WBSS Bantamweight

Mikhail Aloyan is a bizarre addition (probably trying to keep the Russians happy), I think he'd be better off at 115, he doesn't have the power to keep up with the top guys at 118.

How do you seed the top 4?

Inoue has just arrived but is a 3 weight champion and just wrecked a long time bantam title holder.
Tete has been on a fantastic run since the Mthalane fight in 2012.
Burnett is the only guy to unify 2 belts in the division.
Rodriguez probably seeds at 4, but in my opinion is only really behind Inoue.

To say I'm excited for this is an understatement.

I would tend to share your opinion.

Will be interesting to see how the matchups come out. Manny's already set to fight Moloney.

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I would tend to share your opinion.

Will be interesting to see how the matchups come out. Manny's already set to fight Moloney.

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Yea the only guy out of the bottom 4 that I think has the chance to cause an upset (depending who he fights) is Payano.

Seeing is done:

Burnett
Inoue
Tete
Rodriguez

Donaire
Payano
Aloyan
Moloney

Prograis
Taylor
Relikh
Baranchyk

Troyanovsky
Martin
Flanagan
Yigit

Possible semi finals:

Ryan Burnett v Zolani Tete
Naoya Inoue v Emmanuel Rodriguez

Regis Prograis v Kiryl Relikh
Josh Taylor v Ivan Baranchyk

These tournaments are awesome. I’m more exciting for this round than the first round

The match-ups were announced today:

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Like I said on the other thread, these tournaments are fantastic. So I just saw on Social media, Ryan Burnett picked Nonito Donaire and then they went out for Dinner together with their partners (Burnett’s bird is FIT btw.) These guys are class acts.

Inoue picks the toughest challenge for the first round. What a Monster.

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Inoue picks the toughest challenge for the first round. What a Monster.

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Statement of intent that I am not afraid of any of you and going to wipe you all out.

Other than Tete, I honestly don't see the chasm between the opponents of the other 3 top seeds. :dontknow:

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Like I said on the other thread, these tournaments are fantastic. So I just saw on Social media, Ryan Burnett picked Nonito Donaire and then they went out for Dinner together with their partners (Burnett’s bird is FIT btw.) These guys are class acts.

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Other than Tete, I honestly don't see the chasm between the opponents of the other 3 top seeds. :dontknow:

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Sorry Tito, do you mean Tete's opposition at 118 is lacking compared to the other 3? Or that's his is better?

Rodriguez has the weakest opposition in my opinion, but like I said, I rate him only behind Inoue based on a P4P/ who beats who sense.

Although all 4 seeds could easily be interchangeable on their best nights.

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Other than Tete, I honestly don't see the chasm between the opponents of the other 3 top seeds. :dontknow:

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Sorry Tito, do you mean Tete's opposition at 118 is lacking compared to the other 3? Or that's his is better?

Rodriguez has the weakest opposition in my opinion, but like I said, I rate him only behind Inoue based on a P4P/ who beats who sense.

Although all 4 seeds could easily be interchangeable on their best nights.

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No, what I mean is that Tete has the weakest opposition by far. To me, the other three opponents are almost interchangeable. Also, if Rodriguez beats Moloney, which admittedly he should, he gets Inoue, who arguably should've been the #1 seed, in the semis. IMO Rodriguez has an excellent chance against either Burnett or Tete... but they're on the other half of the bracket.

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Other than Tete, I honestly don't see the chasm between the opponents of the other 3 top seeds. :dontknow:

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Sorry Tito, do you mean Tete's opposition at 118 is lacking compared to the other 3? Or that's his is better?

Rodriguez has the weakest opposition in my opinion, but like I said, I rate him only behind Inoue based on a P4P/ who beats who sense.

Although all 4 seeds could easily be interchangeable on their best nights.

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No, what I mean is that Tete has the weakest opposition by far. To me, the other three opponents are almost interchangeable. Also, if Rodriguez beats Moloney, which admittedly he should, he gets Inoue, who arguably should've been the #1 seed, in the semis. IMO Rodriguez has an excellent chance against either Burnett or Tete... but they're on the other half of the bracket.

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Yea Inoue vs Rodriguez should have been set up to be able to reach the final.

Nah, Rodriguez has the weaker record for me. Tete really only has one loss. That was to the extremely talented Mthalane at 112.

Manny only really has Butler, Tete beat an undefeated version, plus Narvaez, Villanueva is solid. Plus some decent guys between 112 to 115.

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Other than Tete, I honestly don't see the chasm between the opponents of the other 3 top seeds. :dontknow:

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Sorry Tito, do you mean Tete's opposition at 118 is lacking compared to the other 3? Or that's his is better?

Rodriguez has the weakest opposition in my opinion, but like I said, I rate him only behind Inoue based on a P4P/ who beats who sense.

Although all 4 seeds could easily be interchangeable on their best nights.

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No, what I mean is that Tete has the weakest opposition by far. To me, the other three opponents are almost interchangeable. Also, if Rodriguez beats Moloney, which admittedly he should, he gets Inoue, who arguably should've been the #1 seed, in the semis. IMO Rodriguez has an excellent chance against either Burnett or Tete... but they're on the other half of the bracket.

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Yea Inoue vs Rodriguez should have been set up to be able to reach the final.

Nah, Rodriguez has the weaker record for me. Tete really only has one loss. That was to the extremely talented Mthalane at 112.

Manny only really has Butler, Tete beat an undefeated version, plus Narvaez, Villanueva is solid. Plus some decent guys between 112 to 115.

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I meant in the tournament. Tete has the easiest opponent by far. The opponents of the other 3 guys are interchangeable IMO.