The WBC 147 tournament is pathetic and makes no sense.

These are the top 8 fighters currently with the WBC @ 147 1 .- Amir Khan (GB) SILVER 2 .- Danny Garcia (US) 3 .- Shawn Porter (US) 4 .- Robert Guerrero (US) 5 .- Brandon Rios (US) 6 .- Konstantin Ponomarev (Russia) NABF 7 .- Andre Berto (US) 8 .- Ray Robinson (US) The highest ranked candidate always fights the lowest ranked candidate. Round 1 Khan v Robinson - Khan wins by a landslide Garcia v Berto - Garcia wins comfortably Porter vs Ponomarev - Porter wins by a landslide Guerrero vs Rios - Rios wins Semi Finals Khan v Rios - Khan wins Garcia v Porter - Porter is the favourite, but Garcia always finds a way to win. Final Garcia v Khan II - 50/50 fight. If Garcia connects it could be lights out for Khan once again, but if Khan sticks to boxing, he could be in with a win. 1)Why won't WBC just order Khan v Garcia II for January 9th? Why make the fans have to endure, boring a series of boring matchups, only to be left a Khan v Garcia or Khan v Porter Matchup all the way in 2017? 2)What purpose does a 147 tournament serve, when the WBC won't recognise, the likes of Thurman, Pacquiao & Brook, arguably the Top 3 Welters in the World? Not forgetting, Timothy Bradley, Diego Chaves, Errol Spence & Sadam Ali, who either aren't ranked or are ranked very low. 3)Which TV Stations would show a Khan v Robinson & Porter v Ponomarev fight? Who would buy tickets to watch these matchups? How will the WBC be able to generate $1.5 Million Dollar + purses for the likes of Garcia, Berto & Khan when they fight these no name opponents. 4) Will the Khan's, Porter's and Garcia's even accept the tournament, and will they be given clearance by Haymon? The WBC should order Garcia v Khan II immediately. They can have a tournament amongst those ranked below these 2, for a mandatory spot. They should stop lying to the boxing world about trying to get the best to fight the best, when they refuse to recognise the best guys in the division. Another scheme by the Wretched WBC to make $$$ from sanctioning all these bouts. Remember folks, it was only 1 year ago, when the WBC were about to go bankrupt.

Comments (19)

Rios wins it all. No way does Guerrero or Khan beat Rios, than after those 2 wins Rios beats Berto for the WBC... Take off the sombrero.

10y ago

Brickyardigan

A Russian is NABF champ? Does he have citizenship? I thought I was only one seeing things here..

10y ago

BattleAxePurist

Is this really happening or is this just showing the top8 b/c I'm pretty sure there's no chance all these guys agree to this.

10y ago

Bushbaby

Khan loses to Rios.

10y ago

LarryX

Fights are not won on paper son

10y ago

Boxfan83

Rios wins it all. No way does Guerrero or Khan beat Rios, than after those 2 wins Rios beats Berto for the WBC...

10y ago

bigjavi973

well what if they add title holders to the equation??? Problems are promoters not working together and fighters signed to a specific network HBO/Showtime. Are they gonna have it on HBO or Showtime or both :dunno: imo that's the major issue.

10y ago

aldo5408

inb4 the salty comments because you have Khan winning any of these fights :rofl: Inb4 khan says he already has sign contracts to fight everybody

10y ago

VG_Addict

A flat footed fighter, that applies 0 pressure, has little pop in his punches, and is a southpaw will give Khan problems??? And he has never been past 10 rounds? Please enlighten me on how he will trouble him? Algieri troubled Khan, and he has almost no pop in his punches.

10y ago

Boxtime

You put all that effort into this post to not see the greatness of the match ups. It allows the so called champs to show they are champs for a reason. By fighting the opponents that are hungry and wanna make a name for themselves or prove they still got what it takes. This way is the best way to show a good fight. None of those fighters listed are in a easy fight. Despite all that. They will work themselves out to fight the best anyways. Better believe an upset is in the making. 0 Champs are taking part in the Tournament. No Brook, Thurman, Bradley (Soon to be crowned WBO).

10y ago

Boxtime

I pick 'The New' Ray Robinson to give Khan all sorts of trouble and Garcia beating Berto is anything but a given. Any WW tournament w/o Thurman and Brook should result in Porter winning. A flat footed fighter, that applies 0 pressure, has little pop in his punches, and is a southpaw will give Khan problems??? And he has never been past 10 rounds? Please enlighten me on how he will trouble him?

10y ago

The_Big_Dunn

IMO tourney should be limited to 4 people. Rankings as of Jan 1, 2016determines the top 4. Top 4 is all Haymon guys so it should be easy to make but I expect Rios would move into top 4 should he defeat Tim.

10y ago

DeadLikeMe

A Russian is NABF champ? Does he have citizenship?

10y ago

Eastcoast

I pick 'The New' Ray Robinson to give Khan all sorts of trouble and Garcia beating Berto is anything but a given. Any WW tournament w/o Thurman and Brook should result in Porter winning.

10y ago

Boxtime

Beside Thurman(who is the other organizations champion) and Brook(who is the other organizations champion too) who is missing? Pacquiao, Bradley, Chaves, Vargas are missing. Spence, Sadam Ali and Algieri should be higher up than where they currently are placed in the rankings.

10y ago

Boxtime

inb4 the salty comments because you have Khan winning any of these fights :rofl: He would probably lose in the Semi Finals, vs a Thurman or Porter, or even a Brook.....but sadly half of these guys are not even in the tournament. According to the WBC .,....Thurman isn't even in their top 100

10y ago

Bram

Khan is their silver champion which, I thought, entitled him to an immediate shot at the title, especially when the title is vacant. Get Khan in against the highest available opponent, hopefully Garcia, and there's your one fight tournament.

10y ago

Boxtime

WTF are you talking about. That is a great way to make a champion. I love these kind of tournaments. If they can get a tournament together to get a champion it would be a great thing. What is the point of a tournament, when the top guys are not even in it. What does it prove?

10y ago

M_Bison

inb4 the salty comments because you have Khan winning any of these fights :rofl:

10y ago