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As a corrupt and coward, i might say, sport. It's an huge time spawn for a tournament. Injuries will get in the way. Imagine that by some miracle one of the untested guys, dirrel for instance, does really well in his first fight and proves not only he's good but he's a step above all the others. All of a sudden injury reports would surface and his next opponents would try to break the tournament apart fearful of ruining their careers (the same way losing to Hopkins was an huge step back in Pavlik's career, which he could never have predicted as Hopkins was coming off a loss where he looked his age). This would show the people moving on to MMA that boxing indeed is something else other than a fighting sport.
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