WBC Plans World Boxing Cup in Eight Weight Divisions

Could go either way. If it creates good fights I'm for it, but I'm skeptical of anything run by only one alphabet-soup organization. And when they start talking about "silver champions" I have to puke in my mouth a little bit.

I smell a way to grab more B.S. licensing fees and give inactive fighters more of an excuse to sit on the sidelines for a year. Wonder which network they're talking about?

Tobe wrote:Could go either way. If it creates good fights I'm for it, but I'm skeptical of anything run by only one alphabet-soup organization. And when they start talking about "silver champions" I have to puke in my mouth a little bit.

I smell a way to grab more B.S. licensing fees and give inactive fighters more of an excuse to sit on the sidelines for a year. Wonder which network they're talking about?

i agree. if done right, it could be great for boxing but i just dont see it being done well.

The scheduling and layout are my biggest concerns. I remember I really liked the Versus World Series of boxing until I couldn't figure out the scheduling or scoring. Even with the Super Six I haven't been able to keep up with the schedule for Fight Camp 360s and have had to watch a couple online.

This tournament needs to have clear rules are make it easy to see who is advancing. They should just set it up as a bracket style tournament. What level of fighter is going to be involved? Fringe guys? No hopers? Up and comers? A mix?

If they can get Showtime or HBO to hop in and use some of their undercards to promote this it could be big.

The tournament is too long. Just look at the Super-Six to see what happens when a tournament is too long

GrantZilla wrote:The tournament is too long. Just look at the Super-Six to see what happens when a tournament is too long

If they get 8 fighters per division and do it as a single elimination it's perfect. The winner will have had 3 quality fights in the year.

if tourny participants are decided by the WBC rankings, this doesn't mean jack shit for boxing lol

140 ratings

Champ: Erik Morales
Champ "in recess:" Tim Bradley
Champ "silver:" Roberto Ortiz
Champ "international:" Prawet Singwangcha


Contenders:

1. Ajose Olusegun (Nigeria)
2. Danny Garcia (US)
3. Prawet Singwangcha (Thai) INTL
4. Lucas Matthysse (Argentina)
5. Pablo Cesar Cano (Mexico)
6. Roberto Ortiz (Mexico) SILVER
7. Yoshihiro Kamegai (Japan)
8. Cesar Cuenca (Argentina)
9. Kendall Holt (US)
10. Josesito Lopez (US)

Wonder who the US network is

Groundhog wrote:if tourny participants are decided by the WBC rankings, this doesn't mean jack shit for boxing lol

140 ratings

Champ: Erik Morales
Champ "in recess:" Tim Bradley
Champ "silver:" Roberto Ortiz
Champ "international:" Prawet Singwangcha


Contenders:

1. Ajose Olusegun (Nigeria)
2. Danny Garcia (US)
3. Prawet Singwangcha (Thai) INTL
4. Lucas Matthysse (Argentina)
5. Pablo Cesar Cano (Mexico)
6. Roberto Ortiz (Mexico) SILVER
7. Yoshihiro Kamegai (Japan)
8. Cesar Cuenca (Argentina)
9. Kendall Holt (US)
10. Josesito Lopez (US)

While your point is true in many if not all divisions, I wouldn't mind seeing it at 140. Morales, Bradley, Olusegun, Garcia, and Matthysse would all be in an 8 man tourney. Cano was entertaining enough against Morales as well. That being said, I sincerely doubt Morales, Bradley, Matthysse, and Garcia would get involved with it.

Tyson attacking Joke Sillyman son's ears

i wouldnt think that they would do the top contenders just because it wouldnt work out very well. i think that a tournament works best with contenders who are bottom top 10 or close to top 10. this is because they dont have exposure yet and want it. they are willing to fight through injuries and everything to keep the tourney going. the problem is when you are having a tourney with bigger names is that they can drop out because they dont need a name.

several good points pro and con.first a single elimination is the way to go as gumby points out.thats 3 fights in one year per fighter who makes it to the finals.to complete all divisional matchups in a year we are talking about 24 fights.put 2 fights on per card means a monthly show for a year.great exposure for boxing.
the downside is that several top fighters will not participate because of money .i dont see any tv outlet laying out million doillar plus paydays for several fighters against a unknown opponent.also its the wbc we are talking about.the odds of them doing things totaly right is over a million to one.
the exposure as noted is excellent and i can see some top fighters participating that dont get a million dollar payday or a 500 000 dollar one.
depending on who participates the winner and finalists can establish themselves as a bonafide quality contender or even one who could be considered the real champ.
again with the wbc in charge its hard for me to immagine a smooth well run almost problem free event.i hope im somewhat wrong here.