Boxing's Version of The Final Four

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

By Jake Donovan - It works out well in every other sport. You stage a bracket system where the Final Four becomes the Final two. The winners of the semi-finals face off in the Finals, with the last team standing crowned champion of its sport. Furthermore, those who tuned in to the semifinals now await with anticipation the grand finale.

You would like to believe that such a formula is in place when a televised boxing doubleheader consists of a champion in one bout, and his top two contestants fighting a title eliminator in the co-feature. It also makes perfect sense to follow through while people are still buzzing about the challenger who prevailed in an incredible co-feature, and how he would prove to be the perfect foil to a champion in dire need of a watchable and controversy-free fight.

This being boxing, post-fight talks amongst the powers that be have naturally become about anything other than a Jermain Taylor-Kelly Pavlik bout happening any time soon.

The one positive thing everyone in boxing seems to agree on after this weekend is that Kelly Pavlik is the top threat to the middleweight throne. He literally beat it into Edison Miranda in their seven-round war of a co-feature, thus permanently putting to rest the perception that he was just another chinny Midwestern slugger. [details]

[THEBADBOY BG]

Thats how it should be,the best have to fight eachother.

[demirturk]

Thats how it should be,the best have to fight eachother.

yeah ! , but i don't see it happening , there should be a rule you can go up in weight , when you become undiputed champ, and then all the titles vacate.

jermain is pissing me off ! , why the **** does he act like this , he was so humble pre-hopkins.... no hes acting like a douchebag

[THEBADBOY BG]

yeah ! , but i don't see it happening , there should be a rule you can go up in weight , when you become undiputed champ, and then all the titles vacate.

jermain is pissing me off ! , why the **** does he act like this , he was so humble pre-hopkins.... no hes acting like a douchebag

Fighters from now are not like fighters from the sugarrayleonard era now they are scared losing there undefeated record so they just fight guys they know they can beat.

[bengidaro]

In a perfect world yea its a good idea for the best to fight the best but it would never work. A lot of these guys want to put some fluff in their records so they'll fight ****ty fighters. No one has the balls to fight good fighters every time or even every other time but you only become great by beating the greatest that's what guys like Calzghe don't understand.