The SMW tourney is almost too good to be true..

[oside4life]

sounds bad ass i say king arthur wins. just my opinion.

[Tom_Tocca]

Pretty sure you sign a contract for the complete tourney, with equal payoffs along the way and a bonus for the winner.

...and penalties for the ******* and whiners...this should be all held on their contracts...

[K-Nan]

sounds bad ass i say king arthur wins. just my opinion.

It's gonna do him good to move up in weight.

[Addition]

It's very rare that promoters are willing to compromise and put this kind of thing together, in this day and age.

In a world where JCC Jr. is a PPV attraction, it's crazy to see that all of these guys will be willing to man up and fight the best in the world. It makes me a fan of all of them.

I feel the same way, it's too good to be true but i'm very very hopeful. SMW division imo is one of the best divisions in boxing.

[deanrw]

Froch isn't going to fair well in the tournament...

I'm not so sure. it is not always about talent, but will to win. Froch has a ton of will and will test the heart of anyone he fights.

[deanrw]

sounds bad ass i say king arthur wins. just my opinion.

I think the opposite. I think he loses to everyone in this tourney. He has been struggling with clubfighters as of late. These guys are coming to win.

[STILL_DETOX]

It's very rare that promoters are willing to compromise and put this kind of thing together, in this day and age.

In a world where JCC Jr. is a PPV attraction, it's crazy to see that all of these guys will be willing to man up and fight the best in the world. It makes me a fan of all of them.

yea i agree. its a win win for showtime and the fans

[BattlingNelson]

It's very rare that promoters are willing to compromise and put this kind of thing together, in this day and age.

In a world where JCC Jr. is a PPV attraction, it's crazy to see that all of these guys will be willing to man up and fight the best in the world. It makes me a fan of all of them.

Yeah. High props for the promotors, broadcasters and fighters. Special thanks to Kalle Sauerland who came up with the idea.

I love the round robin format. It'll make for interesting speculation as to how the next round will go. It's pretty good also that extra points are awarded for KO's. This will add incentives so as to not coast away the last couple rounds.

This tournament is one of the best things that has happened in boxing for years. One can only hope that it's a smash at the boxoffice as well thereby paving the way for similar tourneys in other divisions.

As for the line-up well some is missing for what ever reason, but it's still excellent.

[The_Visitation]

Respect to Froch and his promoters. He didn’t look convincing against Taylor, i was afraid he would hide and protect his belt for a while..

He was calling out Kessler five minutes after winning it. The guy is afraid of nobody, and I suspect would have tried to avoid a mandatory against a bum or 'prospect' if he could. He was lucky in a way that his first mandatory just happened to be Taylor, who would have been a very attractive fight anyway.

That said, I'm not sure additional respect for Froch is required here. The tourney is ideal for him, with guaranteed big money fights (which he hasn't had so far) against Kessler and Abraham as well as the 'home tie' against the lesser known Dirrell. Win or lose he's now in that comfortable 'I could retire tomorrow and be set up for life' zone.

That's why this has happened, I think, it's just in everybody's best interests that it does, boxers, Showtime, and promoters. None of them have better options, or indeed any anywhere near as good as their respective three-fight packages, quite apart from the additional rewards of doing well. The semis and especially final will be massive.

[BetterCallSaul]

Froch deserves the bigest respect. Apart from Taylor, Ward and Dirrell, Froch is the only person who hasn't built up a list of useless title defences. He has jumped straight into the deep end, and has the most to lose.

You couldn't blame him for wanting to give the tournament a miss and rack up a few easy, meaningless title defences. Instead he is jumping in head first.