Heavyweight Tournament - QUARTER FINALS:

[Crease]

So the draw will be made shortly to determine who will be fighting who in the last 8 of this Heavyweight tournament...
After two rounds of group stages, we now move on to a straight KNOCKOUT competition... Winner goes through, loser goes home.


Allow me to intoduce the Group Winners: (Pot A.)
Joe Louis, George Foreman, Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes

And here are the second placers: (Pot B.)
Jack Dempsey. Jack Johnson, Mike Tyson and Sonny Liston

Here are the rules:
Combatants in the same pot CANNOT fight each other.
Combatants who have fought in Round One cannot fight each other.

This means that:
Joe Louis cant fight Jack Dempsey
George Foreman cant fight Evander Holyfield or Jack Johnson
Muhammad Ali cant fight Mike Tyson
Larry Holmes cant fight Sonny Liston
Jack Dempsey cant fight Joe Louis
Jack Johnson can fight George Foreman
Mike Tyson cant fight Jack Johnson or Muhammad Ali
Sonny Liston cant fight Jack Dempsey or Larry Holmes

THE QUARTER FINAL DRAW:

Muhammad Ali.............VS...............Sonny Liston
George Foreman..........VS...............Mike Tyson
Larry Holmes...............VS...............Jack Dempsey
Joe Louis....................VS...............Jack Johnson

[Goodnight, Irene]

Ali TKO11 Liston (More competitive than most people would predict. Liston's jab gives Ali real trouble)

Foreman TKO3 Tyson (Styles make fights)

Holmes UD15 Dempsey (The toughest choice --- Dempsey could get him early)

Louis KO9 Johnson (Johnson never dreamed of a combination-puncher like Louis, let alone saw one)

[Crease]

THE QUARTER FINAL DRAW:

Muhammad Ali.............VS...............Sonny Liston
Muhammad Ali wins by KO round 8.

George Foreman..........VS...............Mike Tyson
Foreman wins by KO round 6.

Larry Holmes...............VS...............Jack Dempsey
I actually think that Holmes might underestimate Dempsey... and Jack could win by stoppage.

Joe Louis....................VS...............Jack Johnson
Louis wins by points decision.

[Crease]

Dudes, I am closing this thread in 4 days... (Saturday) so I would apprecaite if you get your views in as soon as possible... :)

You have to admit, it's getting exciting now. DD

[elmersalsa]

Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston: Ali wins by UD, not by KO this time....Liston in his prime was very good.

George Foreman vs Mike Tyson: Tyson is too small for Big George...I see a Foreman vs Frazier I and II all over again. Foreman by KO in 4 rounds

Larry Holmes vs Jack Dempsey: Holmes wins by UD...He outboxes the "Manassa Mauler" but had some troubles during the fight.

Joe Louis vs Jack Johnson: Johnson wins by UD.

[Bricks]

Muhammad Ali.............VS...............Sonny Liston
George Foreman..........VS...............Mike Tyson
Larry Holmes...............VS...............Jack Dempsey
Joe Louis....................VS...............Jack Johnson

Er didnt Ali fight and beat Liston twice already at ostensibly the relative peak of their careers?

Ok i assume this is some kind of liston at his 50's-62 peak question?

[Goodnight, Irene]

Muhammad Ali.............VS...............Sonny Liston
George Foreman..........VS...............Mike Tyson
Larry Holmes...............VS...............Jack Dempsey
Joe Louis....................VS...............Jack Johnson

Er didnt Ali fight and beat Liston twice already at ostensibly the relative peak of their careers?

Ok i assume this is some kind of liston at his 50's-62 peak question?

Liston was old. He wasn't shot, but he'd been inactive for some time leading upto a bout where neither man was at his peak (Ali a little closer to his, though).

[allworld80]

Muhammad Ali VS Sonny Liston

Ali KO 5

George Foreman VS Mike Tyson

Foreman KO 9

Larry Holmes VS Jack Dempsey

Holmes UD

Joe Louis VS Jack Johnson

Louis KO 4

[dempseyfire]

Ali-Liston: Ali TKO 11

Foreman v Tyson: Foreman KO 6

Holmes v Dempsey: Dempsey KO 8 (I think this is really a 50/50 fight)

Johnson-Louis: Johnson by UD

[Crease]

I have decided... Due to the fact that this is a somehwat inactive thread to extned the voting deadline to Monday...

Keep voting dudes.

[pound per pound]

Muhammad Ali.............VS...............Sonny Liston>>>ALI KO
George Foreman..........VS...............Mike Tyson>>>Tyson TKO
Larry Holmes...............VS...............Jack Dempsey>>Holmes UD
Joe Louis....................VS...............Jack Johnson>>>Louis KO

[enrique]

Why don't you take this thread to the BoxRecSim fantasy section?

[Crease]

And here are the results of the Quarter Finals:

Muhammad Ali beats Sonny Liston
George Foreman beats Mike Tyson
Larry Holmes beats Jack Dempsey
Joe Louis beats Jack Johnson

Thanks for all your opinions and thoughs guys... DD