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Welcome to Week 19. The third week of the Million Dollar Tournament.
We enter the Round of 16.

WORLD TITLE NEWS

BOB FOSTER WILL DEFEND HIS WBC INTERIM TITLE AGAINST HIS NEXT OPPONENT IN THE MILLION DOLLAR TOURNAMENT.

EZZARD CHARLES WILL DEFEND HIS WBC SILVER TITLE AGAINST HIS NEXT OPPONENT IN THE MILLION DOLLAR TOURNAMENT.

JOE KNIGHT WILL DEFEND HIS WBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST HIS NEXT OPPONENT IN THE MILLION DOLLAR TOURNAMENT.

JIMMY BIVINS MAY DEFEND HIS IBF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST AN OPPONENT NOT IN THE MDT, CHOSEN BY HIS MANAGER.

YOUNG STRIBLING WILL DEFEND HIS WBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST HIS NEXT OPPONENT IN THE MILLION DOLLAR TOURNAMENT.


OTHER TITLE NEWS

YOUNG STRIBLING WILL DEFEND THE IBO TITLE, AGAINST HIS NEXT OPPONENT IN THE MILLION DOLLAR TOURNAMENT.

YOUNG STRIBLING WILL DEFEND HIS LINEAL TITLE AGAINST HIS NEXT OPPONENT IN THE MILLION DOLLAR TOURNAMENT.

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UNMATCHED FIGHTERS
Kevo - Tommy Gibbons


ARRANGED FIGHTS

Unified Lineal, WBO and IBO titles
ARMAGETO
YOUNG STRIBLING VS TOMMY LOUGHRAN

KEVO VS P4P1
MICHAEL SPINKS VS SAM LANGFORD

WBC Interim title
ARMAGETO VS GILGAMESH
BOB FOSTER VS EZZARD CHARLES

CREASE VS TECHNO89
JOHN HENRY LEWIS VS ARCHIE MOORE

WBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
NAZNACI1
JOE KNIGHT VS HAROLD JOHNSON

BOXBUZZ
MAXIE ROSENBLOOM VS MAURO MINA

NAZNACI1 VS GILGAMESH
GENE TUNNEY VS BOB FITZSIMMONS

P4P1
HARRY GREB VS DARIUSZ MICHALCZEWSKI

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IBF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXBUZZ VS NOSCOUTINGREPORTS
JIMMY BIVINS VS BERNARD HOPKINS

DRDUKE VS CREASE
EDDIE MUSTAFA MUHAMMAD VS BILLY CONN

DRDUKE VS TECHNO89
DWIGHT MUHAMMAD QAWI VS MICHAEL MOORER

NOSCOUTINGREPORTS
ROY JONES JR VS CHAD DAWSON

KEVO
TOMMY GIBBONS VS ?

Group A
Young Stribling - 7 pts. - Lineal, WBO & IBO titles
Sam Langford - 5 pts. (P4p1)
Dwight Muhammad Qawi - 1 pts. (DrDuke)
Floyd Patterson - 1 pts.

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

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

Group D
John Henry Lewis - 6 pts. (Crease)
Ezzard Charles - 6 pts. (Gilgamesh) WBC Silver title
Tommy Gibbons - 6 pts. (Kevo)
Antonio Tarver - 3 pts.

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

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

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

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

Note 1: As can be seen the honourable IBF Championship's involvement with the MDT has been discontinued due to a quick snatch N grab by Jimmy Bivins (but a mighty one all the same) maybe it's a good thing - all flavours for everyone...
Buzz you choose a challenger...

Note 2: Currently waiting for the rankings to be updated through Week 18...

Wait...Bivens wins the IBF AND he get's booted from the MDT? Was that due to his earlier losses? It seems an odd outcome. and if there was no way for him to stay in last week, why was he still in it? Was it dependent other others within his group's wins and losses? I think I understand...and If i do great...if not could you help me understand. Much like Ryan Garcia he was celebrating his win to find out the reward was less than he had hoped for.....despite him putting a whuppin on his opponent.

Since the corrupt MDT judging didn't allow Qawi to go further, Dwight calls out Moorer, if Moorer remains free. If Moorer fights for the title instead of Hopkins, then Hopkins receivs the offer.

Eddie Mustafa wants a rematch vs Conn.

BoxBuzz wrote: ↑22 Apr 2024, 16:24 However.....Bivins Calls out Bernard Hopkins for the IBF honors......if Hopkins runs, his second choice would be Michael Moorer.

Make it happen Buzz. Bhop looks easy food but there's always a chance he produces something on the night.

RJJ will take on a rematch with Chad Dawson this week.

DrDuke wrote: ↑23 Apr 2024, 01:01Eddie Mustafa wants a rematch vs Conn.

Conn accepts. Fight signed.

Crease wrote: ↑23 Apr 2024, 08:20

DrDuke wrote: ↑23 Apr 2024, 01:01Eddie Mustafa wants a rematch vs Conn.

Conn accepts. Fight signed.

Well done.

So, where're you at, Moorer? Qawi awaits ya!

DrDuke wrote: ↑23 Apr 2024, 01:01 Since the corrupt MDT judging didn't allow Qawi to go further, Dwight calls out Moorer, if Moorer remains free. If Moorer fights for the title instead of Hopkins, then Hopkins receivs the offer.

Eddie Mustafa wants a rematch vs Conn.

Moorer accepts your offer

Was it up to me to decide who Ezzard Charles fought in the Tournament or something? I thought the selection was just automatic in cases like that.

gilgamesh wrote: ↑27 Apr 2024, 18:45 Was it up to me to decide who Ezzard Charles fought in the Tournament or something? I thought the selection was just automatic in cases like that.

I think Crease was computing his tie breaker for who advances, then the matchups after that.

gilgamesh wrote: ↑27 Apr 2024, 18:45Was it up to me to decide who Ezzard Charles fought in the Tournament or something? I thought the selection was just automatic in cases like that.

No, I'm sort of repeating myself here but in the case of a 3-way tie, the top two highest rated fighters will advance through.
I have been waiting a long while for Buzz to post up the ratings for the the three fighters who were tied in Group D.