WBSS Prediction Brackets

[Eff Pandas]

How you guys see these tournaments going?

WBSS Super Middleweight Tournament

July 14 Chris Eubank Jr (24-1) W12 Arthur Abraham (46-5)

Quarterfinals

Sept. 16 (2) Callum Smith (22-0) W12 Erik Skoglund (26-0)
Oct. 7 (3) Chris Eubank Jr (25-1) KO3 Anvi Yildirim (16-0)
Oct. 14 (1) George Groves (26-3) KO4 Jamie Cox (22-0)
Oct. 27 (4) Juergen Braehmer (48-3) W12 Rob Brant (22-0)

Semifinals

Feb. 17 (1) George Groves (27-3) W12 (3) Chris Eubank Jr (26-1)
Feb. 24 (2) Callum Smith (23-0) W12 Nieky Holzken* (13-0)

* Juergen Braehmer could not compete on Feb. 24 so Nieky Holzken was brought in as a sub

Finals

Sept 28 (1) George Groves (28-3) vs (2) Callum Smith (24-0)

WBSS Cruiserweight Tournament

Quarterfinals

Sept. 9 (1) Oleksandr Usyk (12-0) KO10 Marco Huck (40-4-1)
Sept. 23 (4) Yunier Dorticos (21-0) KO2 Dmitry Kudryashov (21-1)
Sept. 30 (3) Mairis Briedis (22-0) W12 Mike Perez (22-2-1)
Oct. 21 (2) Murat Gassiev (24-0) KO2 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53-3-1)

Semifinals

Jan. 27 (1) Oleksandr Usyk (13-0) Wm12 (3) Mairis Briedis (23-0)
Feb. 3 (2) Murat Gassiev (25-0) KO12 (4) Yunier Doritcos (22-0)

Finals

July 21 (1) Oleksandr Usyk (14-0) W12 (2) Murat Gassiev (26-0)

My Predicition:

SMW

Eubank W12 Abraham (maybe a late KO)

QF

Groves KO7 Cox
Eubank KO8 Yildirim
Smith KO8 Skoglund
Brant Ws12 Braehmer (upset)

SF

Eubank KO11 Groves (competitive fight til stoppage)
Smith KO5 Brant

F

Eubank W12 Smith (close fight, but Eubank clearly wins)

CW

QF

Usyk KO9 Huck
Briedis W12 Perez
Gassiev KO4 Wlodarczyk
Kudryashov KO2 Dorticos

SF

Usyk W12 Briedis
Gassiev KO3 Kudryashov (war, maybe both guys down)

F

Usyk W12 Gassiev

[mlac]

that is literally exactly how i have it

Eubanks will likely pull out half way through due to not getting all his demands met though

[Eff Pandas]

Eubanks will likely pull out half way through due to not getting all his demands met though

LOL yea unfortunately I could see exactly that going down. Hope it doesn't but the Eubank's are so fickle & unpredictable in their moves its a risk for the WBSS to have let him in this thing.

The money should be so good ultimately ($10M+ for the guy who wins) it'd be a bad move in this field doe so its their loss & someone elses gain if they do opt out at some point.

[bigjavi973]

subd......

lets try and keep this thread as the RBR Thread

[dan_cov]

QF

Groves KO/TKO Cox
Eubank decisions Yildirim in a FOTY candidate
Smith obliterates Skoglund
Braehmer decisions Brant

SF

Groves decisions Eubank Jr
Smith KO Braehmer

F

Smith stops Groves late




I'm really uncertain on most of the CW fights.
Only fight I'm very confident in is Usyk beating Huck very wide or late stoppage. Too many question marks and fighters with crazy power.

[Dodger07]

WBSS Super Middleweight Tournament

*Eubank Decisions Abraham

Quarterfinals

Groves TKOs Cox
Eubank TKOs Yildirim
Smith Decisions Skoglund
Brant TKOs Braehmer

Semifinals
Groves Decisions Eubank
Smith Decisions Brant

Finals

Smith Decisions Groves


WBSS Cruiserweight Tournament

Quarterfinals

Usyk TKOs Huck
Briedis TKOs Perez
Gassiev TKOs Wlodarczyk
Dorticos TKOs Kudryashov

Semifinals

Usyk Decisions Breidis
Dorticos TKOs Gassiev

Finals

Usyk Decisions Dorticos

[dan_cov]

I'll have a go.

QF

Usyk 120-108 x3 or stops Huck late
I think Perez might upset Breidis - I get the thinking he's a bit Povetkin esque, Perez's inactivity, dropping in weight but I don't recall Breidis ever fighting a southpaw and something tells me he will struggle with Perez's stance, style, speed.
Gassiev close decision over Diablo
Dorticos TKO Kudryashov

SF

Usyk decisions Perez
Dorticos decisions Gassiev

Usyk decision Dorticos - Usyk but Dorticos troubles him.

[soul_survivor]

so fights are confirmed? if so, this is how I see it going, winners in bold

WBSS Super Middleweight Tournament

*July 14 Chris Eubank (24-1) vs Arthur Abraham (46-5)

Quarterfinals

#1 Sept/Oct George Groves (26-3) vs Jamie Cox (22-0)
#2 Sept/Oct Anvi Yildirim (16-0) vs Eubank/Abraham winner
#3 Sept/Oct Callum Smith (22-0) vs Erik Skoglund (26-0)
#4 Sept/Oct Juergen Braehmer (48-3) vs Rob Brant (22-0)

Semifinals

#5 Jan. Fight 1 winner vs Fight 2 winner - Groves
#6 Jan. Fight 3 winner vs Fight 4 winner - Smith

Finals

#7 May Fight 5 winner vs Fight 6 winner - Groves

Not particularly confident of those picks. Haven't seen Brant fight but Braehmer has never been that good and is old now and shop worn. Callum is hyped and has ok power but hasnt fought anyone of note. Eubank has enough actibity to out punch a lot of these guys but he is too wild and open.

Close tournament between a group of guys who are on the verge of being better.

WBSS Cruiserweight Tournament

Quarterfinals

#1 Sept/Oct Oleksandr Usyk (12-0) vs Marco Huck (40-4-1)
#2 Sept/Oct Mairis Briedis (22-0) vs Mike Perez (22-2-1)
#3 Sept/Oct Murat Gassiev (24-0) vs Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53-3-1)
#4 Sept/Oct Yunier Dorticos (21-0) vs Dmitry Kudryashov (21-1)

Semifinals

#5 Jan. Fight 1 winner vs Fight 2 winner - Usyk
#6 Jan. Fight 3 winner vs Fight 4 winner - Gassiev

Finals

Usyk

Not sure about a lot of those guys, havent seen enough of most of them but I know Usyk will win. Good to see all the belts being unified. Well almost ...

[j0zef]

Sunday puncher put out previews as well:

[Citizen Koba]

QF

Groves KO/TKO Cox
Eubank decisions Yildirim in a FOTY candidate
Smith obliterates Skoglund
Braehmer decisions Brant

SF

Groves decisions Eubank Jr
Smith KO Braehmer

F

Smith stops Groves late




I'm really uncertain on most of the CW fights.
Only fight I'm very confident in is Usyk beating Huck very wide or late stoppage. Too many question marks and fighters with crazy power.

Identical to my picks at SMW except I don't think Mundo stops Braehmer - unless the Pomeranian is crippled at 168 - that's one canny old dog IMO.