{"id":79159,"date":"2019-04-02T08:08:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=79159"},"modified":"2019-04-02T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T21:42:30","slug":"ringside-report-boxing-bracket-bonus-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=79159","title":{"rendered":"Ringside Report Boxing Bracket Bonus (Midwest)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=79159\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=79159\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-50273 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ring-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ring-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ring-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Brian \u201cThe Beret\u201d Young<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Part IV of our boxing March Madness tournament. Today we will do the first 2 rounds of the Midwest (Post-1975). Remember the rules, this is a P4P tournament, single elimination. The fighters and rankings were selected by a panel of boxing fans but the picks are mine, and I want to hear you the fans take on the selections. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Midwest (Post-1975)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>#1-Julio Cesar Chavez, SR. vs #16- Joe Calzaghe<br \/>\nWinner #1- Julio Cesar Chavez, SR.<br \/>\n#8- Thomas Hearns vs #9- Pernell Whitaker<br \/>\nWinner #8- Thomas Hearns<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>#5- Mike Tyson vs #12- \u201cGGG\u201d<br \/>\nWinner #5- Mike Tyson<br \/>\n#4- Evander Holyfield vs #13- Canelo Alvarez<br \/>\nWinner #4- Evander Holyfield<br \/>\n#6-Salvador Sanchez vs #11-James Toney<br \/>\nWinner #6- Salvador Sanchez (broke my heart but had to make this pick)<br \/>\n#3- Ricardo Lopez vs #14- Erik Morales<br \/>\nWinner #3- Ricardo Lopez (Actually had to flip a coin for this one!)<br \/>\n#7- Roy Jones, JR. vs #10- Marco Antonio Barrera<br \/>\nWinner #7- Roy Jones, JR.<br \/>\n#2- Oscar De La Hoya vs #15- Oleksandr Usyk<br \/>\nWinner #2- Oscar De La Hoya<br \/>\nROUND 2<br \/>\n#1- Julio Cesar Chavez, SR. vs #8- Thomas Hearns<br \/>\nWinner #1- Julio Cesar Chavez, SR.<br \/>\n#5- Mike Tyson vs #4- Evander Holyfield<br \/>\nWinner #5- Evander Holyfield (just like in real life)<br \/>\n#6- Salvador Sanchez vs #3- Ricardo Lopez<br \/>\nWinner #3- Salvador Sanchez<br \/>\n#7- Roy Jones, JR. vs #2- Oscar De La Hoya<br \/>\nWinner #7- Roy Jones, JR. (another coin flip).<br \/>\nWell there it is, the full first two rounds in our boxing dream brackets. All the #1\u2019s survived to the sweet 16. And next weekend I will bring you the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8. Let\u2019s hear what you have to say and what your picks would be. Who do you think will be in our final 4? And the championship match?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Remember to submit your questions\/comments to me via the form box below by selecting Brian \u201cThe Beret\u201d Young and follow me on Twitter @BoxingGuyBrian<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WtFjOOuzPSI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] By Brian \u201cThe Beret\u201d Young Welcome to Part IV of our boxing March Madness tournament. Today we will do the first 2 rounds of the Midwest (Post-1975). Remember the rules, this is a P4P tournament, single elimination. The fighters and rankings were selected by a panel of boxing fans but the picks are mine, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[19850],"class_list":["post-79159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-ringside-report-boxing-bracket-bonus-midwest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79159"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}