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Please match your fighters against a managed fighter of the same weight class.
For Weeks 2 & 3, there will be no cpu opponents, it will speed the process up for us and be a true test for each Manager's mettle.
This card will be run Saturday 31st October or before.


CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE NEWS

WBC Title Eliminators will begin in Week 6

WBO Title Eliminators will begin in Week 6

WTF Title Fight will take place in Week 6

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SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE NEWS

WBA Title Eliminators will begin in Week 6

IBF Title Eliminators will begin in Week 6

IBO Title Fight will take place in Week 6

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UNMATCHED CRUISERS
None. Remaining fighters matched up in accordance with the unanswered callouts.

ARRANGED FIGHTS

TECHNO89 VS ARMAGETO
CARLOS DELEON VS VASSILY JIROV

KEVO VS HYACINTHUSTURNIPSEED
DARIUSZ MICHALCZEWSKI VS GUILLERMO JONES

WITHERSPOON VS STEVEDOC
JAMES TONEY VS DENIS LEBEDEV

BOXBULLY VS PALOOKA
EVANDER HOLYFIELD VS CARL THOMPSON

THE REVIVAL VS BOXBUZZ
MARCO HUCK VS MARCELO DOMINGUEZ

CREASE VS DAVEYMAC
JOHNNY NELSON VS ORLIN NORRIS

FIST OF LEGEND VS TOMASINO
JUAN CARLOS GOMEZ VS DWIGHT QAWI

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UNMATCHED SUPER MIDDLES
None. Remaining fighters matched up in accordance with the unanswered callouts.


ARRANGED FIGHTS

TECHNO89 VS BOXBULLY
SVEN OTTKE VS SUGAR RAY LEONARD

ARMAGETO VS PALOOKA
JOE CALZAGHE VS THOMAS HEARNS

CREASE VS TOMASINO
STEVE COLLINS VS MIKKEL KESSLER

FIST OF LEGEND VS WITHERSPOON
NIGEL BENN VS MICHAEL NUNN

THE REVIVAL VS BOXBUZZ
CARL FROCH VS FRANKIE LILES

HYACINTHUSTURNIPSEED VS DAVEYMAC
ANDRE WARD VS CHRIS EUBANK

KEVO VS STEVEDOC
ROY JONES JR VS GERALD MCCLELLAN

So gentlemen, just confirm - Weeks 2 & 3 Matchup Threads are now open.

There will be NO CPU opponents available for these weeks...

This is done to give this season some much-need impetuous..... And also to test Managers' cunning, daring & know-how.

So both weight classes have 14 fighters, seven matchups per weight class.

Week 2 card will be run within the next 2-3 days, Week 3 card will be run within the next 4-5 days.

Remember: Unanswered challenges will be signed, so if you ignore a call-out it will be signed, the deadlines can be seen in the statement above.

You have been notified, now let battle commence.

Johnny Nelson calls out Orlin Norris.

Steve Collins calls out Mikkel Kessler.

Carlos DeLeon calls out Vassiliy Jirov

Sven Ottke calls out Sugar Ray Leonard

James Toney calls out Denis Lebedev (Stevedoc)

Michael Nunn calls out Frankie Liles (Boxbuzz)

This is highly unusual to be expected to plan your Week 3 managerial move without even knowing how Week 2 has played out yet. Particularly with the No CPU opponent option with it.

I can't say I'm a fan of this, but as I am thorough, and can go with the flow. I'll match my guys in time for Week 3...but not until Week 2 has been run.

RJJ calls out Sven Ottke

Dariusz M calls out Guillermo Jones

Wait a minute.....

1. I lost out on my first draft choice purely by bad luck
2. I then developed a back up plan based on the rules as they were put in front of us for the season
3. Now the rules change mid season....and we are forced to dance to a new tune the piper has selected.


This is the "lemming" season.....and should not be referred to as anything other than the "Lemming" season.

Rules to most games are understood in advance.

Except of course if it's the government.

Did you hear that the state of Illinois has "decided" NOT to pay lottery winners due to the fact that they are in financial dire straits?

This includes some recent "winners"! Yep...you may have the "winning" ticket but you will not be paid. However...they will still SELL you a lottery ticket.


It's all fun and games. Who'da thunk you could BUY your ticket first...and THEN have the rules changed? Only in Illinois....and perhaps here at the Sim.

Techno89 wrote:Carlos DeLeon calls out Vassiliy Jirov

Sven Ottke calls out Sugar Ray Leonard

Jirov is in....


Calzaghe accepts whoever is interested.....

kevo wrote:Dariusz M calls out Guillermo Jones

Accepted.

Andre Ward calls out Chris Eubank (DaveyMac)

I will wait until the last minute to make this decision in light of this surprise development.

witherspoon wrote:James Toney calls out Denis Lebedev (Stevedoc)

Michael Nunn calls out Frankie Liles (Boxbuzz)

lebedev accepts

Techno89 wrote:Sven Ottke calls out Sugar Ray Leonard

Ooooo that should be a good match. OK Hosay

Evander Holyfield vs. Carl Thompson :?? :!:

Gomez wants Holyfield in Week 3

BoxBully wrote:Evander Holyfield vs. Carl Thompson :?? :!:

Carl will take the bout - Evander may get cut or fan man may turn up.

BoxBuzz wrote:Wait a minute.....

1. I lost out on my first draft choice purely by bad luck
2. I then developed a back up plan based on the rules as they were put in front of us for the season
3. Now the rules change mid season....and we are forced to dance to a new tune the piper has selected.


This is the "lemming" season.....and should not be referred to as anything other than the "Lemming" season.

Rules to most games are understood in advance.

Except of course if it's the government.

Did you hear that the state of Illinois has "decided" NOT to pay lottery winners due to the fact that they are in financial dire straits?

This includes some recent "winners"! Yep...you may have the "winning" ticket but you will not be paid. However...they will still SELL you a lottery ticket.


It's all fun and games. Who'da thunk you could BUY your ticket first...and THEN have the rules changed? Only in Illinois....and perhaps here at the Sim.

Seeing as how you and I were both reluctant to go along with this "Schedule 2 weeks of fights for your fighters, and no CPU opponents meaning you're basically not even being allowed to manage your guys the way you'd choose...in effect making the Sim pointless" thing. What say you and I fight each other in Week 3. Super Middleweight and Cruiserweight.

If not. I'll just see how the chips fall after Week 2, and schedule my guys accordingly for Week 3, but it seems as if everyone is all too gung ho to go ahead and make their plans for Week 3 already so we'll have few options left come matchup time for Week 3.

Like you though, I'm not at all a fan of this development.

48 hours remaining!!!

Crease wrote:UNMATCHED CRUISERS
BoxBuzz - Marcelo Dominguez
Crease - Johnny Nelson
DaveyMac- Orlin Norris
Fist of Legend - Juan Carlos Gomez
The Revival - Marco Huck
Tomasino - Dwight Muhammad Qawi

Unanswered callouts:

Crease wrote:Johnny Nelson calls out Orlin Norris.

The Revival wrote:BoxBuzz, what say you and I fight each other in Week 3. Super Middleweight and Cruiserweight.

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Crease wrote:UNMATCHED SUPER MIDDLES
armageto - Joe Calzaghe
BoxBuzz - Frankie Liles
Crease - Steve Collins
DaveyMac - Chris Eubank
Fist of Legend - Nigel Benn
HyacinthusTurnipseed - Andre Ward
Kevo - Roy Jones Jr
Palooka - Thomas Hearns
stevedoc - Gerald McClellan
The Revival - Carl Froch
Tomasino - Mikkel Kessler
Witherspoon - Michael Nunn

Crease wrote:Steve Collins calls out Mikkel Kessler.

witherspoon wrote:Michael Nunn calls out Frankie Liles (Boxbuzz)

armageto wrote:Calzaghe accepts whoever is interested.....

HyacinthusTurnipseed wrote:Andre Ward calls out Chris Eubank (DaveyMac)

The Revival wrote:BoxBuzz, what say you and I fight each other in Week 3. Super Middleweight and Cruiserweight.

Tommy Hearns would like to get his mitts on Joe Calzaghe.


Sign it up sir......

If Buzz doesn't accept my challenge, I'll call out Crease as well.

Froch vs Steve Collins and Huck vs Johnny Nelson.

First I'll await to see what Buzz says, but if he declines I'd be cool with fighting Crease's boys for Week 3 as well.

This week it's all about the game marshal's...... they are the ones to decide.

Since we had the last draft pick, we would rather not engage our guys with the big boys until we've seen our fighters work against journeymen.

However, that is not an option with this set of rules....so during these weeks, we will ALWAYS accept the first request to face off.....which will at least manifest in SOMEONE having a say in their own fighters destiny.

We would prefer the ability to decide for ourselves.


However....it could be that it is actually BEST if others decide for us. For who are WE to make such decisions?


So Yes...we accept the fight....so that YOU the little guy, may feel the personal satisfaction of the freedom to choose.

It's Democracy in action, put your freedom to the test. A fight they choose, or a fight we choose. Which do you like best?

The Revival wrote:It's Democracy in action, put your freedom to the test. A fight they choose, or a fight we choose. Which do you like best?

Not much need for managers in this environment.....

However we are making the same and not having to work. So it's not completely without it's upside benefits.

Benn wants to rematch Nunn.

Fist of Legend wrote:Benn wants to rematch Nunn.

Nunn wants to rematch Benn (providing Buzz chooses not to accept his call on Frankie Liles).

*would be a good tactical move, let Nunn and Benn beat the hell out of each other one more time and then Liles can feast on the burnt out shell of a wreck** that remains of Michael Nunn in Week 4.

**not to be interpreted as a lack of confidence, only acknowledgement of how good a scrap that was. I fully expect Nunn to win the return, but I can see a trilogy in the making