Comments Thread For: World Boxing Super Series Reveals Tournament Seeding

[SteveM]

The added bonus of these tournaments is that if they pan out good, and the CW def should, then there'll be a clamor for more similar tournaments - crap, could boxing be on a real upward trend here what with 2017 until now and another 6 months to go?

[BennyBlanco]

Cruiserweight tourney is legit the winner will be the true king of that division. Super Middleweight is kind of garbage most of the top guys aren't there which makes it irrelevant.

Super middle is definitely garbage. Half the fighters are no-names with nothing on the their resume?

And WTF is with Mike Perez making it in over Wlodarczyk?? Makes no sense.

[Eff Pandas]

My Predictions for who'll pick who:

Groves: I think its a decision between Cox & Brant who are the two lowest level guys in this thing. I think Brant might be viewed as the easiest pickings here + I think its likely Groves will have some venue control so its likely to be a UK fight & I think you want a US guy flying to a new country rather than having a UK guy who's at home too.

Smith: I think its Cox or Skoglund to choose between. I'll keep it simple & assume it'll be Cox, but I don't like that Cox seems to have a lot of accidental head clashes in his fights & maybe Smith or other fighters won't like that either in this format where you'll need to fight in Sept/Oct & then again in January.

Eubank Jr/Abraham: Skoglund or Yildirim. With Eubank Sr making this pick I feel like he might be bolder than I'd expect most others to be in his situation so I'm gonna say he'll choose Yildirim.

Braehmer: And that leaves Skoglund.



Usyk: I feel like Usyk is already the #1 guy at CW so he'll look to improve his overall resume & ***y it up a lil more than think about being as fresh & unabused going into the semifinals. Although those two goals might overlap cuz I think the best name on the also ran side is Huck. I would say if he's looking for an easier road Wlod has the potential to be his pick too.

Gassiev: I think its tough call call. Wlod, Perez or Kudryashov. If Huck is still in I think you definitely pick him, but as I'm guesstimating it despite the WAR!!!!! appeal of a Gassiev vs Kudryashov fight in the quarterfinals or even seeing whats up with Perez right out of the gate I'll say he takes the easy road & go with Wlod.

Briedis: idk that anyone should wanna fight Kudryashov willingly despite his beatability cuz that mofo can hit so this seems like Perez or whichever non-Kudryashov opponent is left.

Dorticos: Kudryashov. Last, but not least, the most interesting fight of the quarterfinals & almost assuredly the shortest with 43 fights between them & 42 ending in a KO.

Thats what I think anyway. We will see tomorrow.

[*TonyMontana*]

Dont like this tourney they're no known boxers

Wtf????????

[RuslanChagaev]

LOL yea I don't agree with that, but I suppose I can see the argument for it since Callum has beaten a couple higher level guys like Eubank has as well & is still undefeated unlike Eubank + Abraham is older, even if I'd ultimately disagree with that argument.

Groves has likely got the easiest road to the finals with Braehmer as the 4 seed & himself having the pick of the also rans. The only thing Groves might have to worry about is if Avni Yildirim doesn't get picked by the top 3 & he ends up beating Braehmer & then Groves gets matched up with Avni. I don't hate Avni's chances to beat Groves although Avni is still unproven on that level, but I think he's a skilled guy who is capable of beating elite level guys.

Avni is not skilled so, he has many minuses in terms of technical and he doesnt have a real coach. His promoter(Ahmet Oner) is coaching at the same time. The last fight he won was pretty good.

[j0zef]

My Predictions for who'll pick who:

Groves: I think its a decision between Cox & Brant who are the two lowest level guys in this thing. I think Brant might be viewed as the easiest pickings here + I think its likely Groves will have some venue control so its likely to be a UK fight & I think you want a US guy flying to a new country rather than having a UK guy who's at home too.

Smith: I think its Cox or Skoglund to choose between. I'll keep it simple & assume it'll be Cox, but I don't like that Cox seems to have a lot of accidental head clashes in his fights & maybe Smith or other fighters won't like that either in this format where you'll need to fight in Sept/Oct & then again in January.

Eubank Jr/Abraham: Skoglund or Yildirim. With Eubank Sr making this pick I feel like he might be bolder than I'd expect most others to be in his situation so I'm gonna say he'll choose Yildirim.

Braehmer: And that leaves Skoglund.



Usyk: I feel like Usyk is already the #1 guy at CW so he'll look to improve his overall resume & ***y it up a lil more than think about being as fresh & unabused going into the semifinals. Although those two goals might overlap cuz I think the best name on the also ran side is Huck. I would say if he's looking for an easier road Wlod has the potential to be his pick too.

Gassiev: I think its tough call call. Wlod, Perez or Kudryashov. If Huck is still in I think you definitely pick him, but as I'm guesstimating it despite the WAR!!!!! appeal of a Gassiev vs Kudryashov fight in the quarterfinals or even seeing whats up with Perez right out of the gate I'll say he takes the easy road & go with Wlod.

Briedis: idk that anyone should wanna fight Kudryashov willingly despite his beatability cuz that mofo can hit so this seems like Perez or whichever non-Kudryashov opponent is left.

Dorticos: Kudryashov. Last, but not least, the most interesting fight of the quarterfinals & almost assuredly the shortest with 43 fights between them & 42 ending in a KO.

Thats what I think anyway. We will see tomorrow.

Nice breakdown. It's gonna be very interesting seeing who they pick. It may also be promotional picks too, to maximize the revenue.

[Chrismart]

Man, i'm even excited for the draw

The CW tournament is excellent.
I've also warmed to the 168 version, if the seeds progress as expected, then there's some good fights there.

[Pigeons]

No controversy there. Smith may belong at #3 behind the Eubank/Abraham winner but it's not a big deal. I wonder how the Eubank/Abraham pick is gonna happen considering they don't fight for one more week.

[Zn1]

Dont like this tourney they're no known boxers

red karma'd

little shit

[HanzGruber]

Pretty sad when George groves is the number 1 rank lol.