Week of December 24-30, 2006:
FOWs -- Sandor Fekete and Anton Glofak for drawing with each other.
Dishonorable mention -- 21-0 David Quinonero, winner of the Spanish cruiserweight title earlier in the month, for taking the time to fly over to the U.S. and score a win over 27-42-1 Dennis McKinney before the year was out, and previously unbeaten Floriano Pagliara for getting pasted in two rounds on his home turf by a Romanian guy making his pro debut.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- None.
Week of December 17-23, 2006:
FOW -- Jose Luis Bolanos for picking up his 21st (known) career loss in his 21st (known) career bout.
Dishonorable mention -- Someone going by the name of "Bruce Lee Tor Saengtiennoii" for suffering a TKO1 loss at the Korakuen Hall this week.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Dunn.
Week of December 10-16, 2006:
FOW -- Dante Craig for striking once again this week, this time with a 78-second KO loss to 5-14 William Gill.
Dishonorable mention -- Hercules Kyvelos for losing a UD (which included an 80-72 card) to 18-15 Midwest circuit veteran Sammy Sparkman, Steffen Nielsen for his KO1 loss to 6-0 Claus Bertino ("Nielsen caved in at the first sign of pressure and was counted out the second time he was down. He announced his retirement in the ring just after the fight had ended"), and Pietro Aurino for delivering two intentional headbutts to Marco Huck in their EBU title fight, and then getting himself declared a TKO loser when he walked out of the ring for ten seconds to protest the deductions.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Karl Taylor, Peter Dunn, Billy Smith.
Week of December 3-9, 2006:
FOW -- Jadgar Abdulla: Per Ake Persson reported this week that Abdulla "dropped out of his showdown against fellow Dane Ervis Masha that was set for Team Palle's show on Dec. 15 in Slagelse. Abdulla's excuse [is] a bit out of the extra ordinary though: He's too busy preparing Christmas food at his restaurant in Aarhus. Mogens Palle doesn't pull any punches: "We will never use Abdulla for any of our shows again.""
Dishonorable mention -- 24-2 Wayne Alexander for his latest unbelievable performance, this time a 62-second loss to 20-15 Serge Vigne, Cliff Couser for putting on so bad a show in his PPV-headlining fight against Michael Moorer that Fightnews.com took the unusual step of publicly urging him to retire, former FOW Robert "Desert Storm" Davis for his KO1 loss to 7-16 fellow former FOW Wallace McDaniel, and Nonggift HadyaiCommerce.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Howard Clarke, Billy Smith, Ernie Smith, Jozef Kubovsky.
Week of November 26 - December 2, 2006:
FOW -- Sabelo Mncwabe for his one-punch, 14-second KO loss to Lucky Lewele.
Dishonorable mention -- Ex-world champion Alexander Munoz for fighting a guy with zero wins in nine recorded bouts dating back to June of 2000, and 11-1 Gottlieb Shileka for losing a "WTBF Inter-Continental Light Middleweight" title fight to Patrik Hruska.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Karl Taylor, Billy Smith, Ernie Smith, Jason Nesbitt, Alexandru Manea,
Week of November 19-25, 2006:
FOW -- Previously undefeated bumkiller Zoltan Kiss Jr. for getting KO'd in four rounds in an IBU title bout by a 5-13 guy who had lost eight straight fights going in.
Dishonorable mention -- 22-1 Berman Sanchez for drawing with 9-10-1 Jose Luis Yanez, 7-5 Chris Hooper for drawing with 6-66-1 Jason Nesbitt, and Tomasz Bonin for evidently getting floored by some Slovakian heavyweight making his pro debut.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Dunn, Peter Buckley, Stefan Berza.
Week of November 12-18, 2006:
FOW -- Mark Strydom, who was disqualified for attempting to kick Bully Muravha in their bout this week. ("It will be a brilliant night of boxing that will afford fans the opportunity of scrutinising our stars of tomorrow," promoter Rodney Berman promised in the days leading up the the card.)
Dishonorable mention -- Martin Gordon for further extending the astonishing winning streak of Billy Smith.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Jose Claudio Da Silva, Ernie Smith.
Week of November 5-11, 2006:
FOW -- Ivan Avalos, for his first-round KO loss to 7-28 Jorge Romero. (Romero had lost 19 consecutive fights dating back to 2001 going into the bout, more than half of them by knockout.)
Dishonorable mention -- Previously undefeated John "Action" Jackson for his points loss to 21-28-2 Armando Cordoba, and China Smith for getting past 15-19-3 Terry Porter by only split decision.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Kevin "Dog Pound" Carter (in a rare German appearance), Ernie Smith.
Week of October 29 - November 4, 2006:
FOW -- 0-25 Zoltan "Julius" Horvath, for ending a three-and-a-half year layoff in grand fashion with a first-round KO loss to the great manager of bums Vladimir Varhegyi (who has also compiled an 18-67-3 record in the ring himself).
Dishonorable mention -- Peter Dunn for being dealt the 60th loss of his career by 12-25 Matt Scriven.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Ernie Smith.
Week of October 22-28, 2006:
FOW -- Patience Master (yes) for turning in her third loss in five months to Esther Phiri.
Dishonorable mention -- Previously unbeaten Johnny Hussey for prolonging the sad, stunning, and hopefully short-lived winning streak of Billy Smith with a decision loss to him this week.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Dunn.
Week of October 15-21, 2006:
FOW -- David Ploc, for following up his May loss to 4-37-5 Anton Lascek with a loss this week to 6-34-1 Robert Andrasik. (It was Andrasik's second straight win, with the previous victory being a unanimous decision over Lascek in September -- a bout scored 60-59 by the referee.)
Dishonorable mention -- Former WBA champion Lou Del Valle for turning in another dreadful performance, this time a UD loss to a guy who had won just one of his last six fights, in the co-featured bout on the marvelous Tyson/Sanders PPV card.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- None.
Week of October 8-14, 2006:
FOW -- 12-0-1 Max Alexander for getting knocked completely unconscious just ten seconds into his fight against Marty Lindquist. (Credit to Lindquist also, for flunking a pre-fight drug test and thus getting the official result changed to a no-contest.)
Dishonorable mention -- Dante Craig, who believes himself qualified to challenge and defeat Jermain Taylor, for getting knocked out by Terrance "Fists of Steel" Cauthen.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Jozef Kubovsky, Lee "The Quickster" Cargle, Peter Dunn, Anton Glofak.
Week of October 1-7, 2006:
FOW -- Andrew Ward for kicking off his career with a draw against 6-66 Jason Nesbitt.
Dishonorable mention -- Wonderful Chabisa for losing in some fashion to Evance Mkulu at a hotel in Malawi this week. (The exact nature of Wonderful's loss is "not clear," Boxrec notes.)
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Ernie Smith, Stefan Berza, Karl Taylor.
Week of September 24-30, 2006:
FOW -- Mervyn Langdale for becoming the first fighter in history to lose via first-round KO to 46-93-9 Tony Booth. (A nod also to Langdale's manager, for putting his 0-0-1 fighter in the ring with a veteran of 148 professional contests.)
Dishonorable mention -- Mike Funk for getting crushed in 22 seconds in his pro debut (photo 1, photo 2), Terrance Miller for losing his fight against Simon O'Donnell due to "refusal to fight," and Gwyn Wale for dropping a decision to Billy Smith.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Jason Nesbitt, Peter Buckley.
Week of September 17-23, 2006:
FOW -- A guy named Czar Amonsot, for weighing in at 135 pounds for a 130-pound title defense, and getting whacked in 47 seconds by a guy named Simson Butar Butar, who is trained by a guy named Texmaco Bulungan Gym.
Dishonorable mention -- Herbie Hide for scoring a four knockdown, 84-second win over Mitch "Hold My Beer" Hicks, and Robert Zsemberi for posting his latest horrific loss, a 100-second KO defeat at the hands of 8-40 Bela Sandor.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Billy Smith, Peter Buckley, Anton Lascek, Jozef Kubovsky.
Week of September 10-16, 2006:
FOW -- Hector Camacho Jr. for weighing in at a ridiculous 167 pounds for his bout against 159.5-pound George Klinesmith this week. (Photos.)
Dishonorable mention -- J.J. Corn, who has 44 professional wins, for scoring a first-round KO over 0-2 Elvin Versey, and the management team of Stephanie Dobbs for putting her in a fight four weight classes above the one she normally fights in. (Dobbs's opponent, Kelsey Jeffries, earned her just her 3rd knockout in 35 career victories with the win.)
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Simko, Karl Taylor.
Week of September 3-9, 2006:
FOW -- Mike Reid, 5-1-1 entering the week, for becoming the latest in an ever-growing series of fighters to capture FOW honors with a loss to Billy Smith. (Smith boosted his record to 4-41 with the eight-round decision win.)
Dishonorable mention -- Previously undefeated David Saulsberry, for getting KO'd in three rounds by Wes Taylor, whom he outweighed by 80 pounds. (The bout was stopped due to exhaustion on the part of Saulsberry. It was Taylor's first win since his victory over the tremendous Michael Bennett over five years ago.)
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Anton Lascek, Stefan Stanko, Peter Buckley.
Week of August 27 - September 2, 2006:
FOW -- Ruben Sanchez, cousin of Ray Sanchez III, for debuting amid much fanfare on a nationally televised card (after his cousin had scored a second-round KO in the co-featured opening bout), then getting dropped three times in two minutes en route to a first-round KO loss to a winless opponent. (Sanchez was knocked completely through the ropes on the final knockdown, with the ref stopping the fight when he failed to re-enter the ring within twenty seconds.)
Dishonorable mention -- Nikita Shitov. (Note: this could also be transliterated as "Shitoff.")
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- José Carlos Amaral, Billy Smith, Ernie Smith.
Week of August 20-26, 2006:
FOW -- Donnell "The Real Touch of Sleep" Holmes, 23-0-1, for drawing with 12-11 Earl "Chocolate Drop" Ladson.
Dishonorable mention -- Carlos Maussa, for his inexplicable unanimous decision loss to Manuel Garnica, who was having only his second fight in nearly seven years, the almighty Buck Smith for lacing up the gloves again and dropping a unanimous decision to Julius Fogle, Gutemberg Ferreira for reportedly skipping out on a scheduled UBC title bout after receiving an advance payment of $200 from the promoter, and Daniel Souza Santos for winning a rematch against 5-44 Jose Claudio Da Silva by only majority decision. (The judge who had the fight even scored it 40-40.)
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Gabriel Botos.
Week of August 13-19, 2006:
FOW -- Dante Craig, for declaring this week that "I want to fight for a world title pretty soon....I think I could beat anybody in the Top 10 in the middleweight division. I'll fight anybody they'll put in front of me. I'm ready for Jermain Taylor....[Taylor] knows to stay away from me, I believe," and then getting floored by and having to settle for a draw with unknown 10-2-1 Cleiton Conceicao.
Dishonorable mention -- Wang Men.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Jorge Ortiz.
Week of August 6-12, 2006:
FOW -- Joe Mesi, for fighting a 9-27 guy, for free, on a card promoted by Stacy Goodson, in a bout judged in part by JD Chapman.
Dishonorable mention -- Jonathan Ba at for winning the "MINPROBA Bantamweight Title" by beating a guy known only as "?".
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Alexandru Manea.
Week of July 30 - August 5, 2006:
FOW -- Michael Bridges, for getting KO'd in 86 seconds in his pro debut by 1-21 Toris Smith. (Smith is also a KO victim of Reggie Strickland, it should be noted.)
Dishonorable mention -- Prince Homeboy Bamidele Disu.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- James Mullins (welcome back), Jozef Kubovsky.
Week of July 23-29, 2006:
FOW -- Angel Antonio Priolo, 30-4 and just one year removed from a WBC title challenge, for getting KO'd by 23-33-2 Paulino Villalobos. (Villalobos had lost his last dozen straight fights and his last win had come over Javier Angeles, who is 0-14 in his recorded bouts.)
Dishonorable mention -- Marcos "Renegado" Diaz and Fernando "Batman" Vera for getting themselves jointly disqualified from their fight in Argentina this week. (Fightnews reported that the two "made a horrible fight....The underdog Vera only wanted to clinch and ruin the fight, meanwhile Díaz didn´t find the way to avoid the unpopular Vera´s strategy. In the fourth round, the fans shouted "let them go away" and immediately the referee disqualified both. The official decision was No Contest. Surprisingly, neither the referee nor Vera listened to the announcement because they left the ring early.") Special mention also goes to referee Sazi Xamlashe, who, according to another Fightnews report, stopped this week's bout between Joseph Makaringe and Ishmael Tetteh at the start of round six, claiming that Tetteh had quit between rounds, even though "this was not evident to ringside observers and the fighters were already exchanging blows when he stepped in to call the fight off, a decision that left the spectators, ring-side officials and both boxers and their cornermen flabbergasted....The small crowd had paid good money to watch some awful boxing."
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Lourival da Silva, José Carlos Amaral.
Week of July 16-22, 2006:
FOW -- Anthony Bonsante for getting utterly destroyed by Allan Green after being quoted on Fightnews as saying: "I am going to kick the sh*t out of him. Green is a good talent but he is about to hit a huge roadblock in his career. I assume after I beat this guy, other promoters will be knocking on my door."
Dishonorable mention -- Shannan Taylor for getting dominated and knocked out on his home turf by Ian MacKillop.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Ernie Smith.
Week of July 9-15, 2006:
FOW -- Carlos Bates for getting KO'd in one round by Lafarrell "The Fabulous Fairway" Bunteng in an IBA Americas "championship" fight, and then getting hit with an indefinite suspension by the Texas Commission afterward. Bates had been knocked out in either the first or second round in fifteen of his last seventeen fights dating back to 1998. (His two wins over that stretch came against 1-17 Brady Frost and 5-56 Scott Sala.)
Dishonorable mention -- None.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Billy Smith, Anton Glofak.
Week of July 2-8, 2006:
FOW -- Unity Young for her worse-than-inept performance in an ESPN2-televised swing bout. Read the channel log for details or, better yet, watch the classic encounter for yourself at Youtube.
Dishonorable mention -- None.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Anton Lascek, Peter Simko, Stefan Berza.
Week of June 25 - July 1st, 2006:
FOW -- Gojko Knezevic: Per Ake Persson reported that "Austrian jr middle Gotthard Hinteregger stopped as previously reported Gogi Knezevic in the fourth to win the national title June 25 in Velden. Behind it you find quite a story. Knezevic had won the first three rounds but came out for the fourth without his mouthpiece - a bad mistake by his cornermen. Hinteregger can punch a bit and Knezovic had [a] tooth knocked out of position. When they tried to replace the mouthpiece it didn´t fit due the dislodged tooth. Knezovic then said something like "I can´t continue like this" and the referee interepreted it as if he retired and stopped the fight."
Dishonorable mention -- 10-0 Jorge Teron for drawing with 21-24-1 Armando Cordoba, Ernest Mateen for getting scratched from his fight against Andre Purlette when he showed up over twenty pounds over the contract weight, and Dale Brown for losing a wide technical decision to a fighter he was a -1500 favorite against after reportedly getting into "the best fighting shape of his life."
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Anton Glofak, Lourival da Silva, Peter Buckley.
Week of June 18-24, 2006:
FOW -- Roy Jones Jr. for announcing to the boxing media this week that he lost his third fight against Antonio Tarver in part because he didn't want his father to get any credit for guiding him to victory: "You want the truth?...I'll tell you the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth....If I go on and win that fight, who gets the glory? Not me. Not God. All the glory would've went to Roy Jones Sr., and he didn't deserve it."
Dishonorable mention -- Stephanie Dobbs for again failing to beat a 41-year old 1-7-3 fighter in her third attempt at doing so.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Karl Taylor, Billy Smith, Howard Clarke, Jozef Kubovsky.
Week of June 11-17, 2006:
FOW -- Fahkanong Singdongthai for showing up in Japan for his OPBF jr. flyweight title bout nine pounds overweight, and then getting blown out in less than a round-and-a-half of action. The almighty Joe Koizumi was particularly offended: "It was very rare that a challenger failed to make the weight in OPBF title bouts, but it actually took place and brought disgrace on the OPBF history."
Dishonorable mention -- "Bad" Chad Broussard for losing his IBU title via 4th-round KO to Homer Gibbins, who had dropped seven of his last eight entering the fight, and "Big" John Poore for going down in 71 seconds against Cerrone Fox.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Billy Smith.
Week of June 4-10, 2006:
FOW -- Marius Petre-Sorin for moving to 0-26-1 with his second career loss to Thomas Bastard.
Dishonorable mention -- None.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Stefan Stanko, Jason Nesbitt, Paul Bonson, Peter Buckley, Jozef Kubovsky.
Week of May 28 - June 3rd, 2006:
FOW -- Jose Luis Castillo for, once again, not even coming close to making weight for a scheduled fight against Diego Corrales, and getting himself sued for millions of dollars as a result.
Dishonorable mention -- 9-0 Benoit Gaudet, 2004 Canadian Olympian, for losing in 48 seconds to Henry Arjona, who had scored only one win since October of 2000 going in, and Oktay Urkal for taking the time to win a decision (that included a 77-75 card) over 2-5 Andrei Rimer.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Lourival da Silva, Billy Smith, Ernie Smith, Stefan Berza, Anton Lascek.
Week of May 21-27, 2006:
FOW -- 34-1 Matt Vanda for earning his third career FOW award with a loss to 11-12-1 Martinus Clay, in a performance broadcast live over the internet for the entire world to witness.
Dishonorable mention -- J.J. Corn, who gave Vanda a run for his FOW money by drawing with 11-16-2 Earl Jackson in a five-round fight that featured a pair of 46-46 cards, Ojay "Me, Myself and I" Abrahams for picking up career loss #70, and 31-0 Antonio Mesquita for announcing in a Boxingtalk interview that "Only a couple more fight I will beat King Kong, I be ready soon, you'll see," and then proving it by going out and scoring a TKO1 win over 7-9 Anthony Ivy.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Billy Smith, Jozef Kubovsky.
Week of May 14-20, 2006:
FOW -- Anthony Christopher for augmenting his already-impressive body of work by getting knocked out by 5-64 Jason Nesbitt.
Dishonorable mention -- Kostya Tszyu-managed Anton Solopov, 12-0 entering the week, for getting KO'd in 1 on his home turf by 12-6-2 Filipino import Dondon Sultan, S-Man ? for following up last month's loss to Rocky Killer with a loss to Hengky Elleuw, Pujianto ? for posting a TKO1 loss to Jimmy ?, and Janos Nagy for not making it out of the first minute of his WBO 130-lb. title fight against Jorge Barrios.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Stefan Berza, Peter Buckley.
Week of May 7-13, 2006:
FOW -- 9-2 Ivan Ramon Martinez, for getting KO'd in one round by 12-24-2 Alvaro Moreno Gamboa in their "Campeonato Mundo Hispano Superwelter" title bout. (Gamboa had dropped ten of his last eleven contests going in.)
Dishonorable mention -- Valdemir Pereira, for getting dropped twice and losing the IBF featherweight title by DQ to Eric Aiken, who had taken the fight on ten days' notice.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Billy Smith, Frank Wuestenberghs, Karl Taylor, Ernie Smith (loss #100), Anton Glofak.
Week of April 30 - May 6th, 2006:
FOW -- Motohiro Makino for becoming the second fighter in a week to lose a bout in 11 seconds. (Makino's ring career has now amounted to 51 seconds' worth of action, as he lost his two previous career fights in 15 and 25 seconds each.)
Dishonorable mention -- Cruz Molina for posting his 20th career loss, against zero known wins, dating back to 1987, and David Ploc for losing his pro debut to 4-37-5 Anton Lascek.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Jorge Ortiz, Jason Nesbitt, Peter Buckley, Ernie Smith, Stefan Stanko, Gabriel Botos, Paul Bonson.
Week of April 23-29, 2006:
FOW -- Olexandr Zabish for losing his pro debut in 11 seconds.
Dishonorable mention -- Cirilo Coronel Campos, for losing his 25th consecutive fight dating back to 1991, bringing his record up to 2-34.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Karl Taylor, Lourival da Silva, Jason Nesbitt, Peter Buckley, Billy Smith, Ernie Smith.
Week of April 16-22, 2006:
FOW -- Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis for becoming the second fighter in the last eight months to quit a fight in mid-round to use the rest room. In an interview with the Stabroek News, Lewis blamed the trouble on a homemade milk shake that he had consumed earlier in the day, saying that "I preferred to lose the fight than mess up myself in front of all those people. Everyone saw that I was beating the hell out of Dalton. I was trying to hold in this stuff but in the seventh round I couldn't no more so I decided to quit. I can live with what I did."
Dishonorable mention -- Simone Maludrottu for winning his fight with Damaen Kelly with the help of some highly debatable scoring. Also, special, and genuinely honorable, mention goes to a number of fighters who appeared on the April 20th card in Indonesia for having great names, specifically Muhadin Crusher, Syamsul ?, Siskilin ?, S-Man ?, and Rocky Killer.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Alexandru Manea.
Week of April 9-15, 2006:
FOW -- Gabor Czinke, for running his record to 0-15 with a loss to Norbert Turanyi. (Turanyi was 0-9 entering the fight, with all nine losses coming against either bumkillers, other professional tomato cans, or Laszlo Paszterko.)
Dishonorable mention -- The unfortunately-named Lourival Silva (possibly the same 2-40 fighter who took a dive in Brazil in exchange for $200 back in January, possibly not) for losing a four-rounder to Jackson Junior by scores of 40-34, 40-33, and 40-31, and Nadeem Siddique for picking up yet another win over yet another well-sub-.500 fighter.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Lee "The Quickster" Cargle, Frank Wuestenberghs (only by scores of 39-38 x 3, though).
Week of April 2-8, 2006:
FOW -- Former FOW Ambroz Horvath for running his record to 0-13 with a loss to a 7-38-2 fighter in Slovakia, and then going on to lose again later in the week in Hungary to a guy nicknamed "Good Boy."
Dishonorable mention -- Jose Medina for delivering a knee to the groin of Jose Miguel Torres (among many other infractions) live on the air on Telefutura, and Michael "Babyface Assassin" Graydon for losing to 2-33 Billy Smith.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Ernie Smith, Howard Clarke, Stefan Stanko.
Week of March 26 - April 1st, 2006:
FOW -- Marek Szabo for turning in an unbelievable loss to his 1-24-2 promotional stablemate Joseph Sovijus.
Dishonorable mention -- Tim Austin for somehow losing to Eric "Mighty Mouse" Aiken, William Guthrie for barely getting past 12-19-2 Vincent Harris by majority decision (in a bout that the Fightnews reporter scored 40-36 for Harris), and Ovill McKenzie for picking up his second win in a week over Paul Bonson.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Bonson, Verdell Smith, Jason Nesbitt, Karl Taylor.
Week of March 19-25, 2006:
FOW -- Stephan Trabant, 34-3-2, for squeaking past a 1-2 Latvian via four-round split decision.
Dishonorable mention -- 8-1 Aristedes Calderon for getting blown out in 30 seconds by a guy who was 0-7 with 7 KO losses, and Steffen Nielsen for reportedly turning down a 19-year old whom he outweighs by 20-30 pounds as too tough a comeback opponent.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- José Carlos Amaral, Paul Bonson, Billy Smith, Peter Buckley, Jozef Kubovsky, Peter Simko.
Week of March 12-18, 2006:
FOW -- Frank Houghtaling: Fightnews reported that "Friday night's fight between welterweights Frank Houghtaling and Hercules Kyvelos...is up in the air after Houghtaling's arrest on insurance fraud, falsifying business records, grand larceny and conspiracy charges. Authorities allege that Houghtaling and other family members staged hundreds of fake automobile crashes yielding up to $750,000 in fraudulent insurance claims." (Houghtaling then went on to lose a decision to Kyvelos.)
Dishonorable mention -- Dmitry Salita for once again getting floored in round one and needing the benefit of highly debatable scoring, this time to salvage a draw against 9-2-1 Ramon Montano, and a guy named Kenneth Knuckles for making his pro debut in a bout supposedly for the "Arkansas Super Heavyweight Title," and getting knocked out in 45 seconds.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Csaba Oláh, Lee "The Quickster" Cargle.
Week of March 5-11, 2006:
FOW -- Angel Reyna, for entering the ring for his pro debut with question marks printed all over his trunks and shaved into his head and then, fittingly (and despite having about two hundred bouts' worth of amateur experience) proceeding to get floored and almost KO'd in one round by unknown Omar Camacho (Fightnews report, Photo of Reyna).
Dishonorable mention -- The Hyland family for staging another card in Dublin with a heavy "Hyland family vs. Eastern Europe" flavor to it, with predictable results.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Paul Bonson, Alexandru Manea, Lee "The Quickster" Cargle.
Week of February 26 - March 4, 2006:
FOW -- Everyone who lost on the March 4th card at the Sky City Casino in New Mexico. As Chris Cozzone reported on Fightnews, "It was a card that was over in less time than it took to make the drive to the casino from Albuquerque; a card that totaled exactly eight minutes of action," explaining that the undercard was packed with fighters "who take paydays against hopeless odds, who are seen smoking cigarettes in the parking lot on the day of their weigh-in, who come in out of shape, with no amateur experience, with little or no skill, and while, most display heart and are game...do little but degrade the sport."
Dishonorable mention -- None.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Jason Nesbitt, Ernie Smith.
Week of February 19-25, 2006:
FOW -- Lance Hall, for losing a decision to 1-32 Billy Smith by a substantial margin.
Dishonorable mention -- Gyorgy Hidvegi for drawing with 85-fight loser Paul Bonson. (Note that this did not disqualify Hidvegi from fighting for the WBF cruiserweight belt only 3 weeks later, against a guy nicknamed "Dare to Dream.")
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Howard Clarke, Dave Hinds, Ernie Smith.
Week of February 12-18, 2006:
FOW -- Ladislav Slezak, 1-13, for losing to 0-15 Vlado "Slovak Rambo" Szabo in a matchup of two of LP Promotion's premier heavyweight talents.
Dishonorable mention -- Antonio Mesquita, for extending his record to 31-0 with a win over a 40-year old guy who had lost 7 of his last 8 (including a loss to Mesquita back in 2001).
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Howard Clarke, Ernie Smith, Karl Taylor, Jason Nesbitt, Peter Buckley, Anton Glofak, Benji Singleton.
Week of February 5-11, 2006:
FOW -- Ilya Alekseev, reportedly a former Estonian amateur champion, for getting KO'd in one round by 0-16-1 Andrey Tylilyuk. (Tylilyuk was coming off a points loss to 4-28-1 Tagir Rzaev in his previous bout.)
Dishonorable mention -- Jaroslov Martinjauskas, for being both nicely named and losing TKO2 to a 1-10-1 guy, and David Telesco for essentially announcing on the Boxrec forum that he was beyond fighting for "pennies" on ESPN and would only be taking big-money fights from here on out.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Billy Smith, Alexandru Manea (advancing to 0-33).
Week of January 29th - February 4th, 2006:
FOW -- Mike Howell: Fightnews reported that "[i]n what may have been one of the most embarrassing pro debuts in history, Detroit's two-nicknamed "Crazy" Mike "Dawg" Howell ran a lap around the ring before entering, much to the delight of his hometown fans. Sharply dressed in matching green robe, trunks and shoes, Howell prepared the crowd to be wowed...50 seconds later, the young cruiserweight was out cold courtesy of a right hand to the chin by Ohio's Chris Edmond, now 1-1 (1 KO). Referee Sam Williams did his usual inept job, allowing the fight to continue after the first knockdown despite having counted to nearly 16 by conservative estimate."
Dishonorable mention -- Tank top-tan lined Leonardo Resendiz for putting on an absolutely woeful performance in his first-round KO loss on Solo Boxeo, then having the gall to state in the post-fight interview that it was a "good fight" and he didn't know why the ref had stopped it, adding that he refused to entertain the idea of retirement despite having just suffered his tenth KO loss because he had "just lost a battle, not the war." (Thanks to bronc for the translation.)
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Jozef Kubovsky.
Week of January 22-28, 2006:
FOW -- Michael Gomez for dropping his guard in the middle of his Irish lightweight title fight against 7-11 Peter McDonough, falling to the canvas after taking eight unanswered shots, and then getting up and walking out of the ring. Gomez later denied taking a dive, instead explaining his actions by saying that he merely "just came to a decision in there that I need to retire from boxing." McDonough, meanwhile, claimed to have won because Uri Geller had helped him mentally prepare for the fight.
Dishonorable mention -- 2-40 Lourival da Silva for (admittedly) taking a dive in exchange for $200 against Fabio Garrido (who had undergone brain surgery following his previous bout), and 22-1 bumkiller Thomas Hayes for taking on 1-1 Steve Pilkington, and then allowing Pilkington to last six rounds.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Peter Buckley, Alexandru Manea, Ernie Smith.
Week of January 15-21, 2006:
FOW -- Oliver "The Atomic Bull" McCall, for getting arrested for trespassing through a public housing development, and then getting himself Tasered after trying to run from the police (after having already announced to them who he was), in addition to getting busted with cocaine and a crack pipe on him while already being wanted in Virginia on cocaine-related charges. Oliver then bolstered his FOW credentials by spitting on and threatening to kill one of the police officers upon arriving at the booking room (mugshot available here).
Dishonorable mention -- Robert "4 wins over Julius Horvath" Zsemberi for posting another horrific loss, this time to Patrik Prokopecz, Jennifer Johnson for losing in 17 seconds, and Motokazu Abe, for not only getting dropped three times en route to an upset, first-round KO loss to Kazuhisa Watanabe, but also (and more significantly) inspiring Joe Koizumi to conclude his report on the bout by revealing that a "crazy aficionado of Abe threw a cup of beer with poor precision, and it made yours truly's well-tailored jacket wet with cerveza."
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Benji Singleton, Jozef Kubovsky, Kevin "Dog Pound" Carter.
Week of January 8-14, 2006:
FOW -- François Bastient, 26-3, for losing a decision to 6-22-4 Didier Nkuku Mupeko. (It was evidently quite a good battle though, according to this translated version of the mondoboxe.com report: "Plauso however to both contendenti that are give battle to you without pause since first struck.")
Dishonorable mention -- Karoly Kovacs, veteran of several Slovakian ring wars, for getting dispatched in 12 seconds by bumkilling ex-NFL player Leif O.D. Larsen.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- Kevin "Dog Pound" Carter.
Week of January 1-7, 2006:
FOW -- Zab Judah, for losing to Carlos Baldomir after saying things at the pre-fight press conference like: "We want to give him [i.e. Baldomir] his 30 seconds of fame because that is probably all the fight might last. Give him 30 seconds of fame and let him live," in addition to punching Baldomir on the hip after being given the pre-fight instructions, and then proceeding to blame the loss on Don King in the post-fight interview.
Dishonorable mention -- "Next Great Champ" runner-up David Pareja for dropping a decision to a 3-1 fighter.
High-profile tomato cans who also lost -- None.
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