Comments Thread For: Mayweather's Mandatory Set Down With Tournaments

[SlySlickSmooth]

So we finally get the top 147 fighters to face each other and leaving Floyd and Pac to fight each other?


Are we in ****ing fantasy land? The WBC APPROVED this? Holy ****!!!

[g-wane]

Let them beat the crap out of each other while Mayweather rest and fights a shop worn fighter. This how Ward won when he got a bye and fought the simple opponent . While the rest beat the crap out of each other and where all beaten up by the time they got to the final bout. This is like having to Pit bulls kill each other in a dog fight while the winner fights the fresh rested dog

You idiot Ward was part of the 168 tournament it was Bute that did not enter the tournament..
Why are so called boxing fan so dumb!!!???

[LinealChampion]

No way Pacquiao is entered in this by Bob Arum.

But it is the way that boxing should be, we need to know the LEADERS a weight class, and therefore you have a true LINEAL champ.

With or without Floyd this is the way Boxing should work.

[JoeKidd]

I must say, one simply cannot question the excessive intelligence governing the sport! If you cannot mandate your champions to fight the deserved challenger, use thy intelligence!

[Scipio2009]

What assurance would we get from Floyd that he would even entertain fighting the winner(s)? Without that marketing it as some tournament to get Floyd means nothing. It could spoil the whole thing.

none. By the time the tournament is through, Floyd would already have completed his Showtime deal, would be almost 40, and would be looking at MAYBE having one more possible fight.

If the tournament does what it's supposed to do, the WBC would emerge with two established champions, who have hopefully impressed enough over their three fights to garner some solid attention in their own rights.

[Nightfall]

Pacquiao would KO or dominate and brutalize everyone you mentioned...

don't know about that. lamont peterson beat pacquiao down in sparring. thats why arum kept him away from pac.

[Fetta]

none. By the time the tournament is through, Floyd would already have completed his Showtime deal, would be almost 40, and would be looking at MAYBE having one more possible fight.

If the tournament does what it's supposed to do, the WBC would emerge with two established champions, who have hopefully impressed enough over their three fights to garner some solid attention in their own rights.

^^^^^^This

[Matisyahu]

the truth is screw the sport of boxing, it has a chance to take a step towards relevance and its crowd is calling for a canelo fight over the biggest fight in history. Whoever is calling for a canelo fight over the floyd vs manny fight for ANY REASON is why this sport is failing and doomed, not because of the fighters or corruption or any other reason but ****** FANS! calling on a ppv that might or might not sell 1m over a record breaker that will bring in new fans. I'm done with boxing if this fight doesnt get made when both fighters want it and agree with terms, Manny agrees to whatever floyd wants 60-40 but some promoters are gonna shoot it down for.....

Know any good mma sites? cause its time to embrace something different

I'm following you over to the mma sites. I can sc**** by boycotting certain fighters but not the promoters. No point in following this sport after they kill the fight we want on the boxer's behalf.

[Scipio2009]

Not a horrible idea, tourneys are probably the way to go now, to at least try and force fighters to face each other. Still not gna happen. The super 6 was all on showtime if im not mistaken, so while the wbc approves this did arum oscar and haymon?

Way too many obstacles for this to happen, networks, promoters willing to pit their top guys against another. This also imo can hurt careers and cash cows imo, so i dont believe this will ever happen.

-Arum isn't going to put Pacquiao into three fights that he doesn't control and Marquez doesn't seem to be all that interested in committing himself to participating in three non-title fights in a row; Timothy Bradley seems game to fight whoever, but I doubt that Arum lets him participate.

-Brook is the IBF champion and has a platform that is beyond being thrown into a tournament format to "earn his stripes".

-Oscar De La Hoya seems to not have a single top 20 welterweight tied directly to his company, sans Sadam Ali. Oscar may end up promoting some of the shows, but that doesn't mean he comes with much say.

If Al Haymon is on board with the idea, I don't see how the 47 tournament doesn't happen.

154 is a bit more muddled, but still doable.

[texasboi15]

Means top fighter v top fighter.

Thats good enough for me as a start.

Top fighter?! You don't even know what fighters would participate in this proposed tournament.

It's a waste of time and in the end the winner is NOT guaranteed a shot at Mayweather or Pacquiao as the proposal SUGGESTS.