Million Dollar Tournament (LHW)

[Crease]

The Million Dollar Tournament (MDT) is a seasonal event in the BoxRecSim, it only comes around once-a-year and it is a HOF recognized event.

The MDT was first devised by the now-transferred PIITB Promotions, where the inventor, a former Sim Brother of ours known as "DetroitHxC" created this seven-week boxing tournament in order to find out who had the stamina for such a marathon.

The MDT is an open tournament of 32 fighters in which ANYONE can enter - and if they do so, they will bring their titles along their MDT journey with them. During the MDT series, all Title rules and regulations are relaxed in order to help the tourney run it's natural course.

The structure of the tournament is - a group stage (8 groups of 4 fighters) with the top 2 progressing through to the second round (the last 16) and from there becomes a straight knockout competition, essentially a situation of:
you win & you're through..... you lose & you're out..... Any draws will be replayed to find a winner that same week.

All Managers should note that upon application of the tournament, they will then by legally required to see through this obligation, there can be no withdrawals, EVER!
Though if a Manager does enter, his fighters will not be able to fight each other. Also, World Champions would not be able to meet each until the Semi Finals. So, the stakes get ever higher as the tournament progresses.

MDT success is rated as a high honour in Simland, the winning Manager will be financially imbursed with $1 million simdollars. Along with that, the triumphant boxer will be remembered in the MDT Roll of Honour which can be found in the HOF.
And lastly, the victor will be awarded a guaranteed place in the end-of-season Super Six - the most highly exclusive club in all of Simland featuring the best of the best. You won't get this ticket anywhere else.

So, have you ever wondered what a Million dollars looks like?


One fighter this season will find out... And gain the ownership of the Million Dollar belt (which cost a £1 million / $1 million )


The MDT will begin in Week 17.

MDT Registry:
1. John Henry Lewis (Crease)
2. Billy Conn (Crease)
3. Michael Moorer (Techno89)
4. Archie Moore (Techno89)
5. Harry Greb (P4p1)
6. Sam Langford (P4p1)
7. Michael Spinks (Kevo)
8. Tommy Gibbons (Kevo)
9. Dwight Muhammad Qawi (DrDuke)
10. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (Dr Duke)
11. Ezzard Charles (Gilgamesh)
12. Bob Fitzsimmons (Gilgamesh)
13. Tommy Loughran (Armageto)
14. Bob Foster (Armageto)
15. Gene Tunney (NazNaci1)
16. Harold Johnson (NazNaci1)
17. Roy Jones Jr (NoScoutingReports)
18. Bernard Hopkins (NoScoutingReports)
19. Maxie Rosenbloom (BoxBuzz)
20. Jimmy Bivins (BoxBuzz)
21. Joe Knight (currently ranked 2nd and World Champion going into MDT week)
22. Dariusz Michalczewski (currently ranked 22nd going into MDT week)
23. Mauro Mina (currently ranked 23rd going into MDT week)
24. Young Stribling (currently ranked 24th going into MDT week)
25. Floyd Patterson (currently ranked 25th going into MDT week)
26. Victor Galindez (currently ranked 26th going into MDT week)
27. Battling Bozo (currently ranked 27th going into MDT week)
28. Joe Choynski (currently ranked 28th going into MDT week)
29. Antonio Tarver (currently ranked 29th going into MDT week)
30. David Telesco (currently ranked 30th going into MDT week)
31. Sugar Ray Leonard (former Lineal Champion of good standing)
32. Jack Dillon (former Lineal Champion of good standing)

Good luck to all participants... Now let's see who has the NERVE

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GROUP STAGE

Group A
Sam Langford - 5 pts. (P4p1)
Dwight Muhammad Qawi - 1 pts. (DrDuke)
Young Stribling - 7 pts.
Floyd Patterson - 1 pts.

Group B
Tommy Loughran - 4 pts. (Armageto)
Michael Spinks - 5 pts. (Kevo)
Bernard Hopkins - 2 pts. (NoScoutingReports)
Jack Dillon - 2 pts.

Group C
Archie Moore - 5 pts. (Techno89)
Roy Jones Jr - 0 pts. (NoScoutingReports)
Bob Foster - 8 pts. (Armageto)
Joe Choynski - 2 pts.

Group D
Ezzard Charles - 6 pts. (Gilgamesh) - 1411 pts
John Henry Lewis - 6 pts. (Crease) - 1175 pts
Tommy Gibbons - 6 pts. (Kevo) - 982 pts
Antonio Tarver - 3 pts.

Group E
Joe Knight - 4 pts.
Michael Moorer - 2 pts. (Techno89)
Mauro Mina - 4 pts.
Victor Galindez - 3 pts.

Group F
Maxie Rosenbloom - 5 pts. (BoxBuzz)
Harold Johnson - 4 pts. (NazNaci1)
Billy Conn - 1 pts. (Crease)
Sugar Ray Leonard - 2 pts.

Group G
Gene Tunney - 5 pts. (NazNaci1)
Jimmy Bivins - 2 pts. (BoxBuzz)
Dariusz Michalczewski - 5 pts.
Battling Bozo - 2 pts.

Group H
Harry Greb - 9 pts. (P4p1)
Bob Fitzsimmons - 4 pts. (Gilgamesh)
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad - 2 pts. (Dr Duke)
David Telesco - 0 pts.

Remember, the points go as follows:
3 pts - any form of KO or TKO outcome.
2 pts - any form of points victory (or DQ).
1 pt - any form of draw.
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GROUP STAGE

Week 16:

Unified Lineal, WBO and IBO titles
P4P1
SAM LANGFORD VS FLOYD PATTERSON

DRDUKE
DWIGHT MUHAMMAD QAWI VS YOUNG STRIBLING

ARMAGETO
TOMMY LOUGHRAN VS JACK DILLON

KEVO VS NOSCOUTINGREPORTS
MICHAEL SPINKS VS BERNARD HOPKINS

WBC Interim title
TECHNO89
ARCHIE MOORE VS JOE CHOYNSKI

NOSCOUTINGREPORTS VS ARMAGETO
ROY JONES JR VS BOB FOSTER

WBC Silver title
CREASE
JOHN HENRY LEWIS VS ANTONIO TARVER

GILGAMESH VS KEVO
EZZARD CHARLES VS TOMMY GIBBONS

WBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
JOE KNIGHT VS VICTOR GALINDEZ

TECHNO89
MICHAEL MOORER VS MAURO MINA

BOXBUZZ
MAXIE ROSENBLOOM VS SUGAR RAY LEONARD

NAZNACI1 VS CREASE
HAROLD JOHNSON VS BILLY CONN

IBF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
NAZNACI1
GENE TUNNEY VS BATTLING BOZO

BOXBUZZ
JIMMY BIVINS VS DARIUSZ MICHALCZEWSKI

P4P1
HARRY GREB VS DAVID TELESCO

GILGAMESH VS DRDUKE
BOB FITZSIMMONS VS EDDIE MUSTAFA MUHAMMAD


Week 17:

P4P1
SAM LANGFORD VS YOUNG STRIBLING

DRDUKE
DWIGHT MUHAMMAD QAWI VS FLOYD PATTERSON

ARMAGETO VS NOSCOUTINGREPORTS
TOMMY LOUGHRAN VS BERNARD HOPKINS

KEVO
MICHAEL SPINKS VS JACK DILLON

TECHNO89 VS ARMAGETO
ARCHIE MOORE VS BOB FOSTER

NOSCOUTINGREPORTS
ROY JONES JR VS JOE CHOYNSKI

CREASE VS KEVO
JOHN HENRY LEWIS VS TOMMY GIBBONS

GILGAMESH
EZZARD CHARLES VS ANTONIO TARVER


JOE KNIGHT VS MAURO MINA

TECHNO89
MICHAEL MOORER VS VICTOR GALINDEZ

BOXBUZZ VS CREASE
MAXIE ROSENBLOOM VS BILLY CONN

NAZNACI1
HAROLD JOHNSON VS SUGAR RAY LEONARD

NAZNACI1
GENE TUNNEY VS DARIUSZ MICHALCZEWSKI

BOXBUZZ
JIMMY BIVINS VS BATTLING BOZO

P4P1 VS DRDUKE
HARRY GREB VS EDDIE MUSTAFA MUHAMMAD

GILGAMESH
BOB FITZSIMMONS VS DAVID TELESCO


Week 18:

P4P1 VS DRDUKE
SAM LANGFORD VS DWIGHT MUHAMMAD QAWI


YOUNG STRIBLING VS FLOYD PATTERSON

ARMAGETO VS KEVO
TOMMY LOUGHRAN VS MICHAEL SPINKS

NOSCOUTINGREPORTS
BERNARD HOPKINS VS JACK DILLON

TECHNO89 VS NOSCOUTINGREPORTS
ARCHIE MOORE VS ROY JONES JR

ARMAGETO
BOB FOSTER VS JOE CHOYNSKI

CREASE VS GILGAMESH
JOHN HENRY LEWIS VS EZZARD CHARLES

KEVO
TOMMY GIBBONS VS ANTONIO TARVER

TECHNO89
JOE KNIGHT VS MICHAEL MOORER


MAURO MINA VS VICTOR GALINDEZ

BOXBUZZ VS NAZNACI1
MAXIE ROSENBLOOM VS HAROLD JOHNSON

CREASE
BILLY CONN VS SUGAR RAY LEONARD

NAZNACI1 VS BOXBUZZ
GENE TUNNEY VS JIMMY BIVINS


DARIUSZ MICHALCZEWSKI VS BATTLING BOZO

P4P1 VS GILGAMESH
HARRY GREB VS BOB FITZSIMMONS

DRDUKE
EDDIE MUSTAFA MUHAMMAD VS DAVID TELESCO

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Week 19: SECOND ROUND

Group Winner A VS Group Runner Up B
YOUNG STRIBLING VS TOMMY LOUGHRAN
RESULT: YOUNG STRIBLING WINS BY SPLIT DECISION

Group Winner B VS Group Runner Up A
MICHAEL SPINKS VS SAM LANGFORD
RESULT: SAM LANGFORD WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

Group Winner C VS Group Runner Up D
BOB FOSTER VS EZZARD CHARLES
RESULT: EZZARD CHARLES WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

Group Winner D VS Group Runner Up C
JOHN HENRY LEWIS VS ARCHIE MOORE
RESULT: ARCHIE MOORE WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

Group Winner E VS Group Runner Up F
JOE KNIGHT VS HAROLD JOHNSON
RESULT: MAJORITY DRAW
REMATCH: HAROLD JOHNSON WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

Group Winner F VS Group Runner Up E
MAXIE ROSENBLOOM VS MAURO MINA
RESULT: DRAW
REMATCH: MAXIE ROSENBLOOM WINS BY SPLIT DECISION

Group Winner G VS Group Runner Up H
GENE TUNNEY VS BOB FITZSIMMONS
RESULT: GENE TUNNEY WINS BY MAJORITY DECISION

Group Winner H VS Group Runner Up G
HARRY GREB VS DARIUSZ MICHALCZEWSKI
RESULT: DARIUSZ MICHALCZEWSKI WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

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Week 20: QUARTER FINALS

TECHNO89
ARCHIE MOORE VS DARIUSZ MICHALCZEWSKI
RESULT: ARCHIE MOORE WINS BY SPLIT DECISION

Unified Lineal, WBO and IBO titles
BOXBUZZ
MAXIE ROSENBLOOM VS YOUNG STRIBLING
RESULT: MAXIE ROSENBLOOM WINS NY TKO IN ROUND 10

P4P1 VS NAZNACI1
SAM LANGFORD VS GENE TUNNEY
RESULT: SAM LANGFORD WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

WBC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
NAZNACI1 VS GILGAMESH
HAROLD JOHNSON VS EZZARD CHARLES
RESULT: EZZARD CHARLES WINS BY SPLIT DECISION

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Week 21: SEMI FINALS

WBC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
TECHNO89 VS GILGAMESH
ARCHIE MOORE VS EZZARD CHARLES
RESULT: EZZARD CHARLES WINS BY TKO IN ROUND 8

Unified Lineal, WBO and IBO titles
BOXBUZZ VS P4P1
MAXIE ROSENBLOOM VS SAM LANGFORD
RESULT: SAM LANGFORD WINS BY SPLIT DECISION

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Week 22: GRAND FINAL

Unified Lineal, WBC, WBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS and IBO title
GILGAMESH VS P4P1
EZZARD CHARLES VS SAM LANGFORD
RESULT: EZZARD CHARLES WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

[Crease]

Gentleman John Henry and Billy Conn both will enter.

[Techno89]

Michael Moorer And Archie Moore will enter

[armageto]

I have to see what happens in the next two weeks for my guys, but leaning towards entering them both.

[p4p1]

Greb and Langford are in.

[kevo]

Spinks and Gibbons are in.

[DrDuke]

The Muhammad Gang settles Jihad upon this tournament in full roster, both Smokin' Dwight Qawi and Eddie Always Ready Mustafa sign!

[Crease]

Ten immensely brave souls already in

[NazNaci1]

Like Geto, want to wait and see, given the dismal form of Tunney...the guy, this season, can lose to anyone, it appears. Not too worried about Johnson but will wait to see how it pans out......but probably, will go in.

Will let you know.

[gilgamesh]

I almost feel like my guys oughta sit out to let someone else's fighters have a chance to win this thing....but I won't.

If anyone is going to achieve the greatness that the BrainTrust have so many times. They'll have to go through Ezzard Charles and Bob Fitzsimmons for the privilege!

[BoxBuzz]

Hmmm.........I have questions that will require answers.

1. Sounds like the 3 institutional belts will simply recognize this tourney and titles will be handed over accordingly....yes?

2. How will the IBO and the WBO recognize this?

Since the Linear Lonsdale is simply the lineal record and can not be ignored, it will follow natural law. So in order to participate fighters would need to agree to this in advance of participating. You can not opt out with the lineal belt while this is ongoing.

The lineal champ(s) can not step out once involved, regarding the linear tracking of things. This is a precious option that is given away to enter. Though the current lineal champion would certainly be able to choose to abstain, making that a moot point.

It's going to take some sorting......and will pool opponents be participating? If so....one could end up winning lol. IN which case Crease and I will of course accept the winnings on their behalf.

[armageto]

Tommy Loughran and Bob Foster toss their name into the hat and will enter the tournament.

As for the IBO, if the champion enters the tournament, the belt can change hands accordingly.

[p4p1]

The WBO will happily sanction all fights within the tournament.
Rankings will be suspended until the end of the tournament unless the WBO champion is eliminated during the group stage. IE championship changes hands on the last week of group stages and champion does not have enough points to progress.

[NazNaci1]

Tunney and Johnson will enter the tourney, too.

[NoScoutingReports]

Both NSR fighters will get involved.

[Crease]

Below is the current state of play going into our final week before registry:

Unentered fighters:
BoxBuzz - Maxie Rosenbloom, Jimmy Bivins

As of this moment, until BoxBuzz has not thrown his lot into the MDT, such as his choice... We will find suitable non-managed replacements if need be - but obviously we would love to have the full house involved,
keep The Sim family intact and thriving...

[BoxBuzz]

Below is the current state of play going into our final week before registry:

Unentered fighters:
BoxBuzz - Maxie Rosenbloom, Jimmy Bivins

As of this moment, until BoxBuzz has not thrown his lot into the MDT, such as his choice... We will find suitable non-managed replacements if need be - but obviously we would love to have the full house involved,
keep The Sim family intact and thriving...

We are in.....will there be pool opponents? If so....we will consider suggestions from the peanut gallery.

[armageto]

If we have having 32 slots, we'll need 12 unmanaged fighters. I say, in no order:

1. Dariuz M.
2. Mauro Mina
3. Floyd Patterson Jr
4. David Telesco
5. Galindez
6. Jack Dillon
7. Antonio Tarver
8. Brahemer
9. Tommy Burns
10. Joe Knight
11. Zsolt Erdei
12. Tiger Jack Fox

[BoxBuzz]

If we have having 32 slots, we'll need 12 unmanaged fighters. I say, in no order:

1. Dariuz M.
2. Mauro Mina
3. Floyd Patterson Jr
4. David Telesco
5. Galindez
6. Jack Dillon
7. Antonio Tarver
8. Brahemer
9. Tommy Burns
10. Joe Knight
11. Zsolt Erdei
12. Tiger Jack Fox

Hmm if everyone was in agreement.......with Joe K as a current champion.....MAYBE there is as much to be won as to be lost if titles are on the line. I'm open minded......I wanted to avoid MDT as a unification event.......but losing and acquiring titles are not as much of a concern.

Is that understandable?

I just don't want the MDT to be the unification event. I want to avoid that. So the ONLY NON TITLE events could be when champ meets champ with the context of the MDT? Is that a scenario that could be an acceptable middle ground?

So if the WBC and IBF champion would agree to these terms perhaps we could go forward with some championships being won or lost.....just not unified. Sorry to have to sort this in real time like this. But the storm did take me my focus off of everything else in life. lol

[p4p1]

If we have having 32 slots, we'll need 12 unmanaged fighters. I say, in no order:

1. Dariuz M.
2. Mauro Mina
3. Floyd Patterson Jr
4. David Telesco
5. Galindez
6. Jack Dillon
7. Antonio Tarver
8. Brahemer
9. Tommy Burns
10. Joe Knight
11. Zsolt Erdei
12. Tiger Jack Fox

Hmm if everyone was in agreement.......with Joe K as a current champion.....MAYBE there is as much to be won as to be lost if titles are on the line. I'm open minded......I wanted to avoid MDT as a unification event.......but losing and acquiring titles are not as much of a concern.

Is that understandable?

I just don't want the MDT to be the unification event. I want to avoid that. So the ONLY NON TITLE events could be when champ meets champ with the context of the MDT? Is that a scenario that could be an acceptable middle ground?

So if the WBC and IBF champion would agree to these terms perhaps we could go forward with some championships being won or lost.....just not unified. Sorry to have to sort this in real time like this. But the storm did take me my focus off of everything else in life. lol

I think this is more than acceptable but like in real life, I think the losing champs belt should be declared vacant and the top 2 ranked fighters coming off a win to fight for the vacant belt.

As for the storm Buzz, I hope all is OK in your neck of the woods. Be safe out there mate.

[BoxBuzz]

If we have having 32 slots, we'll need 12 unmanaged fighters. I say, in no order:

1. Dariuz M.
2. Mauro Mina
3. Floyd Patterson Jr
4. David Telesco
5. Galindez
6. Jack Dillon
7. Antonio Tarver
8. Brahemer
9. Tommy Burns
10. Joe Knight
11. Zsolt Erdei
12. Tiger Jack Fox

A good start....of course Joe Knight is a lock. I'll check to see if there are any top rated fighters that have thus far gone unutilized and would be inclined to introduce them at this point.

[NazNaci1]

I just don't want the MDT to be the unification event. I want to avoid that. So the ONLY NON TITLE events could be when champ meets champ with the context of the MDT? Is that a scenario that could be an acceptable middle ground?

So if the WBC and IBF champion would agree to these terms perhaps we could go forward with some championships being won or lost.....just not unified. Sorry to have to sort this in real time like this. But the storm did take me my focus off of everything else in life. lol

Not sure what the point is in having titles on the line, during the MDT, with the exception being when 2 belt holders fight, which would be called a non-title bout (to avoid unification).

If its to give one and all a shot at winning a title, then fine with me, as it opens it up. However it could add more workload and potential confusion with constantly keeping updates of belts changing hands, as well as MDT updates.

Could go out on a limb and declare all titles vacant in Week 16, just as we enter the MDT and then pick it up after the MDT conclusion.

As always, will go with whatever is decided, preferred and easiest for Mr Crease and Monsieur Buzz.

PS Mr Buzz, was this storm the Tornado that swept through several states? Excuse my ignorance, we never see Tornado's in this part on the world. Hope everything has settled down, with minimal damage and cost.

[armageto]

Just make it simple and don't have any major belts on the line. It was never an issue in past tournaments, but if champs can't unify, they might as well not defend either.

The IBO and I guess Linear (?) can both be up for grabs. Plus whatever the WBO finalizes.

[BoxBuzz]

Just make it simple and don't have any major belts on the line. It was never an issue in past tournaments, but if champs can't unify, they might as well not defend either.

The IBO and I guess Linear (?) can both be up for grabs. Plus whatever the WBO finalizes.

Joe Knights title will be on the line.....as he has no advocates, and he is broke, and can not hire anyone to look after his best interests. And my team of lawyers is tied up in litigation with Kevo's Motley Crew. Or of course we would defend his honor.

So the WBO is P4P1' decision....the WBA is live....... Perhaps the IBF and the WBC champions should have some say as to whether they wish their titles to be on the line or not? I will be listening intently to their wishes. Unifications? I'm against it during the MDT.....but open to popular opinion. After all..... it is the group that pays the sanctioning fees that keep the commissioners driving our Lexus autos and sporting our Silk Suits.

This is rather simple.... And it will be fun to lampoon those who have no will to be honorable.

[gilgamesh]

The Titles were always on the line in the MDT before, I don't like the fact that they won't be on the line this time.

If that's the way the wind is blowing, I'll go with it, but let me just say. This wind blows.