World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) Master Thread

They are definitly better than some Guys in the list. You are Just counting a fighter out i guess as soon as they lose once or twice. I would rather watch them Fight instead of relikh or troyanovsky Yeah better off with Troya daddy, Indongo than his son but Indongo got knocked out twice back to back doe. Ohara although got stopped by Josh Taylor, might be a better choice than maybe Yigit or Martin although they still got their 0.

This tourney is the best fighting the best. Not the second best fighting the second best. :lol1::lol1: They are definitly better than some Guys in the list. You are Just counting a fighter out i guess as soon as they lose once or twice. I would rather watch them Fight instead of relikh or troyanovsky

Groves v Smith: N'Dam v Parker joins Eubank v Ryder as possible reserves bouts for WBSS Final https://t.co/JxByaJWPlt pic.twitter.com/F5oQJvdm4y— World Boxing News (@***************) June 14, 2018 Michael Dasmarinas wants in WBSS as promoter seeks Tete, Moloney matchups - The Ring https://t.co/UFWYPQIbzi— Ryan Songalia (@ryansongalia) June 14, 2018

🏆 Oleksandr Usyk putting out a statement of intent, declaring he IS still preparing for the WBSS final and wholeheartedly wants to fight Murat Gassiev next. pic.twitter.com/2vVSsYvhYE— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) June 14, 2018

�� Oleksandr Usyk putting out a statement of intent, declaring he IS still preparing for the WBSS final and wholeheartedly wants to fight Murat Gassiev next. pic.twitter.com/2vVSsYvhYE— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) June 14, 2018

They should have put ohara davies and Julius indongo into that 140 Tournament. This tourney is the best fighting the best. Not the second best fighting the second best. B+ troll post & great first post sir. Welcome to NSB. You have a bright future if this first post is any indication. :lol1::lol1:

They should have put ohara davies and Julius indongo into that 140 Tournament.

Well Arum's company SHOULD be his priority & his fighters. No one starts a business for charity or to not make money. There is no promoter or entity out here who's on some altruistic vibe for the soul of boxing. But I think this is w/e cuz the WBSS gots a fatter wallet then Arum still I believe. I know this ESPN/ESPN+ deal lined Arum's pockets, but I'd think he'd wanna spend it on bigger draws then Maurice Hooker, no offense to Hooker. Or I guess if he's thinking to use this as a buy Hooker's title situation maybe he'd pay for it idk. I like Saucedo, but idk if he's been prepared enough to lift a title off of a guy like Hooker is the thing so it might be a buying of a title gone south lol. I mean its hardly a fight where I wouldn't give Hooker a chance to win so idk that it'd be a good idea to overpay Hooker if I was Arum. I understand that but what about putting his fighter in the WBSS to show that he is the best. Surely it doesn't hurt his fighter if he manage to do well in the tournament. In my opinion Gilberto Ramirez would've done pretty well if he was in the tournament and might've just won it. Btw i wonder how Prograis gonna say about this. He's the mandatory to Ramirez and hearing Arum has other plans for his fighter. My thinking is Arum will only put Ramirez in with Prograis if he manage to win the tournament and Ramirez getting few more wins to build up the fight.

If Usyk/Gassiev does not happen, WBSS is a joke. This was their coup de grace, the one fight that everyone has been looking forward to. It's your ****ing duty to find a place that will work for this fight. Germany, Poland, hell put it in the O2 in London, the British fans know a good fight when they see one, they'll show up. Or even MSG, somewhere just get the damn fight settled. And if they can't, give Briedis the shot not Tabiti, FFS.

No. And this is what I might love the most about this series BESIDES top guys fighting each other. The #1 seed gets to pick any unranked fighter to fight in the opening round. Then the #2 guy picks who he wants to fight. Then the #3 guy picks. And then the #4 guy & whoever remains are matched up. That sets up the brackets. Gives it a lil more personality & drama if you ask me. I like it. I see. Looking forward on who they gonna pick. Dino Duva is with Roc Nation now (or has he been?) or is Rock Nation a whole other thing & thats not a mispelling? This seems like a w/e thing to me doe. And isn't Hooker booked already for the WBSS tournament? I know they are paying less this year, but I still suspect it'll be more than Arum's tight pockets would give Hooker lol. Should be Roc Nation. That's the reason i take these fighters commitment to the tournament with a pinch of salt until they get into the ring. Just look at Gassiev-Usyk now. Hopefully Hooker choose the WBSS route. Arum priority has always been his company and his fighters. Putting up mismatches to make is fighters look good. His ESPN+ venture end in failure i really hope.

Scum Arum putting his own series smh. Top Rank chairman Bob Arum has a plan he hopes put into place for a series of fights at junior welterweight. Oklahoma City contender Alex Saucedo (27-0, 17 KOs) is already scheduled to fight Australia’s Lenny Zappavigna (37-3, 27 KOs) in the co-feature on the June 30 Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card in Oklahoma City and Jose Ramirez (22-0, 16 KOs) is slated to make his first world title defense against Danny O’Connor (30-3, 11 KOs) on the July 7 Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card in Ramirez’s hometown of Fresno, California. Beyond that, Arum said that if Saucedo wins he will be in the mandatory position to challenge Maurice Hooker (24-0-3, 16 KOs), who upset Terry Flanagan by split decision in England on Saturday to win a vacant 140-pound title. Arum said he spoke to Hooker promoter Dino Duva of Rock Nation Sports on Monday and “I hope Hooker can come down to Oklahoma City and watch that fight and then I would match Saucedo with Hooker with the winner of that fight to go against Jose Ramirez (in a unification fight).” http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-40021971-4

Off the Trans rankings it should be: Top 4 Seeds: Regis (#2) Josh (#5, although Postol is #3 so a W over him might push Josh above Regis) Kiryl (#7) Hooker (#9) Also Ranked: Troya (#10) Off Boxrec: Top 4 Seeds: Regis (#1) Kiryl (#3) Josh (#5, although Postol is #2 so a W over him is definitly gonna get him some points & push him above Kiryl & maybe Regis) Hooker (#6) Also Ranked: Troya (#8) Anthony (#10) Ivan (#15) Ryan (#30) I think its a safe bet Regis & Josh are 1 & 2 seeds however things shake out with Postol, as long as he wins of course. Kiryl is likely 3. And Hooker 4. I see so the number 1 guy going to fight the number 8 guy then 2 to fight 7 and so forth?

This 140lb tournament is nowhere near the quality of the BW or SMW/CW of the first year. Only rate Prograis and Taylor from that list. Relikh look pretty good too. All i can say is upsets can happen so i'm just looking forward to the tournament.

Confirm participants for Super Lightweight 2018/2019 WBSS tournament Kiryl Relikh (WBA Champion) Eduard Troyanovsky (WBA No.1 and mandatory challenger) Regis Progais (WBC Interim Champion) Maurice Hooker (WBO Champion) Ivan Baranchyk (IBF no. 2 ranked) Anthony Yigit (IBF no. 3 ranked) Ryan Martin (WBC no. 8 ranked) This 140lb tournament is nowhere near the quality of the BW or SMW/CW of the first year. Only rate Prograis and Taylor from that list.

What a bunch of bs all this is. Well people have been dogging the WBSS about lil random dumb things through out this first season & I've defended them, but if they lose the 200lb final for this dumb ass reason that is a pretty big failure by the WBSS & they dropped the ball big time & deserve the criticism. How they don't get the final figured out from the jump is beyond my understanding. I suspect they were late to the party/in a rush with a bunch of sh^t & had to play this first year a lil looser than they will in the future hoping thing would work out. Yeah it doesn't look good for the tournament if Gassiev doesn't fight Usyk. First it was Groves-Smith now this.

Man this is going to be so damn good. This line up has me salivating and jizzing all at once. Any word on the other participants? I heard Payano and Solis were rumored. I posted a twit that Payano maybe joining. Not sure about Solis. Schaefer mention that Donaire look to be joining too but i'm not sure if he can make weight. Then there's also the vacant WBC title fight between Nordine Oubaali and Petch Sor Chitpattana.

So with Josh Taylor likely being in once/if he beat Postol the 140 line up all set then looks like? I like it. I was talking about Regis vs Josh in a couple years, if this works out how I think it will it could happen next summer. Or sooner cuz idk how this division gets ranked. I don't even expect Taylor to get a top 4 seed so he'll likely be the last guy picked cuz who the f#ck is gonna wanna fight him vs these other guys. And from there its possible Regis is the #4 seed so as nutty as it could end up being Regis vs Josh COULD happen in the opening round the way I'm looking at this. EDIT: Well strike that bs above lmfao. Looking at the Trans rankings & Regis & Josh are 1 & 2 of the guys in this thing & Josh with a Postol W could be #1. Josh Taylor is a tricky one if he's going to join the tournament. I read a twit from Michael Benson that he's chasing Ramirez and may not join the tourney but the latest from Benson is he's joining. People seems to overlook Postol too. He might upset Taylor for all you know. Got to admit i'm not sure how the seeding is going to be. Relikh is definitely fighting Troyanovsky and Baranchyk against Yigit. That leave Progais, Hooker, Martin and Taylor (if he indeed join)

Confirm participants for Batamweight 2018/2019 WBSS tournament Ryan Burnett (WBA Super Champion) Naoya Inoue (WBA Regular Champion) Emmanuel Rodriguez (IBF Champion) Zolani Tete (WBO Champion) Man this is going to be so damn good. This line up has me salivating and jizzing all at once. Any word on the other participants? I heard Payano and Solis were rumored.

Man if Usyk-Gassiev doesnt happen then **** Boxing !

oh damn, didn't realize he was 35! Still though, surprised since both those Nery fights were suspect (PED fail and then scale fail) I gotta get wth the times! I didn't even realize the WBC stripped Thurman until yesterday WBC didn't stripped Thurman. Thurman voluntarily give up the WBC belt to focus on recovering but there are suspicions that he may sign with Eddie Hearn.