Heavyweight Last 16: The Groups.

[Crease]

Ladies and gentlemen, the groups for the last 16 boxers have finally been drawn...
4 groups of 4 boxers.
2 last round groups winners to each group.
2 last round group runners up to each group.
8fighters who fought each other in the previous round cannot be drawn together.

Here they are: (From last round)
Group Winners in bold.
Group Runners up in Italic.

Group A: Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Jim Jeffries, Sonny Liston.
Group B: Joe Louis, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield.
Group C: Jack Johnson, Rocky Marciano, Max Schmeling, Gene Tunney.
Group D: Jack Dempsey, Lennox Lewis, Joe Frazier, Ezzard Charles.

[Crease]

Just pick your group winner and the runner up, put the winner first in you choices.

Thanks for participating guys... The final result will be in 10 days... (1st September).

[Goodnight, Irene]

Ladies and gentlemen, the groups for the last 16 boxers have finally been drawn...
4 groups of 4 boxers.
2 last round groups winners to each group.
2 last round group runners up to each group.
8fighters who fought each other in the previous round cannot be drawn together.

Here they are: (From last round)
Group Winners in bold.
Group Runners up in Italic.

Group A: Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Jim Jeffries, Sonny Liston.
Group B: Joe Louis, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield.
Group C: Jack Johnson, Rocky Marciano, Max Schmeling, Gene Tunney.
Group D: Jack Dempsey, Lennox Lewis, Joe Frazier, Ezzard Charles.

A:

Ali
Liston

B:

Louis
Foreman

C:

Tunney
Marciano

D:

Dempsey
Frazier

[crusader]

A:

Ali
Liston

B:

Louis
Foreman

C:

Tunney
Marciano

D:

Lewis
Frazier

[Crease]

Here's mine:

A: Ali & Tyson
B: Louis & Foreman
C: Marciano & Johnson
D: Dempsey & Frazier

[Heartbreak_Kid79]

A:
Ali
Tyson

B:
Louis
Holmes

C:
Marciano
Johnson

D:
Lewis
Frazier

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Ali
Liston

Holmes
Louis

Johnson
Tunney

Frazier
Lewis

[Ezzard]

Ali
Liston

Louis
Holmes

Johnson
Tunney

Dempsey
Lewis

[SaadOffTheDeck]

In an odd turn of events my #1 Heavyweight of all time came close to missing the cut. That's a rough group for the Brown Bomber. In the end I edged him over Holyfield, but he would have had a rough night with him.

[donnellon]

Ali
tyson

Louis
Holmes

Johnson
marciano

Dempsey
Lewis

[Duran Fan]

Group A: Muhammad Ali, Jim Jeffries
Group B: Joe Louis, Larry Holmes
Group C: Jack Johnson, Rocky Marciano
Group D: Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier

[jezzamundo]

Group A: Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Jim Jeffries, Sonny Liston.
Group B: Joe Louis, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield.
Group C: Jack Johnson, Rocky Marciano, Max Schmeling, Gene Tunney.
Group D: Jack Dempsey, Lennox Lewis, Joe Frazier, Ezzard Charles.

Group A
Ali
Liston

Group B
Louis
Holmes

Group C
Johnson
Marciano

Group D
Lewis
Frazier

[Crease]

BUMP. Only a few days to go.

[Crease]

BUMP. 4 days to go.

[pound per pound]

Ladies and gentlemen, the groups for the last 16 boxers have finally been drawn...
4 groups of 4 boxers.
2 last round groups winners to each group.
2 last round group runners up to each group.
8fighters who fought each other in the previous round cannot be drawn together.

Here they are: (From last round)
Group Winners in bold.
Group Runners up in Italic.

Group A: Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Jim Jeffries, Sonny Liston.
Group B: Joe Louis, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield.
Group C: Jack Johnson, Rocky Marciano, Max Schmeling, Gene Tunney.
Group D: Jack Dempsey, Lennox Lewis, Joe Frazier, Ezzard Charles.

A fine final 16.

A: Ali, Jeffries
B: Louis, Holmes
C: Tunney, Marciano
D: Lewis, Dempsey

[Crease]

STOP VOTING!!!

Please await the results as the votes are counted and verified.

[Crease]

And here are the results:

Group A:
Winner: Muhammad Ali
Runner-up: Sonny Liston

Group B:
Winner: Joe Louis
Runner-up: Larry Holmes

Group C:
Winner: Rocky Marciano
Runner-up: Jack Johnson

Group D:
Winner: Lennox Lewis
Runner-up: Jack Dempsey

[yancey]

Frazier got mentioned as many, if not more, times on this thread than Lewis and Dempsey did.

He would have beat either one of them in the real world, too.

[Darling]

[yancey]

Nice self-portrait, Darling Dear.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I would confidently bet on Joe to win that group.

[yancey]

RECOUNT!

[SaadOffTheDeck]

RECOUNT!

You screwed him by not participating, one more proper vote like my Frazier followed by Lewis would have tied him with Dempsey.

[Goodnight, Irene]

Pot...kettle...? At least he hasn't attempted to hunt anyone here down & beat them up for perceived insults against his favourite fighter, eh? Now that would be embarrassing, wouldn't it?

I can't put it any better than you...

[yancey]

RECOUNT!

You screwed him by not participating, one more proper vote like my Frazier followed by Lewis would have tied him with Dempsey.

Yep, sorry about that.

I thought Frazier was a sure ticket to get to the next round.