Complete Team Rosters and ScoreChart

BOXING LEAGUE TEAMS	Aug 22, 2009	Aug 22, 2010
Sweet Chin Music
Manager: Andrew Marenghi
Current Record: 0-0-0, 0 Ko
	AVGs
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Wladimir Klitschko
Floyd Mayweather	vs J.Marquez
Shane Mosley
Fernando Montiel
Hozumi Hasegawa
	TOTALS:
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Hurricane CandleBox
Manager: Joel Mesiti
Current Record: 0-0-0, 0 Ko
	AVGS
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Manny Pacquiao	vs Cotto
Daniel Jacobs	vs Ishe Smith
Roy Jones Jr	vs D.Green
Juan Manuel Marquez	vs Mayweather
Andre Ward	vs scrub
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Sweet Scientist
Manager: Mark Enns
Current Record: 0-0-0, 0 Ko
	AVGs
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Ivan Calderon	vs Mayol
Nonito Donaire
Chris John	vs Juarez
Vic Darchinyan
Celestino Caballero
	TOTALS:
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Head Hunters
Manager: Jason Brunner
Current Record: 0-0-0, 0 KO
	AVGs
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Miguel Cotto	vs Pacquiao
Nikolay Valuev	vs Haye
Rafael Marquez
Tomasz Adamek
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr	vs scrub
	TOTALS:
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Death is Forming
Manager: Brian Whitmore
Current Record: 0-0-0, 0 Kos
	AVGs
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Arthur Abraham	vs J.Taylor
Paul Williams	vs Pavlik
Chad Dawson	vs G.Johnson
Timothy Bradley
Juan Diaz	vs Malignaggi
	TOTALS:
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Ready to Rumble
Manager: Joel Brunner
Current Record: 0-0-0, 0 Kos
	AVGs
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Juan Manuel Lopez
Vitali Klitschko	vs Arreola
Yuriorkis Gamboa
Mikkel Kessler	vs scrub
Humberto Soto	vs scrub
	TOTALS:

Boxing League 2009-2010 Begins

Just one day into the new boxing league, already 2 fights to report. First, Daniel "Golden Child" Jacobs of Hurricane CandleBox prevailed by unanimous 10-round decision over Ishe Smith. Jacobs controlled most of the fight with his handspeed and movement, but the rugged Smith had him rocked on a couple of occasions. Hurricane CandleBox moves to 1-0 and picks up points of Option A: 1, Option B: 0.5 and Option C: 15.

Just a few hours later, Juan Diaz of Death is Forming stepped into the ring against Paulie Malignaggi. While Diaz landed the harder shots, he was cut severely early in the fight and struggled with blood streaming into his left eye. For his part, Malignaggi controlled the ring for much of the fight and landed quick shots. Diaz pushed the fight and prevailed by scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110 (116-113 on my card). A Fightnews poll indicated that most fans thought Malignaggi had won the fight and indeed it was close. Diaz gets Option A: 1 pt, Option B: 1 pt and Option C: 16 pts.

A NEW SEASON BEGINS

2009-2010 Roster of Participants:

Andrew M- first time boxing league manager. Some boxing experience in recent years, once threw a good left hook to the body when I challenged him to demonstrate. Irish. Lives and breathes softball.

Joel M- first time boxing league manager. Fight Night Round 4 owner and improving player. Used to own oversized boxing gloves that were stored on top of his TV. Enjoys Skoal and sales.

B Whit- The defending league champion. A loyal follower of the sport. A keen eye for talent (Juan Manuel Lopez) and a reported penchant for beer and Kelly Pavlik.

Mark - 3rd place in last year's league. Boxed on camcorder in the late 80s, occasionally hitting his friends harder than they were comfortable with. Once watched a pay per view fight without contributing any $.

Jay- tied for last in last year's league. Nicknamed the "Bulldog" for pre-adolescent boxing exploits that featured roundhouse rights. Enjoys video editing and studying volcanoes.

Joel - has obsessive-compulsive tendencies, follows boxing and boxing history as much as possible. For his efforts, he achieved a hard-luck last place tie in last year's league, garnering 3 losses (Jermain Taylor, Antonio Margarito, Vic Darchinyan)...not that he's keeping track.

Team Names and Draft will soon follow....

FINAL STANDINGS

FINAL STANDINGS

1. Brian (Simply Juanderful)

2. Jeff (Impregnable Impetuous Children Eaters)

3. Mark (Knuckle Sandwich)

4. (tie) Jay (Punching Bags), Joel (LM's Vodka Breath)

BOXING LEAGUE TEAMS	Aug 13-Aug 13
Impregnable Impetuous Children Eaters
Manager: Jeff Whitmore
Current Record: 7-0-0, 4 Ko
	AVGs	1.57	1.43	18
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Arthur Abraham(3-0)		5	4	55
Mikkel Kessler(1-0)		2	1.5	18
Chad Dawson (2-0)		2	3	32
David Haye(1-0)		2	1.5	21
	TOTALS:	11	10	126
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Knuckle Sandwich
Manager: Mark Enns
Current Record: 5-0-1, 4 Ko
	AVGs	1.33	1.75	15.2
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Manny Pacquiao(2-0)		4	6	39
Miguel Cotto(2-0)		3	2.5	35
Israel Vazquez		0	0	0
Chris John (1-0-1)		1	2	17
	TOTALS:	8	10.5	91
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The Hitmen
Manager: Jason Brunner
Current Record: 6-2-0, 2 KO
	AVGs	0.63	0.75	12.1
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Kelly Pavlik (1-1)		1	1	20
Andre Berto(1-0): CLAIMED		1	2	15
Nikolay Valuev (2-0)		2	2	30
Joan Guzman(1-0)		1	1	15
	TOTALS:	5	6	97
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Simply Juanderful
Manager: Brian Whitmore
Current Record: 12-0-0, 10 Kos
	AVGs	1.83	2.13	17.8
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Juan Manuel Marquez (2-0)		4	6	40
Paul Williams (3-0)		5	6.5	50
Juan Manuel Lopez (4-0)		8	6.5	74
Tomasz Adamek(2-0): CLAIMED		4	4.5	35
	TOTALS:	22	25.5	213
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Larry Merchant's Vodka Breath
Manager: Joel Brunner
Current Record: 6-3-0, 5 Kos
	AVGs	0.78	1.22	12.41
Fighters:	UPCOMING	Option A	Option B	Option C
Wladimir Klitschko(2-0)		4	6	18
Floyd Mayweather Jr:CLAIMED		0	0	0
Vitali Klitschko(2-0): CLAIMED		4	6	37
Vic Darchinyan(1-1): CLAIMED		2	2	21
	TOTALS:	7	11	113

Klitschko wins again; Standings Update

After nine rounds and one knockdown, Wladimir Klitschko was awarded a TKO victory over a bloody and outmatched Ruslan Chagaev in a fight that was universally recognized as being for THE Heavyweight Title.  Klitschko used his usual weapons, the dominant jab and the straight right hand to snap Chagaev's head back several times each round.  For his part, Chagaev tried to compete but refused to throw enough punches to make Klitschko worry.  The win moves Wladimir to 53-3 with 47 KOs.  More importantly, it helps Larry Merchant's Vodka Breath move to 6-2 with 5 KOs.

Standings:

1. Simply Juanderful (10-0) OPTION B: 23.5 (2.35), OPTION C: 178 (17.8)

2. Children Eaters   (6-0)  OPTION B: 9.5 (1.58), OPTION C: 104 (17.3)

3. Knuckle Sandwich(5-0-1) OPTION B: 10.5 (1.75), OPTION C: 91 (15.2)

4. LM's Vodka Breath (6-2)  OPTION B: 12 (1.5), OPTION C: 110 (13.8)

5. Punching Bags   (6-2)  OPTION B: 6 (0.75), OPTION C: 97 (12.1)

Under 2 months to go in the league, Simply Juanderful's lead seems insurmountable.  Mark is threatening to jump into second place.  With Mayweather-Marquez postponed, we have only the following fights to consider:

Chris John (Mark) vs Rocky Juarez

Tomasz Adamek (Bri) vs Bobby Gunn

Juan Manuel Lopez (Bri) vs a scrub

Arthur Abraham (Jeff) vs M.Oral

Vic Darchinyan (Joel) vs Joseph Agbeko

Is This a Joke?

It now appears that David Haye is not fit to fight Wladimir Klitschko on June 20th.  Something about a hand injury, or a back injury.  Seriously guys, do you think that it's ok to do this?  Do you think that it's ok to keep screwing over the boxing public time after time, after time, after time? Nikolay Valuev refused to really fight against Evander Holyfield, then he refuses to step in the ring with an infectious Ruslan Chagaev.  Chagaev has been injured or unable to fight in about 80 percent of his recent fights.  Vitali Klitschko is on pace to fight about once a year.  Sam Peter has proven that he sucks, and prospects like Chris Arreola, Eddie Chambers and Alexander Povetkin all have major flaws.  Then David Haye makes things interesting, talks a good game, and then pulls a Garnett and says "OWWW!!"

Wladimir is making things interesting in his online remarks lately, talking about maybe fighting Chagaev or Arreola as a backup to Haye.  Or maybe he'll wait 3 weeks and fight Haye.  Either way, diehard fans of heavyweight boxing once again have to do what it feels like we're always doing....waiting for a decent fight.