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Walk-ons in Bengal Bouts

  • Two Notre Dame football walk-on player will box in the quarterfinal round of the annual campus tournament, Bengal Bouts, tonight. Freshman Eamon McOsker and junior Tyler Plantz will both be fighting at 185 pounds. Last year, senior walk-on Chris Salvi won the campus title in the 188-pound division.

    Dan Murphy

  • Notre Dame just announced the Bengal Bouts finals (March 1) will be streamed live on ESPN3.

    Dan Murphy

  • In days of yore and up to up to about the late 1980s, this used to be considered the best off-season conditioning program for the football players.

    The most epic battle ever was the 1976 superheavyweight bout between Ross Browner (future Lombardi, Outland and Maxwell winner) and Ken MacAfee (future Walter Camp winner and No. 3 finisher in Heisman). Word had it that afterward that Coach Devine prohibited such matches between his football players.

    Imagine last March putting Manti Te'o and Tyler Eifert in the ring and letting them whale away at each other. I don't know if that would have been endorsed by the coaching staff.

    Lou Somogyi ●

  • Lou Somogyi said...

    In days of yore and up to up to about the late 1980s, this used to be considered the best off-season conditioning program for the football players.

    The most epic battle ever was the 1976 superheavyweight bout between Ross Browner (future Lombardi, Outland and Maxwell winner) and Ken MacAfee (future Walter Camp winner and No. 3 finisher in Heisman). Word had it that afterward that Coach Devine prohibited such matches between his football players.

    Imagine last March putting Manti Te'o and Tyler Eifert in the ring and letting them whale away at each other. I don't know if that would have been endorsed by the coaching staff.

    Lou,

    Who won the 76 bout?

    Lennyd

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  • id love to go to these bengal bouts i love it id like to see a true heavyweight bout Nix vs Cave that would be a slugfest

    ndpalazotto9

  • ndpalazotto9 said...

    id love to go to these bengal bouts i love it id like to see a true heavyweight bout Nix vs Cave that would be a slugfest

    I'd rather our players beat the crap out of Bama instead of each other.

    MattND82

  • lennyd said...

    Lou,

    Who won the 76 bout?

    Lennyd

    Don't leave us hanging who won, LOU????

    No down-vote please - thank you! No down-vote por favor, gracias ! Gringo Mafia ~ amigo el número cuatro

    kking

  • Lou, when did the Football players stop participating in the Bengal bouts?

    mskorup

  • Browner won by decision.

    By the 1990s, I don't recall many, if any, football players partaking in Bengal Bouts. Maybe backup lineman Greg Stec in the mid-1990s.

    Lou Somogyi ●

  • Lou Somogyi said...

    Browner won by decision.

    By the 1990s, I don't recall many, if any, football players partaking in Bengal Bouts. Maybe backup lineman Greg Stec in the mid-1990s.

    I knew that. If you would have remained mum, I would have also. Love them both.

    Sleepyscrapiron

  • Best football player ever to fight in the Bengal Bouts.has to be MMA Legend the Original Bad Boy... The inventor of Cold Fusion... The fighter Frank Mir fears most..... "The Man" Dan "WAR" Quinn.

    This post was edited by teo4heisman on 2/21/2013 at 12:36 PM

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  • teo4heisman said...

    Best football player ever to fight in the Bengal Bouts.has to be MMA Legend the Original Bad Boy... The inventor of Cold Fusion... The fighter Frank Mir fears most..... "The Man" Dan "WAR" Quinn.

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  • Both McOsker and Plantz won last night. The referee stopped Plantz's fight in the first round and McOsker won by split decision. They could potentially face each other in the finals if both with their next match.

    Dan Murphy

  • teo4Heisman,

    I wanted to link a video of one of Quinn's messages on YouTube, but it's actually more sad than bizarre.

    Quinn was actually in the heavyweight finals 3 years in a row, according to an NDNation poster with the handle "Olson."

    In 1986 (freshman year) he beat defending champ and fullback Pernell Taylor for the title, but then Taylor won the 1987 rematch. In 1988, a backup DL Steve Roddy defeated Quinn for the title. I wasn't at the bout, but was told by someone there that Roddy threw a wicked haymaker that connected and left Quinn out cold.

    Lou Somogyi ●

  • Former Notre Dame basketball player Mike Broghammer is also still alive in the heavyweight division. He won his first match last night by unanimous decision.

    Dan Murphy

  • Lou Somogyi said...

    teo4Heisman,

    I wanted to link a video of one of Quinn's messages on YouTube, but it's actually more sad than bizarre.

    Quinn was actually in the heavyweight finals 3 years in a row, according to an NDNation poster with the handle "Olson."

    In 1986 (freshman year) he beat defending champ and fullback Pernell Taylor for the title, but then Taylor won the 1987 rematch. In 1988, a backup DL Steve Roddy defeated Quinn for the title. I wasn't at the bout, but was told by someone there that Roddy threw a wicked haymaker that connected and left Quinn out cold.

    I don't know if Dan Quinn's ever lost a fight.

    It amazes me that he last that long at ND.

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    Lou Somogyi ●

  • So if the current team all entered the boxing tournament, who would be most likely to end as champion? My money would be on Troy Niklas, his reach would make it tough for anybody to get near him.

    This post was edited by Jason Sapp on 2/22/2013 at 9:09 AM

    Dan Murphy

  • Dan Murphy said...

    So if the current team all entered the boxing tournament, who would be most likely to end as champion? My money would be on Troy Niklas, his reach would make it tough for anybody to get near him.

    Good pick -- I could see Jarrett Grace holding his own.

    Sapp.Jason@synthes.com - https://twitter.com/Jason_Sapp

    Jason Sapp

  • Good choice with Niklas. The idea of receiving a punch from Stephon Tuitt wouldn't be pleasant either. Might be noted that freshman long-snapper Scott Daly owns a black belt in Taekwondoe, and freshman safety John Turner won an AAU national title in taekwondoe in junior high.

    Lou Somogyi ●

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