What would a WBSS Heavyweight tournament have looked like?

[TitoFan]

It won't happen...... but it would have been fun, wouldn't it?


Let's start with 8 seeds. Right now it might look something like:

1. AJ (UK)
2. Wilder (USA)
3. Povetkin (Russia)
4. Whyte (UK)
5. Parker (NZ)
6. Ortiz (Cuba)
7. Miller (USA)
8. Breazeale (USA)


Forget all the PED stuff for the moment. Everyone's clean.

So if we did regular brackets (#1 against #8, 2 against 7, etc), the quarterfinals would have been:


AJ vs Breazeale
Wilder vs Miller
Povetkin vs Ortiz
Whyte vs Parker

Ok so forget Povetkin is already going to fight AJ, or that Whyte just beat Parker.

Assuming the top seeds all won, and using the seeding process for matchups, we would have had the following semifinals:

AJ vs Povetkin
Wilder vs Whyte

.... which is what we've been wanting all along, because the Final would likely have been.......

AJ vs Wilder



See.... it all would've worked out in the end, but with nobody ducking anyone, and everybody would've been satisfied.

Well..... except for Fury fans, who would be outraged that Tyson wasn't even seeded.



Hoping the WBSS takes flight and moves to the other divisions.

[brocktonblockbust]

What happened no Mexican Fighters?

[Alpha]

We are getting a mini one of sorts:

Whyte/ Parker = Whyte
Joshua/ Povetkin =
Wilder/ Breazeale is front runner
Chisora/ Takam = Chisora
Suppose to be Kownacki/ Martin
Furys back
We just had Bellew/ Haye
Just need Ortiz and Miller to get in the mix.

[TitoFan]

We are getting a mini one of sorts:

Whyte/ Parker = Whyte
Joshua/ Povetkin =
Wilder/ Breazeale is front runner
Chisora/ Takam = Chisora
Suppose to be Kownacki/ Martin
Furys back
We just had Bellew/ Haye
Just need Ortiz and Miller to get in the mix.

Fury, Bellew and Haye can all join a junior varsity tournament as far as I'm concerned. I don't rate any of them. As difficult as it is to sometimes fight 8 or 10 top-flight heavyweights, we're at a moment in time where I think it can be done. But my list includes none of those.

[Alpha]

We are getting a mini one of sorts:

Whyte/ Parker = Whyte
Joshua/ Povetkin =
Wilder/ Breazeale is front runner
Chisora/ Takam = Chisora
Suppose to be Kownacki/ Martin
Furys back
We just had Bellew/ Haye
Just need Ortiz and Miller to get in the mix.

Fury, Bellew and Haye can all join a junior varsity tournament as far as I'm concerned. I don't rate any of them. As difficult as it is to sometimes fight 8 or 10 top-flight heavyweights, we're at a moment in time where I think it can be done. But my list includes none of those.

Bellew got rid of Haye, if he can get rid of Briggs or Oquendo next I'll be grateful.

Lets look at it:

AJ/ Povetkin
Wilder/ Breazeale (supposed to be next)
Whyte/ Ortiz
Bellew/ Usyk

Something like that could work.

[TitoFan]

Although I'm not a fan of the tub of lard, I think Miller would probably be more deserving of a spot in a tournament than Bellew.