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[butterfly1964]

Hello there, and welcome to The Western Conference Finals! I'm buterfly1964, your ringside commentator. Here is the fight!

2. Jack Dempsey vs. 1. Muhammad Ali - Stockyards Stadium, Denver, CO for fight #5. (ali leads 3-1)

Can Muhammad Ali move on to the finals today? Now let's send our crew over to Denver, Colorado.

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Welcome folks, and good afternoon on behalf of Butterfly1964 Productions. Jack Dempsey will try to survive elimination tonight as Muhammad Ali will try to move on to the finals. Dempsey was 188, and Ali was 206. Here is an interview of Muhammad before the fight.

Reporter: Well Muhammad, what will you do tonight?

Ali: The same thing as always. I should be able to win.

Reporter: What kind of shape are you in?

Ali: Oh, great! I'm lean and trim at about 205 or 206, maybe. Right now I'm just concentrating on either Slow Louis, or that big, ugly bear, Sonny Liston!

Here's the tale of the tape.

Jack Dempsey

age: 28
height: 6'-1"
weight: 188
reach: 77"
record: 61-4-9 (49ko)

Muhammad Ali

age: 25
height: 6'-3"
weight: 206
reach: 83"
record: 29-0-0 (23ko)

Ali is now bouncing down the aisle into the ring, wearing a red robe with white lettering on the back. He is staying warm in there, shadowboxing and moving. Now Jack Dempsey is seen attired with a black robe and many people cheer his arrival. Both men look determined.

Michael Buffer: Introducing, from Houston, TX, he's wearing red trunks with white strips, he stands six feet three inches, he weighs two hundred six pounds, Muhaaamaaad Alliiii! And his opponent, from Manassah, CO, he's wearing black trunks, he stands six feet one, weighing one hundred eighty-eight pounds, Jaaaaaack Deeempseeeey!!!!!!!!!(the crowd cheers) 15 rounds! Llllllets get ready to ruumbllllllllllle!!!!!!!

Mark Conn: You both know the rules of the Colorado State Athletic boxing Commision. Protect yourself at all times. Beak when I tell you to break. Any questions? Shake hands.

Round 1: Ali moves out and uses his reach to keep dempsey at bay. Dempsey ducks under a punch and shoots a left hook tot he jaw. ali follows it up with a one two and two jabs. Ali pulls from a right cross from dempsey and dempsey moves back and moves in, throwing a left hook and missing. Ali uses the ringg well. He is moving at great speed to not let dempsey get a good crack at him.

Round 2: Ali still is on his toes and is using the right hand more to keep him off-balance, as well as his left jab. Dempsey shoots a uppercut that grazes ali's jaw and ali counters witha right. ali shots consecutive one-two and dempsey is more cautious. he bobbs in and out and ali uses his jab more. They both clinch and ali ties him up. They continue, and dempsey is throwing a fearsome combo, that ali avoids most of. Ali dances for the rest of the round without throwing a punch.

Round 3: Dempsey is going after ali, and ali picks him apart. ali is now flatfooted, and dempsey shoots a hard right to ali's midsection, and ali gets in a goodright hand. ali has his hands up to block shots and dempsey gets inside, but ali quickly moves away. ali does a shuffle and hits left and right hooks to the body and a one two to the head. They clinch a couple of times, and ali ties him up.

Round 4: Ali is on his toes again, and pops that jab. He uses the right hand well, and his own left hook. dempsey scores with a left hook, and ali just dances and lands his jab and right cross. dempsey's face is a little puffed up from all that punishment. ali dominates this round, fighting off the backfoot and landing sharp, crisp combinations.

Round 5: In this round Ali is still on his toes somewhat, but he goes more flatfooted and he puts some more pop on his punches. His jab goes in well, so does his right cross, and even some left hooks of his own! All this time, dempsey is looking to get in big left hooks, but it's Ali who lands tremendous left hooks. Dempsey somehow through all that bobbing and weaving gets ali on the ropes and punishes the body and head, but after dempsey gets in about 5 seconds of constant punching, ali holds behind his head and ties him up. Ali sticks to his game plan of moving to the left and occasionally to th right, shuffling his feet from side to side landing his left that keeps dempsey off-balance, and his left, that jarrs dempsey. This is a good round for ali.

Round 6: Ali keeps on moving and dempsey pursuing. ali shoots a hard right to jack's head and an uppercut and a left hook. dempsey misses with a right and ali counters with a one-two. Ali keeps on landing those combinations and dempsey does not know what to do. dempsey starts to throw dynamite hooks, but ali is calm and avoids them countering wth shots of his own. dempsey is stunned, and ali moves in to finish, but he can't do it.

Round 7: Ali is still on his toes, and his stamina looks better than ever. Dempsey somehow gets inside and lands some good body and head shots. demspey bobs under ali's jabs and gets inside once again. Ali ties him up and they continue. dempsey scores with his left hook and is looking better. ali is still on his toes, sticking out that jab. they both clinch, and ali ties him up again. Ali avoids about five blows and he uses his one-two well. This is a good round for ali.

Round 8: Ali is still moving and he is sticking and sticking. ali then throws a right hand moving in, and dempsey is hurt. dempsey starts bobbing and weaving like crazy and ali times his shots and dempsey is against the ropes. the crowd is on their feet in stunned silence. ali moves in to finish with a one two and an uppercut and an overhand right! The fight is over! Ali is going to the Playoff Boxing Finals!

Michael Buffer: The winner by a ko at 1:45 of the eighth round, Muhammad Aliii!

Ali consoles Dempsey and celebrates in his corner!

[butterfly1964]

Presentation of the Western Conference Finals Trophy!

Ali is celebrating as he puts on his Western Conference Champion shirt and hat. Here is Michael Buffer!

Michael Buffer: Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the presentation of the Western Conference Finals Trophy! On behalf of the WBC, WBA, IBC, IBA, and other commissions, here is the trophy, Muhammad! Congradulations, Mr. Western Conference Champion!(some people cheer)

Muhammad Ali: Thank you, Mr. Buffer. First of all I'd like to thank almighty Allah for giving me the strength to fight all these fights and to get this far. I'd also like to thank my mamma and papa for supporting me throughout all these years. Also my trainer Angelo Dundee for whipping me into shape, and my Manager, Herbert Muhammad.

Angelo Dundee(trainer): Well, I'd like to say, that we have gone throught a lot in this tournament and we have persevered. It's not over, but I'm glad that we came this far, and after this we will get back to work and seek out that championship. Muhammad is a tremendous fighter and I am confident that we could win it all! Yeahh!

Herbert Muhammad(manager): Wow! This is something ain't it? Getting this far in the tournament. And now we have a chance to win the whole thing, well, I'm confident that this guy right here could do the job. He's done a lot for the sprort of boxing and I'm thrilled to be with him.

Muhammad Ali: Also, I'd like to thank my key sparring partner Mr. James Ellis, for working me and keeping my speed up to avoid all them punches, and also Dr. Ferdie Pacheco my doctor for keeping my health in balance, and also my wife, can't forget her Belinda, (and Sonji, Veronica, and Lonnie ), and all my friends that kept me in good spirits, and anyone else that I forgot to mention. Also I'd like to shout out to my homies in Houston, TX. I'm glad I got this trophy, and now let's go for the one that counts, the finals trophy! I know there has been some doubts about me and my ability, and this is a way for me to establish myself and to let the whole world know, that I'm still the best!!!!!!!

Muhammad hold the trophy and raises it in celebration and the whole entoruage goes into the dressing room.

Well, that will do it. Once again, the final score is ali-ko8.
This is butterfly1964, saying goodday!

Muhammad Ali
Western Conference Champion

[butterfly1964]

Hello there, and welcome to The Eastern Conference Finals!

6. Sonny Liston vs. 1. Joe Louis - Convention Hall, Philadelphia, PA for fight #5. (liston leads 3-1)

Liston can move on tonight with a win. Will he do it? Now let's send our crew over to Philadelphia.

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Welcome to Convention Hall, where Sonny Liston will try to win this series tonight against Joe Louis. Liston is the 6 to 1 betting favorite. Here's the tale of the tape.

Sonny Liston

age: 28
height: 6'-1"
weight: 212
reach: 84"
record: 28-1-0 (18ko)

Joe Louis

age: 28
height: 6'-2"
weight: 206
reach: 76"
record: 56-1-0 (50ko)

And Joe Louis is coming down the aisle and into the ring and some cheers could be heard. Now the stadium erupts as Liston climbs into the ring. Liston looks determined to win this fight.

Buffer: Welcome to the Eastern Conference Finals! Introducing, from Detroit, MI, wearing solid blue trunks, at six feet two weighing two oooh three, the Brown Bomber, Joe Loouiss! Loouiss! And his opponent, from Philadelphis, PA, wearing black trunks with white strips, at six feet one, weighing two oooh eight and three quarters, The Big Bear, Charles Sonny Liiistooooon! Liiiiistooooooon!(the crows cheers)

Conn: You know the rules of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Boxing Commision. Fight clean, and break when I tell you. Any questions? Ok, good luck.

Both men move out. Liston is the pursuer. both men use their jabs, they have very good one's indeed. Louis jabs and rips those lightning fast combos to the head, while lston slips some of the punches and go to the body. Both men clinch and they do some body work, with Louis outslugging his opponent. Liston lands a good left hook, which louis takes. Louis is jabbing and landing right hands when he can and slipping liston's shots. It's a fairly even round, as they both test each other's chins.

Round 2: Liston is still pressuring louis and louis jabs and gets out of a corner. they both clinch and louis rips big shots to the body and head and liston holds on and takes time to recover. they break, and louis goes after him throwing great leather and liston looks out of it, but he recovers and fights back. This is louis' round, but liston still puts up a good fight.

Round 3:Liston is still the pursuer. Louis is not backing up quite as much as in the first fight, but he is still being forced back, somewhat. Louis shoots a hard right to liston jaw, and liston still presses on. Louis is jabbing and throwing combinations when he is in position. Louis is being pressured against the ropes, but he parries most of liston's blows and fires a hard combo of lefts and rights. Liston is stunned a little, but he is fighting back, with his piston jab, he sets up his power shots that keep louis away.

Round 4: Louis is still being pushed back, and liston is trying to rip his body. they both clinch and they do tremendous amounts of damage. Louis fires jolting uppercuts to liston's jaw and he folows up with blistering left hooks. liston fights back with his tremendous bombs and louis is hurt! Liston follows it up with left hooks and overhand rights. Liston keeps up this attack and louis looks done, but the bell saves louis!

Round 5: Louis is still shaken up, but he recovers. They both do work on the inside, and this is where they spend most of their time. Louis is the faster of the two, and he tries to beat him to the punch and outswing liston. liston is calm and ripping the body and following up with big left hooks. Louis is also giving it to sonny by using his perfectly thrown punches at the right positions to put a hurt on sonny. This is an even round, as they both do well.

Round 6: Liston kepps applying the pressure, and louis uses his jab. liston scores a right uppercut and a right cross to the jaw. louis shoots a hard right to the body and liston counters a left hook to the body, and a left and right to the head and a left lead to the body. louis is bacvked against the ropes and takes tremendous punishment. It's all liston as he has louis on his last leg.

Round 7: Liston keeps on pounding louis into dust as louis tries to defend himself, but can't. Liston is having his way, scoring a left jab and a right corss, then a left hook to the head and they both clinch. liston pounds louis' body and hits him with big uppercuts. Liston scores some more punches and louis goes down! The crowd is on their feet. louis is up at three and the bell rings!

Round 8: Louis tries to fight back, using his jab and his right hand, but at this point liston is too strong for louis. Louis shoots some shots tothe body and liston answers with left hooks. louis lands some good right hands to try to get back inti this match. Louis is trying desperately to survive elimination. Liston is working on that body and methodically wearing joe down with that jab. Liston is doing well in this round.

Round 9: Liston uses his reach and shots a series of jabs to the jaw of sonny. sonny throws a right hand and a left hook followed by a right to the body and a left ot the body. louis answeres back with a left hook to the chin and a one-two combination. liston slips louis' jab and throws left hook, stunning louis. liston follows up and has louis pinned against the ropes. louis is defenseless, but the bell saves him!

Round 10: They both fight in close and they both try to hurt one another. louis finds his target in liston's midsectionm and works it over. liston works the body and uses uppercuts to stun joe. After a while, louis is writhing from tantalyzing shots by liston, and liston goes into turbo mode, scoring with a right hand to the head, lefts and rights to the body, and consecutive uppercuts, followed by left hooks to the jaw and lefts and rights to the midsection. liston scores a lot to the head and louis head snaps back with each blow. louis is now staggering all over the ring, and conn almost stops it, but the bell sounds!

Round 11: It seems that the end is near for louis. Liston scores great shots to the body and head and pounds louis into desert sand. louis seems like he is about to just drop from all that punishment he is taking. Liston moves in to finish and louis sdcores with a counter jab. Liston backs up a bit and moves in again, and louis scores a right hand from nowhere, and liston is stunned. They fight in close and louis is now fighting back and scoring with big uppercuts that almost take liston's head off. Louis uses his shuffling feet and economy of motion to get in position while parrying liston's blows. louis uppercuts liston again and then a big right hook that drops liston! The crowd is into this as liston struggles to his feet, but he gets up too late, as the referee counts to ten and says that it's all over! But what a fight Sonny Liston gave!

Michael Buffer: The winner by a knockout, at 2:59 of the eleventh round, Joooe Loouiisss!

Wow, that was anogher great fight, and Louis will live to fight another day. Tune in to find out what happens next. Once again, the final score is, louis-ko11. This is butterfly1964 saying goodbye from Convention Hall!!

[butterfly1964]

Points and good k would be appreciated.

[butterfly1964]

Welcome to The Eastern Conference Finals. I'm butterfly1964, and this is do or die for our number one seed.

1. Joe Louis vs. 6. Sonny Liston - Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI for fight #6. (liston leads 3-2)

Let's go over to Detroit, Michigan.

[butterfly1964]

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Welcome to the Olympia stadium in Detroit, where Joe Louis will stave off elimination against Sonny Liston. Over 50,000 came tonight to see if Louis could tie up the series. He is the 3 to 1 underdog. Louis weighed an in-shape 205, and liston was 211. Here's the tale of the tape.

Joe Louis

age: 28
height: 6'-2"
weight: 205
reach: 76"
record: 56-1-0 (50ko)

Sonny Liston

age: 28
height: 6'-1"
weight: 211
reach: 84"
record: 28-1-0 (18ko)

And now Sonny Liston is in the ring, and some people boo, some people cheer. He is wearing a black robe. Joe Louis comes down the aisle and the crowd goes wild! Louis is wearing a white robe.

And now here is Michael Buffer!

Buffer: Welcome to the Eastern Conference Finals! Introducing, from Philadelphis, PA, wearing black trunks with white strips, at six feet one, weighing two eleven, The Big Bear, Charles Sonny Liston! Liston! And his opponent, from Detroit, MI, wearing solid white trunks, at six feet two weighing two oooh five, the Brown Bomber, Joooe Loouissss! Looouiiisss!(the crows cheers)

Conn: You know the rules of the Michigan State Athletic Boxing Commision. Fight clean, and break when I tell you. Any questions? Ok, good luck.

Round 1: Liston is the pursuer. Louis shuffles a bit and jabs liston. Louis throws a one-two and liston ****es with a left hook. Liston is doing some good counterpunching in this round, as well, as keeping that jab in joe's face. Louis is throwing good combinations and he is defending well.

Round 2: Liston is still on the atack, and he opens up when he has joe on the ropes. Louis inadvertently fights back and he catches sonny. sony is wobbled a bit, but he takes a good punch and he recovers. Louis takes over, throwing fast, short, powerful combinations. Liston is still hanging tough, but this is louis' round.

Round 3: Louis is now on the attack. Liston jabs and is now moving back, but louis is right on him. Louis is croutched a bit acting like a force of nature ready to spring up at any moment. liston tries to use his size and strength, but after about a half a round of being pushed around louis decides to just pick liston up during a clinch, ala Primo Carnera! After that experience, Liston stops to bullying then and there. Louis is still the agressor, landing shots moving in, scoring overhand rights and jolting uppercuts.

Round 4: Louis moves in and gets liston against the ropes and pumels him to the body and head. Liston has no answer to this. Referee mark Conn halts the whole thing.

Michael Buffer: The winner by a technical knockout, at 0:33 of the fourth round, Jooooe Loouiissss!!

Everyone in the stands is really happy. Louis now evens up the series. Tune in next time for the decisive game seven. It's anybody's game now! Once again, the final score is louis-tko4. This is butterfly1964 saying goodnight, from Olympia Stadium!

[butterfly1964]

Welcome to The Eastern Conference Finals. I'm butterfly1964, and this might be a great seventh game thriller!

1. Joe Louis vs. 6. Sonny Liston - Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI for fight #7. (series tied at 3-3)

Let's go over to Detroit, Michigan.

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Welcome to the Olympia stadium in Detroit, where both Joe Louis and Sonny Liston will try to advance. Over 60,000 came tonight to see if Louis could close out the series at home. There is no clear favorite and anyone could win. Louis weighed an in-shape 204, and liston was 209. I talked to Joe louis this morning.

butterfly1964: What will you do to win this fight?

Louis: I'll have to play possum for a while, and then take over in the later rounds.

butterfly: Oh, is that what you ave been doing?

Louis: Yes. I figure, I could hold back and come on strong later.

butterfly: What do you think a match against Muhammad ALi will do for boxing?

Louis: A lot. Many of the boxing writers and fans rank us in the top two out of all thge heavyweights, so this will be a huge series, should I win, which I hope to do so.

butterfly: Thank you, Joe.

Here's the tale of the tape.

Joe Louis

age: 28
height: 6'-2"
weight: 204
reach: 76"
record: 56-1-0 (50ko)

Sonny Liston

age: 28
height: 6'-1"
weight: 209
reach: 84"
record: 28-1-0 (18ko)

And now Sonny Liston is in the ring, and some people boo, some people cheer. He is wearing a black robe. Joe Louis comes down the aisle and the crowd goes wild! Louis is also wearing a black robe.

And now here is Michael Buffer!

Buffer: Welcome to the Eastern Conference Finals final game! Introducing, from Philadelphia, PA, wearing black trunks with white strips, at six feet one, weighing two oh nine, The Big Bear, Charles Sonny Liston! Liston! And his opponent, from Detroit, MI, wearing solid black trunks, at six feet two weighing two oooh four, the Brown Bomber, Joooe Loouissss! Looouiiisss!(the crows cheers)

Conn: You know the rules of the Michigan State Athletic Boxing Commision. Fight clean, and break when I tell you. Any questions? Ok, good luck.

Round 1: Both men move out. Liston is the pursuer. both men use their jabs, they have very good one's indeed. Louis jabs and rips those lightning fast combos to the head, while lston slips some of the punches and go to the body. Both men clinch and they do some body work, with Louis outslugging his opponent. Liston lands a good left hook, which louis takes. Louis is jabbing and landing right hands when he can and slipping liston's shots. It's a fairly even round, as they both test each other's chins.

Round 2: Liston is still pressuring louis and louis jabs and gets out of a corner. they both clinch and louis rips big shots to the body and head and liston holds on and takes time to recover. they break, and louis goes after him throwing great leather and liston looks out of it, but he recovers and fights back. This is louis' round, but liston still puts up a good fight.

Round 3: Louis is still determined, and he jabs liston and throws good solid combinations to sonny's body and head. Sonny is slipping some of those pnches to get through with blows of his own. louis still is pressing on, scoring punches and hurting liston. Liston fights back with a one-two that grazes louis' jaw. louis is now the pursuer as he is firing back big shots to liston. but liston is taking every punch, and he will not go down. Liston throws some punches, but louis parries or slips them and counters with shots of his own.

Round 4: Louis is still pursuing, and liston uses his reach to keep joe away from him. sonny is trying to counter joe's blows, but at this point louis is beating to the punch and is just too fast for liston. Louis scores a right to liston's jaw and louis goes down! liston is up at 4, and they continue. Louis is landing great blows and liston is defenseless. Liston tries to fire back, but louis slips the punch and counters with a right and continues his onslaught. Louis is landing telling blows, and it looks like sonny might go down again, but the bell saves him!

Round 5: Louis smells blood and he goes after sonny with left and rights to the body and head. Liston fires back, but to no avail. Louis drives a hard right to the chin and continues to fire fast punches and outswing liston. liston is hurt and louis continues his onslaught. a right hook sends louis reeling against the ropes! louis moves in to finish but liston has great heart and will not go down.

Round 6: Louis is still going after sonny and he seems to be in control. Liston seems like he doesn't want to be in the ring. he's still standing, but that is it. Louis throws good power shots that stun liston. The end seems to be near. Louis is dominating and liston has no answer to louis' skill and power.

Round 7: Both men are cautious in this round, and are hesitant to mix it up. they simply have a jabbing battle and louis wins that exchange due to the advantage in handspeed. liston throws a hard right to the chin and a left hook to the body, and louis answers with lefts and rights to the body. In close, liston pounds the body and head and uses his strength to outmuscle louis. Louis answers with lefts and rights, and liston is stunned and he covers up. the crowd is on their feet as the round ends.

Round 8: Louis and liston clinch, and liston does some good body work. they both circle and throw punches, and louis is the stronger of the two. liston thrpows a left hook, which louis slips and gets in a hard right hand that stuns sonny. The crowd is on their feet as louis sets up his man and fires a right uppercut and a straight left and liston is down! Liston is just lying there, shielding his face from the crowd. He doesn't get up. The fight is over! Louis is going to the Playoff Boxing Finals!

Louis walks calmly back to his corner and he and Blackburn celebrate.

Michael Buffer: The winner by a technical knockout, at 1:33 of the eighth round, Jooooe Loouiissss!!