BTW SEASON WEEK 17 MATCHUPS

[Crease]

Please match your fighters against a managed fighter, or state a cpu opponent.
This card will be run on Sunday 04th May April or thereabouts.

TITLE NEWS

PETE HERMAN MUST DEFEND HIS WBC TITLE AGAINST A FIGHTER RANKED IN THE TOP 20. (MANDO DUE WEEK 18)

GEORGE DIXON MUST DEFEND HIS WBA TITLE AGAINST A FIGHTER RANKED IN THE TOP 20. (MANDO DUE WEEK 19)

EDER JOFRE MUST DEFEND HIS WBO TITLE AGAINST A FIGHTER RANKED IN THE TOP 20. (MANDO DUE WEEK 20)

TERRY MCGOVERN MUST DEFEND HIS IBF TITLE AGAINST A FIGHTER RANKED IN THE TOP 20. (MANDO DUE WEEK 17)
MANDO CHALLENGER TO BE CONFIRMED

ISRAEL VAZQUEZ MUST DEFEND HIS IBO TITLE AGAINST A FIGHTER WITH AN OFFICIAL RANKING OF 15 OR BELOW.

JEFF CHANDLER MUST DEFEND HIS WTF TITLE AGAINST A FIGHTER WITH AN OFFICAL RANKING OF 15 OR BELOW.

UNMATCHED FIGHTERS
Danb1979 - Marco Antonio Barrera, Paulie Ayala
Fist of legend - Sergio Palma
Kevo - Wilfredo Vazquez, Kid Williams
P4p1 - Manuel Ortiz, Jimmy Carruthers

ARRANGED FIGHTS

LONSDALE SIMRING BELT, WBA WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP & WBC WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
FIST OF LEGEND VS ARMAGETO
GEORGE DIXON VS PETE HERMAN

WBO WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXBULLY VS DMA1987
EDER JOFRE VS PANAMA AL BROWN

IBF WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
CREASE VS TECHNO89
TERRY MCGOVERN VS SIXTO ESCOBAR

IBO BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE
FRILLA VS DETROITHXC
ISRAEL VAZQUEZ VS GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX

WTF BANTAMWEIGHT BELT
GILGAMESH VS DAVEYMAC
JEFF CHANDLER VS ORLANDO CANIZALES

FRILLA VS DETROITHXC
RAFAEL MARQUEZ VS MANNY PACQUAIO

GILGAMESH VS CREASE
ERIK MORALES VS CELESTINO CABALLERO

DMA1987 VS BOXBULLY
OSCAR LARIOS VS POONSAWAT KRATINGDAENGGYM

NAZNACI1
WILFREDO GOMEZ VS STIX MACLOUD

NAZNACI1
NONITO DONAIRE VS LEON CASPER

THE IRISH ASSASSIN
JHONNY GONZALEZ VS SAKHUMZI BONGWADA

THE IRISH ASSASSIN
RAFAEL HERRERA VS VUYANI BUNGU

DAVEYMAC
JOHNNY COULON VS LOBSTER HAYASHIDA

ARMAGETO
JOE LYNCH VS CARL FRAMPTON

BOXBUZZ
JIMMY BARRY VS HIROYAKI YOKOTA

BOXBUZZ
JEFF FENECH VS ENRIQUE PINDER

BIGJUICYHOG
RUBEN OLIVARES VS LEE RANDOLPH

BIGJUICYHOG
FIGHTING HARADA VS JOHNNY ERTLE

TECHNO89
CARLOS ZARATE VS SULLEY SHITTU

[Crease]

UPDATED TITLE NEWS

For Eder Jofre: Here are the following opponents eligible for your World Title:

4 Barry Jimmy 1514.5 - Fighting a CPU opponent this week.
6 Escobar Sixto 1424.5 - Fighting for the IBF Title.
7 Morales Erik 1418.3
8 Zarate Carlos 1390.6
9 Pacquiao Manny 1381.7
11 Brown Panama Al 1364.1
13 Chandler Jeff 1320.1 - Defending his WTF Title.
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Mandatory Note: It's IBF Mando week.
The highest ranked UNSIGNED challenger is Jimmy Barry.

Further Note: Remember this will be happening every week, mandos will rotate between the four titles - there aint gonna be no "easy" options this time round. And it will make unification's that much more difficult to achieve.

[Crease]

UNIFICATION TITLE NEWS:

Pete Herman, the WBC Champion
George Dixon, the WBA Champion
Eder Jofre, the WBO Champion

Are all eligible for Unification this week.

[Crease]

Terry McGovern agrees to defend his IBF Title against Jimmy Barry.
He is also agreeable to defend against the second best ranked opponent, Sixto Escobar.
And he would also fight the third choice opponent, Erik Morales.

Hopefully his title defence can be arranged relatively stress-free.

[Techno89]

Terry McGovern agrees to defend his IBF Title against Jimmy Barry.
He is also agreeable to defend against the second best ranked opponent, Sixto Escobar.
And he would also fight the third choice opponent, Erik Morales.

Hopefully his title defence can be arranged relatively stress-free.

Escobar accepts the title shot if Barry turns it down.

[Fist of Legend]

Dixon would like a Unification bout with Pete Herman, what better way to settle the draw from earlier this season.

[Techno89]

Carlos Zarate calls out the WBC CHAMP PETE HERMAN

[Crease]

Dixon would like a Unification bout with Pete Herman, what better way to settle the draw from earlier this season.

Just for a quick clarification, the first unification bout will always be sanctioned as the beginning of the Lonsdale Belt line - and it will be taken from there.

[DaveyMac]

How high exactly again do you have to be ranked to have a shot at each title?

[Crease]

How high exactly again do you have to be ranked to have a shot at each title?

For the four World Titles you must:
A. Be ranked in the top 14.
B. Not be coming off a loss from the previous week.

The minor Titles you must:
A. Be the rank of 15 or below.

And that is all.

[DaveyMac]

I thought that was changed and it was top 20 now?

[NazNaci1]

Wilfredo Gomez will fight Stix Macloud

Nonito Donaire will face Leon Casper

[gilgamesh]

Jeff Chandler offers the first crack at his WTF Title to the undefeated Orlando Canizales he's still been doing well, and Chandler wants a tough guy to fight in his first defense of the WTF Belt.

If Canizales doesn't except I'm sure somebody will pop up. Let's see

Erik Morales will sit back and see how things shake down before he makes any announcements just yet.

[DaveyMac]

Jeff Chandler offers the first crack at his WTF Title to the undefeated Orlando Canizales he's still been doing well, and Chandler wants a tough guy to fight in his first defense of the WTF Belt.

If Canizales doesn't except I'm sure somebody will pop up. Let's see

Erik Morales will sit back and see how things shake down before he makes any announcements just yet.

Done.

Wtf.

[DMA1987]

Panama Al calls out Jofre. He wants to dispel the myth that Eder is a SIM great.

Larios calls out Carruthers.

[Crease]

I thought that was changed and it was top 20 now?

No. We are only reverting to that if we can't get title fights for the Champions in the top 14.
It's a sort of "plan B" idea to ensure that the four Worlds are being competed for each and every week.

['Frilla]

Rafael Marquez calls out Guillermo.

Izzy Vazquez will fight whoever, whenever.

[The Irish Assassin]

Jhonny Gonzalez looks to have a warm up bout against Sakhumzi Bongwana.
Rafael Herrera will face Vuyani Bungu.

(*cue Sarah Mclachlan song)
We at The Irish Associates feel it is paramount to allow non-managed fighters to have the chance to showcase their skills. Without the benefit of a manager, these fighters hope and pray for a fight, just so they can afford to feed their families. That is why TIA has made it our goal to give non-managed fighters as many opportunities as possible.

TIA - Making the world a better place, one fight at a time.

[DaveyMac]

Johnny Coulon will fight Lobster Hayashida

[gilgamesh]

Terry McGovern agrees to defend his IBF Title against Jimmy Barry.
He is also agreeable to defend against the second best ranked opponent, Sixto Escobar.
And he would also fight the third choice opponent, Erik Morales.

Hopefully his title defence can be arranged relatively stress-free.

If Jimmy Barry and Escobar turn down the chance to fight McGovern, Erik Morales will take the fight.

Should either Barry or Escobar except the fight, Erik Morales will challenge the other man in your stable Celestino Caballero.

So either way, we are interested in doing battle with you in some form or another this week Crease. Sound like a plan?

[NazNaci1]

Johnny Coulon will fight Lobster Hayashida

Damn, that Lobster Hayashida has had as many fights as ours

Popular guy, clearly.

['Frilla]

Rafael Marquez calls out Guillermo.

Izzy Vazquez will fight whoever, whenever.

Rigo accepts, and looks forward teaching the meathead you call a fighter a thing or two about the sweet science.

Why not make it a stable war?

We are going to have to drop the IBO strap then, coz Fanny Pacquiao is rated too high for the minor title. We've been waiting for this all season.
Or....we could do Rigo vs Vazquez for the IBO and have Fanny fight Marquez?

[DaveyMac]

Johnny Coulon will fight Lobster Hayashida

Damn, that Lobster Hayashida has had as many fights as ours

Popular guy, clearly.

He's easy to get in a pinch

[armageto]

Joe Lynch will take on Carl Frampton

[armageto]

Dixon would like a Unification bout with Pete Herman, what better way to settle the draw from earlier this season.

Jofre's camp has been silent so far this week, so why not sir, sign it up. Best of luck......