$50 million World Boxing Super Series – How it will work

[Batman]

I haven't had a chance to read all of the post cuz it's pretty lengthy and I'm supposed to be working.

I did see this today though in the paper, is it 8 fighters from 2 weight divisions in a knockout tournament over 12 months or something like that.

I just can't see that the 2 best fighters of any division will agree to go in for this, surely they 2 best fighters would make a helluva lot more money arranging a fight between themselves rather than going through a tournament.

Also if it was around the middleweight sort of area then you can already count Gingerpubes out because he would have to work within the tournaments ''artificial deadlines'' and we all know how much he hates them.

It's a shame because in an ideal world this is how it should work because it would guarantee the best fighting the best but you can't just create something whack Muhammad Ali's name on it and then say ''win this and you are the best'' wouldn't unifying a division mean more than this?

[Master]

The sanctioning bodies will never allow it.

[Alpha]

These tournaments never seem to go as planned in boxing. Even the Super 6 which is probably one of the more successful had numerous hiccups. It'd be nice if they could get some solid fighters interested. A nice way for some of those 2nd and 3rd tier fighters to advance.

[Fenster]

14 fights in 8 months? Good luck with that. Apart from that it sounds good. Fighters will be ranked in the top 15 by the main four alphabets but with that massive pot up for grabs, plus not having options on the top promoters fighters (if that's true) would surely mean plenty of top names will want a part of it.

The four seeds get to choose their opponent in a live draw. Love to see who thinks who is the weakest link/easy for them.

[smashup]

Richard Schaefer said his two preferred weight divisions would be Cruiserweight and Featherweight as they don't get much attention

The former Swiss banker has partnered with promoter Kalle Sauerland to put on this tournament where the ultimate winners could earn $10M+. There are still some details to be hashed out though since the weight classes haven’t been determined. Schaefer mentioned that he’d like to highlight historically neglected divisions, with cruiserweight and featherweight discussed as potential options with reporters.

Lomachenko could literally drop back down a weight and bag some easy money



http://www.badlefthook.com/2017/3/10...50m-tournament

[Nameless]

In theory, the idea is neat; you can't really dodge an opponent and the most deserving will win the Graal (and the most dough). One can't dislike that. However, for the whole thing to pan out right, everything must go as planned. EVERYTHING. That means that everybody stays healthy, that nobody decides that he's underpaid and decide not to fight, that nobody gets arrested and so on. The previous super 6 tournaments was very cool but did teach us a few things about the "unexpected". I'll give them credit for the balls they have but in practice... I have my doubts.
Oh, and the company is based in Switzerland; I am curious about the taxes they'll pay.

[Alpha]

Are promoters like Golden Boy or Top Rank going to want to work with Schaefer? How will purse splits work if a titleholder enters? There are many areas where this already starts to hit walls.

[nuggetdotcom]

In theory, the idea is neat; you can't really dodge an opponent and the most deserving will win the Graal (and the most dough). One can't dislike that. However, for the whole thing to pan out right, everything must go as planned. EVERYTHING. That means that everybody stays healthy, that nobody decides that he's underpaid and decide not to fight, that nobody gets arrested and so on. The previous super 6 tournaments was very cool but did teach us a few things about the "unexpected". I'll give them credit for the balls they have but in practice... I have my doubts.
Oh, and the company is based in Switzerland; I am curious about the taxes they'll pay.

I'm not sure that taxes paid is on the top of boxing fans priority lists, I'd rather buy meals for boxers than politicians.

[Mr140]

Just think it will be great for us to have boxing to watch all the time and start to follow a guy in the tournament. It will build a story line and will make you more invested in that guy if he can win it all pretty good.