refuses to get drawn into speculation on who would win the tournament.


GROUP D:
Larry Holmes is crowned champion of Group D... And brings his record to a perfect 6-0-0 in the tournament... Holmes is touted as one of the favourites for the tournament... And he laughs when the reporters tell him that the odds have shortened on him.

Sonny Liston just nudged Marciano out of the qaulifying. Liston's reach advantage may well have tipped the scales in his favour in that battle... But Liston insists that he's good enough to beat anyone.

Rocky Marciano goes home having fought a good tournament. Rocky says that he will watch the tournament on television... And unveils that he will be placing a heavy bet on Joe Louis to win the tournament.

Vitali Klitchsko admits that he was outclassed... He insists that it was an honour to fight in the tournament, and to go out alongisde the likes of Joe Frazier, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield and Rocky Marciano.