NIck Gamble's REVISED 32 man heavyweight fantasy tournament

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DOUBLE ELIMINATION
- all these draws in the first round our picked randomly except i stole the cox rule where a fighter who has faced the other fighter more than once fraizer- ali walcott-charles cannot face eachother in first round. also, fighters with a loss will face undefeated fighters until no one is undefeated. THERE WILL BE SOME UPSETS
Fighters: Bob Fitzimmons, jess willard, jack johnson, rocky marciano, jack dempsey, joe louis, muhammad ali, lennox lewis, Harry Wills , sonny liston, george foreman, Max Baer, Max Schmelling, Jack Sharkey, Jersey Joe Walcott, Ezzard Charles, Riddick bowe, James Corbett, Mike Tyson, James Jeffries, Roy Jones , gene tunney, larry holmes, evander holyfield, earnie shavers, Jerry Quarry, Ron Lyle, floyd patterson, ken norton, joe frazier, primo carnera, vitali klitchsko

round One:

Larry Holmes TKO 11 Vitali Klitschko
Muhammad Ali TKO 9 James Corbett
Jersey Joe Walcott 15u Jack Sharkey
Ezzard Charles 15u Floyd Patterson
Jack Johnson 15s Ken Norton
Joe Frazier KO 10 Harry Wills
Rocky Marciano TKO 6 Jess Willard
Joe Louis TKO 8 Evander Holyfield
George Foreman TKO 4 Jack Dempsey- Demsepy and foreman slugged it out at a ferocious pace. Had Dempsey made it to the mid rounds and box more, he would have knocked out foreman in the later rounds.
Earnie Shavers KO 2 Lennox Lewis- Upset, gets hit with sucker right
Mike Tyson TKO 3 Ron Lyle
Sonny Liston TKO 1 Bob Fitzimmons
James Jeffries KO 12 Primo Carnera
Jerry Quarry 15s Max Schmelling
Gene Tunney 15m Riddick Bowe
Roy Jones 15u Max Baer

Round 2:

George Foreman TKO 5 Riddick Bowe
Joe Louis TKO 3 Vitali Klitchsko
Rocky Marciano KO 7 Floyd Patterson
Ezzard Charles 15u Ron Lyle
Jack Dempsey TKO 7 Earnie Shavers
Mike Tyson KO 2 Ken Norton
Sonny Liston KO 4 Primo Carnera
Evander Holyfield 15s Jersey Joe Walcott
Joe Frazier TKO 4 Jess Willard
Max Baer 15s Jerry Quarry
Muhammad Ali TKO 6 Bob fitzimmons
James Jeffries 15u Jack Sharkey
Larry Holmes KO 8 James Corbett
Lennox Lewis KO 5 Roy Jones
Jack Johnson 15u Harry Wills
Gene Tunney 15u Max Schmelling

Eliminated Fighters: Floyd Patterson, Bob fitzimmons, james corbett, JAck Sharkey, Primo Carnera, Ken Norton, Harry Wills, Ron Lyle, vitali klitschko, jess willard, riddick bowe, max schmelling

Round 3:
Rocky Marciano KO 8 Max Baer
Joe Louis TKO 12 Jerry Quarry
Jack Johnson 15u Jack Dempsey- Dempsey had a tough draw, his style was made for jack johnson.
Muhammad Ali TKO 14 Ezzard Charles- both undefeated fighters got picked by draw to face eachother.
Lennox Lewis KO 6 Gene Tunney
Sonny Liston TKO 2 Roy Jones
Mike Tyson KO 1 Earnie Shavers
Jersey Joe Walcott 15u James Jeffries
Joe Frazier 15u Evander Holyfield
Larry Holmes TKO 10 George Foreman- upset, Holmes avoided and sruvived foreman early to outbox him and tire him until he stopped george out on his feet.

Eliminated Fighters: Roy Jones, Jack Dempsey, Jerry Quarry, Max Baer, Earnie Shavers, Evander Holyfield

Still Undefeated: Rocky Marciano, Larry Holmes, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson, Joe Frazier, Sonny Liston, Mike Tyson

One Loss: Jersey JOe Walcott, George Foreman, James Jeffries, Gene Tunney, Ezzard Charles, Lennox Lewis

Round 4:
Joe Frazier TKO 8 Sonny Liston- both undefeated fighters face eachother by draw out of a hat.
Rocky Marciano KO 9 Ezzard Charles
George Foreman KO 2 Jack Johnson- Upset, Johnson kept his hands too low and Big George caught him with a 4 punch combo coming in and Johnson was out.
Joe Louis KO 7 James Jeffries
Jersey Joe Walcott 15s Larry Holmes- Upset, Walcotts style and shuffle gave holmes trouble just like norton gave holmes trouble.
Muhammad Ali TKO 11 Gene Tunney
Lennox Lewis TKO 13 Mike Tyson - Upset, Lewis stood up to him and landed hard jabs and upper cuts on tyson and fished tired worn out tyson out in the 13th.

Eliminated: Gene Tunney, Ezzard Charles, James Jeffries

One Loss: Jersey Joe Walcott, George Foreman, larry Holmes, Sonny Liston, Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Jack Johnson

Round 5:

Muhammad Ali (BYE) - Muhammad ali gets a bye by draw
Jack Johnson 15u Lennox Lewis -Jack Johnson is too strong to be pushed around by lewis and every punch lewis threw johnson countered with a flurry of punches. Lewis was able to drop Johnson in the 6th with a hard right but johnson got up and boxed smart and the judges awarded him the decision. scores: 145-142, 146-140, 147-141.
George Foreman TKO 2 Joe Frazier - Fraziers style made for George
Mike Tyson KO 5 Jersey Joe Walcott- Fighters with one loss had to face eachother in this situation. Walcott smart antics cannot overcome a surge by tyson who hit walcott with a 3 punch combo that put him out for the count.
Joe Louis 15m Larry Holmes - Larry Holmes slick moving and jab outboxes Louis, but louis manages to land many more power puncers with short power punchers and his jab became more effective late.. Louis also knocked down holmes with a ocunter right which helped him win a decisision. Holmes after claimed "i got robbed, i won the fight."
Rocky Marciano TKO 12 Sonny Liston- Rocky Marciano was strong enough to survive listons early onslaughts and get inside and pound away at liston. Liston hurt rocky with his jab early but rocky started to come inside or over listons jab with a counter Suzie Q. Effective body punching and rabbit punching took its toll on liston who claims "When marciano hits u, its like a brick hitting u." Marciano claims" liston was my toughest fight, the guys a tough bastard and i give him a lot of respect."

ELIMINATED: Larry Holmes, Sonny Liston, Jersey Joe Walcott, Lennox Lewis

One Loss: George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Jack Johnson, Mike Tyson

Round 6:

Mike Tyson KO 3 George Foreman- Upset, Foreman won the first 2 rounds by out slugging tyson. Foreman hurts tyson early with the uppercut but slick head movements by tyson avoid Foremans haymakers and tyson gets inside and lands a brutal uppercut followed by a hard right that knockouts big george. Foreman on the verdge of knocking out tyson gets hit with a powerful combo that knocks him out.
Joe Louis KO 8 Joe Frazier- ITs an even fight in the 8th round until Louis hurts Frazier and follows up with a left right that puts him down for the count. Louis cut up frazier with his stiniing jab but took some punishment from frazier body shots and left hooks. Frazier said after " this man is the best, no one will beat him."
Muhammad Ali 15m Jack Johnson- Johnson's style gives ali trouble as he counters ali with hard blows and flurries and ali seems puzzled. The fight becomes dull in mid rounds with ali piling up points with his jab. Johnson becomes agressive in later rounds but ali comes right back landing hard combos and quick punches then dancing aorund. Tough fight to score, with johnson countering ali's shots and landing some hard blows and ali outboxing and being the agressor. scores: 143-143, 144-141 ALi 143-141 Ali. Johnson's lack of agression and not enough power punches lost him the decision.
Rocky Marciano (BYE)- Marciano gets it by the draw

ELIMINATED: George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Jack Johnson

ONE LOSS: Mike Tyson

SEMI FINALS: Rocky Marciano vs Joe Louis
Muhammad Ali vs Mike Tyson


Joe Louis 15s Rocky Marciano-Two undefeated fighters face eachother by draw. This time rock had to deal with a prime louis. Joe Louis had a hard time with Marciano and the rock dropped him twice in the 2nd with rights. Louis recovered however and floored rocky in the 3rd with a hard left hook right cross. Louis in the mid rounds continued to sting rocky with his dynamite fast short power jab and rocky was cut. Rocky however threw a thousand punches not caring where they landed but wherever they landed it dsid damage. hard hooks and elbows and body punches won rounds for rock but louis outboxed the rock even though rock was the agressor and louis walloped rocky hard a couple times. Rocky managaged to come back strong in the last couple rounds but Louis's counter punching, outboxing and jabbing and hard combos proved the difference even though the rock put him down twice. Scores of 144-141 Louis, 142-141 Rocky, and 146-142 Joe Louis. Louis and Marciano gave the outmost respect of eachother and both praised eachother greatly after the bout.
Muhammad Ali TKO 13 Mike Tyson - Tyson hurt Ali early as ali underestimated tysons quick powerful hands and he dropped ali with a powerful left hook in the 2nd. Ali got up and outworked and frustrated tyson toying with tysons mind. Ali then busted tyson with a two jabs which cut tyson badly in ther 9th. Tyson didnt have his same fire anymore because he was being clowned around and Ali dropped him twice in the 13th with long right hands and the referee waved the fight off soon after. At the time of the stoppage scorecards read: 117-112 Ali, 118-111 Ali, and 118-111 Ali.

Consalation Match: Rocky Marciano KO 10 Mike Tyson- Rocky and tyson bang it out for the first 4 rounds with tyson getting the better of it with his quick hands. Tyson takes a hard rabit punch in round 5, and gets angry and rocky snarles back at him and then hits him with a left right that stagger tyson and tyson seems to lose his concentration. Tyson rocked rocky in the 7th but in the 8th cut badly from tysons punches, Rocky launches an all out asault for the next 2 rounds landing hard punces on tyson. Tysons ready to quit, in the 10th a hard right followed by 5 deadly punches puts tyson down for the count. scoring at time of Knockout: 87-84 tyson 86-85 tyson 88-82 Rocky.

Finals: Joe Louis vs Muhammad Ali

Louis comes out strong and gets inside and pounds away at ali the first two rounds using his jab as an evective decoy. Ali comes back in the 3rd and starts to move and jab and outbox louis who becomes frustrated. Ali lands a hard 1 2 in the 7th and louis is cut under the eye. Louis continues to him him with left hooks and when he can bang at the body. Louis is unable to land his jab cleanly and ali continues to hit louis with flurries. going into the 13th, Ali is leading on all three card 118-109, 116-113, 116-113. Louis comes out and ali is dancing and popping combos. Ali misses with a long right and louis counters with a BOOMING LEFT HOOK!! ALI IS HURT HE STUMBLES BACK AND LOUIS LANDS A HARD LEFT AND TWO RIGHTS WHICH PUT ALI . ALI GETS UP ONLY TO MEET 4 MORE POWER PUNCHES WHICH SEND HI MDOWN AGAIN. HE GETS UP GROGGY AND TRIES TO STAY AWAY BUT LOUIS STARTS TO JAB HIM THEN COMES OVER WIT HA HARD RIGHT THEN TWO LEFTS AND A FINAL RIGHT WHICH PUTS ALI OUT. Ali never counted before, tries vanly to get up but he doesnt know where he is. The fight is over Joe Louis wins by knockout in the 13th round. Joe Louis is my all time fantasy computer heavyweight champion.

Final Rankings based on Tournament:
1. Joe Louis
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Rocky Marciano
4. Mike Tyson
5. Jack Johnson
6. George Foreman
7. Joe Frazier
8. Larry Holmes
9. Sonny liston
10. Jersey Joe Walcott
11. Lennox Lewis
ITS TOO BAD DEMPSEY HAD A TOUGH DRAW FACING GUYS THAT DIDNT FIT HIS STYLE, CAUSE HE WOULD HAVE BEATEN A LOT OF THE FIGHTERS THAT WENT FAR IN THIS TOURNAMENT.

So theres my tournament. All draws were picked out of a hat. SO PLEASE SPEAK UP, I WANT UR OPINIONS ON SOME OF THE MATCHUP RESULTS. OR MAYBE U CAN MAKE UR OWN.

[Ezzard]

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