New Non-HW Boxers Rated

[CONN CHRIS]

LEONARDO RODRIGUEZ

Born - Mexico

0-9-0

Rodriguez served as an on and off strawweight punching bag for seven years. He was even passed-off as an opponent for Omar Soto in a bout for the Mexican Belt. If anyone ever tells you that the Mexican Strawweight Belt isn't legit, don't believe them.

[CONN CHRIS]

OMAR SOTO

Hometown - Hidalgo, Mexico

13(10)-2-1

This Mexican Strawweight Champion has a big punch but no truly impressive wins to-date. His only stoppage loss came at the hands of WBO Latino Flyweight Champ Jose Lopez when Soto tried to step up in weight.

[hamed]

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Thank you for the kind words hamed. I don't known too much about Darchinyan yet, other than he looks like he could be a monster in the flys. What is his weight like? If he is a natural fly and doesn't struggle with it, everyone better look over their shoulder.

If he is the real deal a fight with Wonjongkam would be great. Even though they are at different career stages, they are about the same age. Not sure how keen the IBF and WBC would be on a unification bout. Always fun to see sluggers go at it and see who drops first.

I know nothing about this Vic Vic fellow, let us know if you see something on him.

CONN

Will do CONN CHRIS! Yes, Vic (the IBF champ) will be interesting to follow. I read that Irene was taking it to him in round 10 just before a fireworks display caused them to stop the bout for 10-20 minutes between rounds 10 & 11. By then, Vic apparently recovered & Irene got cold in the night air. It's too bad that fight wasn't on TV, originally it was going to be on TV back in Sept. but one of the many Canes that came ashore in Florida this year postponed their bout.

[shane6969]

Originally Posted by hamed

Conn Chris: Great stuff, as always! I love the data & especially some of the unique names - Lucas could use some of them for his next Star Wars pic!

I see the Aussie Straw you just posted, have you heard of or seen stats of a guy named Vic Vic Patrick (spelling?) - a LW out of Australia? I saw his named mentioned in an article about the new IBF Fly champ, Vic Darchinyan.

Vic Patrick was possibly the best Aussie LW ever. Here is a colour photo of him, and also a set of ratings done by Vistaman.
I saw that Aussie Aboriginal SW Lyall Appo fight in Brisbane around 1991, and he looked a pretty good fighter, I was suprised when he retired. Another Aussie SW that ConnChris might want to do is Jack "The Ripper" Russell who fought for the IBF SW title (I think).

Cheers,

Shane.

[CONN CHRIS]

I thought hamed was talking about a "new" Vic Patrick" that went by "Vic Vic" Thanks for clearing that up. I had the fighter file, but not the picture - Thank you!


Here is what I whipped up on the Ripper. I gave him the benefit of the doubt in a few areas because I was rating him as a straw. He ranged all the way up to Jr. Banatm and fought a ton of title fights (almost every time out).

JACK "The Ripper" RUSSELL
Hometown - Werribee, Victoria, Australia
8(3)-6-1
Russell only dropped one bout as a Strawweight, he defeated Rick Budgen to gain the Australian Strawweight Crown. The Ripper packed a lot title fights into a short career; winning the Australian Jr Flyweight, Australian Flyweight, Australian Jr Bantam, and Asia Pacific Jr Flyweight belts. He also lost a title bid for the IBO Flyweight title to Scotty Olson and to Ratanapol Sor Vorapin for the IBF Strawweight title. Had he been able to stay at strawweight, Russell might have done even better.

[CONN CHRIS]

TITING DIGNOS

Hometown - Kyoto, Japan

Born - Philippines

14(4)-15-2

Journeyman that briefly held the Philipine Flyweight title; fought mainly at stawweight. Name fighters that Dignos dropped bouts to include Andy Tabanas, Rocky Lin, Pretty Boy Lucas and Hi-Sup Shin. Most of his attempts to move up in weight were unsuccessful.

[CONN CHRIS]

MASATO "Missile" KUDO

Hometown - Oita, Japan

11(3)-11-2

Journeyman and one-time Japanese Strawweight Champion. Stopped twice in 24 pro bouts.

[CONN CHRIS]

EMIL MATSUSHIMA

Hometown - Kyoto, Japan

Born - Leite, Philippines (given name - Emil Romano)

19(12)-19-3

Emil compiled a 16-6-1 record at strawweight and demostrated decent power. Unfortunately, he did not fair quite so well as he needed to move up in weight.

[CONN CHRIS]

HISASHI TOKUSHIMA

Hometown - Osaka, Japan

26(11)-6-1

Tokushima fought with success up to flyweight. He held the Japanese Strawweight title in 1988 prior to his move for good up to Flyweight.

[CONN CHRIS]

KENJI YOKOZAWA

Born - Niigata, Japan

10(3)-8-2

One-time Japanese Strawweight Champion. Lost a bid for the WBA title when he was TKO'd in the third by Leo Gomez. Kenji never fought outside of Japan.

[SAL]

Patri's next 20 fights from 1983-05-06 to 1987-01-30 introduces 5 new fighters. During this span he fought Mario De Marco (rated 5 at JFly) 4 times losing all 4 on points in real life. Patri managed to beat De Marco one time in my replay. Two of his fights with De Marco was for the Argentine Light Flyweight Title in which Patri lost both by UD12. Here are the 5 new fighters that Patri encountered during this time span:

Ramon Horacio Albers 10-13-3 (2) Argentina, rated 3
Ramon Jose Cufre 7-12-1 (3) Argentina, rated 1
Melile Luzhipo (record incomplete) South Africa, rated 3
Alberto Pacheco 1-16-5 (0) Argentina, rated 1
Adrian Daniel Roman 43-11-8 (21) Argentina, rated 6

Patri's record during this 20 fight span in real life 6-11-3 (0)
and in the replay 7-12-1 (0) bringing his totals to:
Career real life - 26-19-9 (3)
Career replay - 29-23-2 (4)

[CONN CHRIS]

Ok, enough with the little guys already. I have made 50 - 60 of them now. I will zip them up and shoot them over to Gunsmoke at a future date.

Now I have:

1) These created files
2) 160-170 stiff pack which conains TC files with real strawweight boxers' names who fought 5 or less bouts.
3) 160-170 TC fictional pack
4) The 50 or so SW that came with the stock game

That should make for a viable division if anyone actualy gives a rip and wants to run one.

I may make another pack in the future once I see how these play out for a career.

CONN

[shane6969]

ConnChris, thanks for Jack Russell and all of the other Strawweights, your efforts are much appreciated.

cheers,

Shane.

[CONN CHRIS]

Thanks for mentioning Mr. Russell; with his record, I would have overlooked him. He is an interesting fellow.

[SAL]

Anybody have a file for Lockport Jimmy Duffy. I've lost mine.

Scot

[mh2365]

I only have Oakland Jimmy Duffy.

[crusadecat]

heres what i have for Lockport

[SAL]

Many Thanks Crusadecat.

Scot

[SAL]

Patri's next 11 fights brings us 5 new fighters.

Patri's 55th fight..... 1987-03-13 Buenos Aires, Argentina
vs. Antonio Angrade 0-1-0 (0) Argentina, rated 1
actual Patri wins by TKO9 and believe it or not, same result in the replay.

56th fight..... 1987-06-19 Villa Angela, Argentina
vs. Jose Humberto Lagos 25-4-2 (9) Argentina, rated 6
actual ended in a draw12, replay Lagos wins SD12.

57th fight.... 1987-08-14 Argentina
vs. Jamie Miranda (second fight between these two)
actual Patri wins UD10, replay Patri wins by TKO5.

58th fight.... 1987-11-07 Chile
vs. Jose Badilla 9-22-3 (1) Chile, rated 1
actual Patri wins UD12, same result in the replay.

59th fight.... 1988-03-26 Buenos Aires, Argentina
vs. Jose Humberto Lagos (second fight between these two in nine months)
actual Lagos wins UD12, same result in the replay.

60th fight.... 1988-08-12 Viedma, Argentina
vs. Gustavo Ballas (rated 9 @ JBW in the game)
actual result Ballas wins UD10, same result in the replay. Ballas knocked Patri down three times in the replay fight.

61st fight.... 1988-09-02 Argentina
vs. Carlos Salazar (rated 4 at Fly in the game)
actual result Salazar wins UD10, replay Salazar wins MD10.

62nd fight.... 1988-09-16 Salta, Argentina
vs. Ignacio Lindor Gorriti 2-4-1 (1) Argentina, rated 1
actual result Patri wins UD10 and same result in the replay.

63rd fight.... 1988-09-16 Ushuaia, Argentina
vs. Jose Lagos (3rd fight between these two)
actual result Patri wins UD12 and the same result in the replay.

64th fight.... 1988-12-16 Argentina
vs. Jose Badilla (second meeting for these two)
actual result Patri wins by KO4, the replay result ended in a Draw10.

65th fight.... 1989-06-02 Argentina
vs. Mario Quintana 0-4-0 (0) Argentina, rated 1
actual result Patri wins UD10, same result in the replay.

Patri's real life career record at this point: 33-22-10 (5)
and his replay record at this point: 35-27-3 (6)

[David Myers]

Three new fighters from the lighter classes--Eddie Johnson, Bill Bossio, and Frankie Sodano--who represented the U.S. at the 1948 London Olympics, have been posted under the <b>Post-war fighters</b> thread. Click <a href="http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?t=87617">here</a>.