I am going to use default settings, starting at Pro difficulty as I have developed some horrible habits from playing UFC so much so I need to reign it in. This is prelude to my real legacy I want to do but the more practice I get playing on one that's just for fun should help. Especially with training games where I have struggled to not suck at.

We'll see how it goes.

Quinton "Big Train" Oliver

5'10", 147 lbs [Welterweight]
Fighting out of Detroit, MI

Oliver is a right hander who relies on speed and getting inside on his opponents to win his fights. Fights with a lot of heart, but needs to develop some power if he is ever going to be a KO artist. He can have long fights as he prides himself on his stamina. He lives for his right hook, which is his one true KO punch at this point in time.

Fight 1: Quinton "Big Train" Oliver (0-0) vs Sasha James (0-0)
First Round Amateur Boxing Tournament Fight

The first fight for Oliver starts off with a lot of jabs from both men, but James wound up for a big right which Oliver ducks out of the way of and then drills him with his own right hand stunning him. A nice flurry of punches wore James down but he was able to get out of the round thanks to the bell.

The second round was just brutal for James as he was totally out classed by Oliver. James went for an uppercut that Oliver got out of the way of an then a 4 punch combo that ended with a right hook to the jaw floored James, KO'ing him barely a minute into round two.

Winner by 2nd Round KO - Quinton Oliver

Fight 2: Quinton "Big Train" Oliver (1-0) vs Denny Thomas (1-0)
Second Round Amateur Boxing Tournament Fight

This was an ugly fight for Oliver and Thomas both. It was very much a class of styles as Thomas just lumbered around and Oliver was retreating. The first 3 rounds were close but went to Oliver and Thomas knew it.

In the fourth round it was a brawl and with 8 seconds left Thomas connected with a vicious Uppercut on a counter punch to send Oliver down. But in the final round of these fights a fighter can be saved by the bell which Olive was and though he lost two points for the round he would win the other 3 rounds on all 3 score cards to win the fight via unanimous decision though I don't think he earned it.

Winner by Unanimous Decision - Quinton Oliver

Fight 3: Quinton "Big Train" Oliver (2-0) vs Cono Long (2-0)
Semi Final of Amateur Boxing Tournament Fight

Now this was a great fight as both guys were in fighters and very quick. Oliver took the first two rounds but gassed himself in the third and had to fight a defensive game which ended with Long taking the round.

In the fourth and final round it was a street fight and Long got a little ahead of himself throwing too much punches and gassing. Sensing the tide turning Oliver jumped up the effort rocked Long with a series of punches before KO'ing him with a right hook to the ribs to advance to the finals.

Winner by 4th Round KO - Quinton Oliver

Fight 4: Quinton "Big Train" Oliver (3-0) vs Gervaise Vaughn (3-0)
Finals Amateur Boxing Tournament Fight

Pretty anti climatic finals as Vaughn was a counter puncher who didn't seem to adapt at actually countering punches. Oliver won all four rounds with ease and besides being stunned once the fight was never in question.

Winner by Unanimous Decision - Quinton Oliver

Amateur Title Bonuses

For winning this amateur tournament I was awarded the following:

All American Trunks
All American Short Trunks
+ 5 Left Hand Power
+ 5 Right Hand Power
+ 5 Stamina
+ 5 Heart

Welterweight Amateur Tournament Awards

Fighter of the Tournament: Quinton Oliver
Fight of the Tournament: Quinton Oliver vs Sasha James
Tournament Champion: Quinton Oliver

Welterweight Rankings

EABF Champion: Manny Pacquiao
EABA Champion: Thomas Hearns
EABC Champion: Shane Mosley

1. Miguel Cotto
2. Ricky Hatton
3. Victor Ortiz
4. Ray Leonard
5. Elmo Bates

50. Quinton Oliver

Middleweight Rankings

EABC Champion: Jake Lamotta
EABA Champion: Ray Robinson
EABF Champion: Marvin Hagler

1. Rupert Murphy
2. Kelly Pavlik
3. Ronald Wright
4. Sergio Mora
5. Corey Barnes

Light Heavyweight Rankings

EABA Champion: Roy Jones Jr
EABF Champion: Jermain Taylor
EABC Champion: Joe Calzaghe

1. Nicky Clark
2. Othello Stone
3. Charles Owens
4. Coltrain Carter
5. Lambert McDonald

Heavyweight Rankings

EABF Champion: Muhammed Ali
EABA Champion: Joe Frazier
EABC Champion: Mike Tyson

1. George Foreman
2. Lennox Lewis
3. James Toney
4. Tommy Morrison
5. Todd Rice

Flyweight Champions

EABA Champion: Marius Collins
EABF Champion: Christian Nichols
EABC Champion: Colin Young

Bantamweight Champions

EABA Champion: Justin Kim
EABF Champion: Grant Alvarez
EABC Champion: Eddy Ramos

Featherweight Champions

EABC Champion: Marco Antonio Barrera
EABF Champion: Erik Morales
EABA Champion: Jon Rodriguez

Light Weight Champions

EABF Champion: Roberto Duran
EABA Champion: Pernell Whitaker
EABC Champion: Diego Corrales

Top 5 Pound For Pound

1. Saul Richardson (Lightweight)
36 - 3 - 0

2. Solomon Young (Featherweight)
33 - 1 - 2

3. Muhammed Ali (Heavyweight)
33 - 0 - 0

4. Joe Calzaghe (Light Heavyweight)
32 - 1 - 0

5. Jake Lamotta (Middleweight)
33 - 0 - 1

Fight Scheduled vs Sasha James

The Oliver camp schedules their first real fight for April 3rd, 2009 on ESPN's Friday Night Fights vs Sasha James in what is expected to be an excellent bout after their last war during the amateur tournament. Scheduling the fight for April 3rd will allow two training sessions between now and then to hopefully get us moving in the right direction.

Training: Maize Bag

The goal is to avoid the bag going side to side, and throwing a punch when the trainer calls on me to.

I only score 1,800 points which categorizes me as a bum. Not exactly the best start to training.

The training sessions results in the following changes:

- 1 Left Hand Power
- 1 Right Hand Power
+ 1 Hand Speed
+ 1 Head Movement
+ 1 Block Strength

Training: Double End Bag

The goal is to move to the indicated areas and throw punches, then moving to the next spot and so on and so forth.

I score 13,100 points this time around which categorizes me as a prospect. Much better then the waste of a session on the Maize Bag but I need to improve a great deal if I want to be a legit contender.

The training sessions results in the following changes:

+ 2 Punch Accuracy
+ 2 Foot Speed
- 1 Head Movement
- 1 Block Strength
+ 2 Stamina

61 Overall (+1)

New EABF Light Heavyweight Champion

Nicky Clark claims the EABF Title with a KO victory of Jermain Taylor in the 5th round of their PPV fight.

Fight 1: Quinton "Big Train" Oliver (0-0) vs Sasha James (0-0)
Live on ESPN Friday Night Fights

This was not even a contest though it did go the entire 6 rounds it was scheduled. All three judges scored it in favor of Oliver 60-51. There were knockdowns in the 4th and two in the 6th that made this one pretty much a rout.

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This was the knockdown in the 4th. He was stunned following the punch after his uppercut.

Winner via Unanimous Decision - Quinton Oliver

April 2009 Major Fights

- Sugar Ray Robinson defended his Middleweight title vs #1 Contender Rupert Murphy in a 12 round decision on PPV.

- Arturo Gatti scored a 12th round KO vs Diego Corrales to win the Lightweight title on PPV.

- Jermain Taylor is a champion again as defeated Joe Calzaghe via TKO in the 8th round of their PPV fight.

- Roy Jones Jr defended his Light Heavyweight title with a 5th round KO over Lambert McDonald on PPV.

Fight Scheduled with Danny Gordon

A fight has been scheduled with Danny Gordon (11-11-4) for ESPN Wednesday Night Fights on July 8th. The fight will take place in Mexico City. The timing of the fight allows us to two training sessions which is usually ideal for these type of fights.

Gordon is a southpaw who is a counter puncher. This should be a decent test for Oliver.

Training: Open Sparring

Easily explained: just box to your best ability for one 2 minute round. Points gained for punches and defense.

I rack up 23,375 points which categorizes me as a champion. That was a huge plus for this training.

The training session results in the following changes:

-1 Punch Accuracy
+6 Head Toughness
+6 Body Toughness
-1 Heart
+5 Chin

62 Overall (+1)

Training: Heavy Bag Combos

Easy enough to explain; your trainer yells for you to do certain combos and you gain points for each one you successfully do. This is hit or miss for me though as sometimes I get flustered and am not precise enough and throw punches I don't mean to do.

I only score 1500 points. I had a nice rhythm early and shot it to hell with a couple messed up hooks. This categorizes me as a bum and will lead to some not so good ratings changes I assume.

The training session results in the following changes:

+1 Left Hand Power
+1 Punch Accuracy
-1 Foot Speed
+1 Block Strength
-1 Body Toughness

Fight 2: Quinton "Big Train" Oliver (1-0) vs Danny Gordon (11-11-4)
ESPN Wednesday Night Fights
Live from Mexico City, Mexico

This was a fight that saw almost two distinct halves. Gordon was the aggressor the first two rounds, using his outside fighting style to keep Oliver at bay, not allowing him to get inside to deliver his big punches. It was obvious that Oliver was down 2-0 on the cards and in a 6 round fight that isn't good.

Then in the third round Gordon got a little conservative and allowed Oliver to be the aggressor. This continued into the 5th round with both guys jockeying for position and alternating between throwing the big punches and peppering each other with jabs.

In the 6th round Oliver took control and with a knockdown with nearly a minute left he went into a defensive mode easily winning the round as he countered wild blows thrown by Gordon.

When the judges reached a decision it was unanimous in favor of Quinton Oliver.

Winner via Unanimous Decision - Quinton Oliver

June 2009 Major Fights

- Mohammed Ali dismantled Tommy Morrison with a 3rd round TKO to retain his title on PPV.

- Joe Frazier scored a 4th round KO over Titus Matthews to retain his title on PPV.

- Marius Collins defended his Flyweight title wwith a decision win over #1 contender Bo Long.

Fight scheduled vs Anthony Lopez

Anthony Lopez (7-10-3) has agreed to fight Quinton Oliver (2-0-0) on ESPN Friday Night Fights on October 9th. Lopez is currently the 44th ranked Middleweight according to ESPN's latest fight rankings, one spot ahead of Oliver, though Oliver is currently the talk of the town after two impressive fights so far in his career.

July Major Fights

#2 P4P fighter Solomon Young won the EABA Championship from Jon Rodriguez in a Unanimous Decision.

August Major Fights

- Jake Lamotta retains his title vs #3 contender Jean Fleming via 5th round KO on PPV.

- In what could be the fight of the year so far, Thomas Hearns and #1 contender Sugar Ray Leonard fought to a 12 round draw on PPV.

- Marco Antonio Barrera retained his Feathweight Title with a 7th round TKO over #3 ranked Steve Wade. Barrera is now 36-0.

Training: Maize Bag

Going back to this because I feel more comfortable on it now and I want to be tip top for this upcoming fight.

Well, it didn't work. Only 2,200 points. Just didn't make my punches count. Still an improvement over last time though, but barely.

The training session results in the following changes:

-1 Left Handed Power
-1 Right Handed Power
+1 Hand Speed
+1 Head Movement
+1 Block Strength

Training: Stay On Your Feet

You spar a round with low health and stamina and have to stay on your feet as long as possible.

This was my best training to date as I had a whopping 19,825 points to categorize me as a Champion. I was knocked down just one time.

The training session results in the following changes:

-1 Hand Speed
+6 Head Movement
-1 Stamina
+6 Heart
+5 Chin
63 Overall (+1)

Fight 3: Quinton "Big Train" Oliver (2-0) vs Anthony Lopez (7-10-3)
Live on ESPN Friday Night Fights

Fight 3 is in the books with an easy unanimous decision, winning all three judges cards 60-52 thanks to a knockdown in both the 5th and 6th rounds. I landed 26 counter punches which lead to both of my knockdowns when I stunned them with vicious straight rights and bulldozed in to take Lopez down.

Winner by Unanimous Decision - Quinton Oliver

Fight Scheduled vs Robbie Miranda

Quinton Oliver's next fight is scheduled vs 40th ranked Robbie Miranda, a weak hitting righty who is 10-4-10. Of his 10 wins, none are via KO. The fight is scheduled for Friday, December 18th. Somewhat last minute, I will only train once for this fight which is scary.

September Major Fights

- Grant Alvarez won the Bantamweight Title vs Conrad Chavez via split decision on PPV.

- Allon Willis won the Flyweight Title vs Coling Young via Unanimous Decision on PPV.

- Lance Ortiz won the Welterweight Title from Manny Pacquiao with an 11th round KO on PPV.

October Major Fights

- Victor Ortiz won the Welterweight title from Shane Mosley with a 6th round KO.

- Roberto Duran retained his Lightweight Title with a win over #5 Ainslie Ferguson via Decision.

- Brett Fernandez won the Featherweight Title with a win over Erik Morales via TKO.

November Major Fights

- Joe Calzaghe retained his Light Heavyweight Title vs #1 contender Nicky Clark via KO.

- Christian Nichols retained his Flyweight via Decision over Vince Moore.

Training: Heavy Bag Push

You have to punch the bag down a mat hitting it where it is indicated. This one is probably the trickiest one for me but I need to try and master it.

I managed 3,984 points which categorizes me as a bum. This was not a good one for me.

The training session results in the following changes:

Right Hand Power: +1
Head Toughness: -1
Stamina: +1
Heart: +1
Chin: -1

64 Overall (+1)

Fight 4: Quinton "Big Train" Oliver (3-0) vs Robbie Miranda (10-4-10)
Live on ESPN Friday Night Fights

Another fight, another easy win as Miranda was just too conservative and didn't offer much resistance when I got inside. I knocked him down two times in the final two rounds and won with ease on all the judges score cards.

Winner by Unanimous Decision - Quinton Oliver

2009 Year End Awards

Fighter of the Year: Kermit Cintron
Fight of the Year: Eddie Young vs Dillon Barnett
Round of the Year: Walt Ryan vs Dorgan Cook
Knockout of the Year: Joe Frazier KO'ing Titus Matthews
Upset of the Year: Fabian Silva defeating Boris Kim
Comeback of the Year: Ken Rodriquez vs Rex Lee
Defensive Fighter of the Year: Andy Rivera
Prospect of the Year: Quinton Oliver

Fight Scheduled vs Ed Young

Quinton Oliver will make his PPV Debut on March 27th, 2010 vs Ed Young, the 35th ranked Welterweight in the world. Young is 8-7-5 and will have a reach advantage of several inches. This is going to be a tough test but one Oliver looks forward to.

This PPV event is headlined by Allon Willis defending his Flyweight Title vs #1 contender Bo Long in what should be a tremendous fight.

Training: Double End Bag

Doing it again, this is one I do decent at. I need to be ready for this PPV fight.

And I succeed greatly with 21,300 points categorizing me as a contender. For sure a very night boost to see.

The training session results in the following changes:

+4 Punch Accuracy
+4 Hand Speed
-1 Head Movement
-1 Block Strength
+4 Stamina

64 Overall (+1)

Training: Open Sparring

Simple as per usual. Just spar for a 2 minute round.

I score 26,600 points to categorize me as a Champion. This has been some great training heading into this fight.

The training session results in the following changes:

-1 Punch Accuracy
+6 Head Toughness
+6 Body Toughness
-1 Heart
+5 Chin

65 Overall (+1)

Fight 5: Quinton "Big Train" Oliver (4-0) vs Ed Young (8-7-5)
Live on PPV

This was a brutal, brutal fight. Ed Young was overmatched once I got inside and after a 3rd round knockdown and several stunned states Young was just trying to not be KO'd. Sadly for him he would be with several body shots and he couldn't get up for the 10 count.

Winner by 4th Round KO - Quinton Oliver

Malcolm Vaughn challenges Quinton Oliver

29th ranked Welterweight was not impressed by Quinton Oliver's thrashing over Ed Young and has issued a challenged for May 15th on PPV, which we have learned Oliver has accepted. This will be Oliver's biggest test to date for sure.