HBO announces a 140 Pound Tournament???

http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/03/17/tim-bradleys-hbo-140-pound-invitational-unification-boxing-to/ After careful lobbying, WBO junior welterweight (140 pounds) titlist, Tim Bradley (pictured above) exclusively informed FanHouse.com on Wednesday that he is announcing the accomplishment of the unthinkable: A 26-year-old, resident of Palm Springs, Calif., with a record of 25-0, with 11 knockouts, Bradley, has secured the blessings of some of the most powerful forces in boxing to organize, seed and project his opinon on the potential outcome of the world's first-ever, HBO-Desert Storm Whirlwind 140-pound Invitational Unification Boxing Tournament to determine the sport's junior welterweight King Of The Ring. HBO officials, starting with President of Sports, Ross Greenburg, have signed off on the 10-man tournament, which includes Bradley, WBA king Amir Khan of England, and IBF and WBC titlist, Devon Alexander. In addition, promoters, Richard Schaefer and Oscar de la Hoya (CEO and president of Golden Boy, respectively), Bob Arum (CEO of Top Rank), Don King, Gary Shaw and Lou DiBella are all in agreement and approval of the talented field, which is comprised of the division's premiere fighters whom they all represent. Bradley said that only the tournament's championship bout will be televised on pay per view. "I just felt that it was a tremendous opportunity to give the fans what everybody considers to be the weight division's 10-best fighters in match ups that everyone has been asking for," said Bradley, who is coming off of December's unanimous decision victory over Lamont Peterson. "After careful consideration, and the involvement of an unbiased seeding committee of respected experts whose names are being withheld from the public, we were able to come up with the pairings for fights that will generate interest, emotion and intensity as they happen," said Bradley. "This is simply something that we believe that the fans truly want to see. And the best part about it is that you get to watch all of the fights on regular HBO," said Bradley. "With the economy being what it is, I think that it's only fair that all of the fights through to the semifinals should be viewed by the public for only the price of their cable bills" said Bradley. "For that reason, everyone has agreed that only the champioship bout -- the one crowning the tournament's overall winner -- will be televised on HBO pay per view for the reasonable price of $54.99."