20th Century Boxing League
 
   Welcome to the 20CBL! I've created four organizations, with the initial champions decided by an elimination tournament. There are three sections. Number one is a listing of all past champions, number two is last month's results and the current month's schedule, and number three is the history of my four fictitious organizations. All the members of the 20CBL were recognized as a champion by a sanctioning body during the 19th or 20th century, from stalwarts like Holmes, Johnson, and Dempsey, to one shot champions like Douglas, Coetzee, and McCall. I operate this under the theory that yesteryear's champions would have benefited from modern training had they been alive late in the century (A fighter like 170 pound Tommy Burns or even 185 pound Rocky Marciano would have had trouble with even an inept 250 pounder). Also, although Ken Norton never won a championship fight, I have included him, as he was given a championship by a sanctioning body, and I needed him to have an even number of fighters.
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July, 2005 bouts in progress!
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Section One--All champions
 
Muhammad Ali GBF January, 2001 May, 2001 (4 months)
Muhammad Ali SBO March, 2002 June, 2002 (3 months)
Muhammad Ali CBC April, 2003 January, 2005 (21 months)
Riddick Bowe LBA April, 2002 October, 2003 (18 months)
Tommy Burns SBO October, 2004 November, 2004 (1 month)
Jack Dempsey CBC January, 2001 April, 2003 (27 months)
Jack Dempsey GBF September, 2003 December, 2003 (3 months)
George Foreman GBF November, 2001 March, 2002 (4 months)
George Foreman GBF February, 2004 June, 2004 (4 months)
Joe Frazier GBF March, 2002 September, 2003 (18 months)
Joe Frazier LBA October, 2003 April, 2005 (18 months)
Larry Holmes GBF August, 2004 present (11 months)
Jack Johnson SBO January, 2001 March, 2002 (14 months)
Sonny Liston GBF May, 2001 November, 2001 (6 months)
Sonny Liston SBO March, 2005 present (4 months)
Joe Louis LBA January, 2001 April, 2002 (15 months)
Joe Louis CBC February, 2005 present (5 months)
Rocky Marciano SBO June, 2002 August, 2004 (26 months)
Rocky Marciano LBA April, 2005 present (3 months)
Ken Norton GBF December, 2003 February, 2004 (2 months)
Gene Tunney GBF June, 2004 August, 2004 (2 months)
Mike Tyson SBO November, 2004 March, 2005 (4 months)
Joe Walcott CBC January, 2005 February, 2005 (1 month)
Tim Witherspoon SBO August, 2004 October, 2004 (2 months)
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Section Two--The Current Top Ten
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C.
Larry Holmes
104-2
C.
Sonny Liston
95-10-1
C.
Joe Louis
100-6
C.
Rocky Marciano
101-4-1
1.
Joe Frazier
100-5-1
2.
Mike Tyson
101-5
3.
Joe Walcott
91-14-1
4.
Muhammad Ali
101-5
5.
George Foreman
97-8-1
6.
Riddick Bowe
96-6-4
7.
Leon Spinks
68-37-1
8.
Jim Braddock
69-36-1
9.
Buster Douglas
57-48-1
10.
Jimmy Ellis
88-17-1
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Spotlight on Tim Witherspoon; Record is 79-25-2, title fight record is 2-3, highest ranking was C, lowest ranking was 45, average ranking is 21. Number of months in the top ten; 12 out of 54.
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Section Three--Organization Histories
Greenleaf Boxing Federation
January, 2001: Muhammad Ali is appointed champion after winning an elimination tournament.
May, 2001: Sonny Liston defeats Muhammad Ali by unanimous decision..........................................
November, 2001: George Foreman defeats Sonny Liston by 1st round TKO......................................
March, 2002: Joe Frazier defeats George Foreman by 6th round KO..................................................
September, 2003: Jack Dempsey defeats Joe Frazier by 6th round TKO............................................
December, 2003: Ken Norton defeats Jack Dempsey by 10th round TKO...........................................
February, 2004: George Foreman defeats Ken Norton by 10th round TKO.........................................
June, 2004: Gene Tunney defeats George Foreman by 10th round TKO.............................................
August, 2004: Larry Holmes defeats Gene Tunney by 11th round KO..................................................
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Leclaire Boxing Association
January, 2001: Joe Louis is appointed champion after winning an elimination tournament
April, 2002: Riddick Bowe defeats Joe Louis by 1st round TKO
October, 2003: Joe Frazier defeats Riddick Bowe by 5th round TKO
April, 2005: Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Frazier by unanimous decision
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Corey Boxing Council
January, 2001: Jack Dempsey is appointed champion after winning an elimination tournament
April, 2003: Muhammad Ali defeats Jack Dempsey by 13th round TKO
January, 2005: Joe Walcott defeats Muhammad Ali by unanimous decision
February, 2005: Joe Louis defeats Joe Walcott by 10th round TKO
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Southport Boxing Organization
January, 2001: Jack Johnson is appointed champion after winning an elimination tournament
March, 2002: Muhammad Ali defeats Jack Johnson by unanimous decision
June, 2002: Rocky Marciano defeats Muhammad Ali by split decision
August, 2004: Tim Witherspoon defeats Rocky Marciano by 4th round TKO
October, 2004: Tommy Burns defeats Tim Witherspoon by unanimous decision
November, 2004: Mike Tyson defeats Tommy Burns by unanimous decision
March, 2005: Sonny Liston defeats Mike Tyson by 1st round TKO
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