16 man single elimination tournament at 160

[Juanma9]

The biggest problem I see with this tournament is that Martinez is already recognized as the king in the division. Why would he lock himself into 4 fights to prove his on top? He'd be 40 by the end of it.

If you take him out of the equation the tourny looks good. The belt holders are holding the title's hostage and are reluctant to taking any risks. It'd be a nice alternative to get them to fight. I would cut the number of fighters to 8.

[RlCKY]

I think that the Middleweight division underrated. They just need to get some of these guys on American television.

I included a couple matches that have been announced/speculated and then added my own match ups. who takes it?

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Martinez KO 9 Lee...Lee is competitive early and then Martinez steps on the gas once he adjusts to Lee's style and busts him up late.

Sturm UD Zbik...Boring close fight, could have gone either way but since it was in Germany Sturm gets the decision.

Golovkin TKO 10 Geale Best fight of the first 1st round of the tournament, Geale is able to keep Golovkin away, but Geale eventually gasses and Golovkin sparks him late.

Wright MD Quillin It appears Winky is back to form. Winky's strong defensive guard negates Quillins offense. Winky wins a typical Winky Wright decision

Chavez UD Murray Chavez has worked on his fitness and nurtrition for this fight and it shows. He sets the tone early with the jab and big body shots. Murray has his spots but ultimately drops the decision to Chavez

Macklin UD Proksa Macklin has hung tough with 2 of the best middleweights in the world in his last two fights. Macklin hires a new trainer, sticks to the game plan and pulls out the decision

N'dam UD Bursak To be honest, I don't know a lot about either fighter, but i am going to say N'dam UD...

Pirog KO 8 Williams Pirog confirms 3 things in this fight: He is a legit threat of winning this tournament, Paul Williams is NOT a middleweight, and Paul Williams should not have taken this fight. Fight becomes one sided after 5 rounds up until the brutal ending in round 8

Again, I tried to keep the matches that are already happening, and the ones that are likely to happen (Martinez Lee IMO is coming) together. I'll post round 2 synapsis later.

Martinez vs Sturm Chavez JR vs Macklin
Golovkin vs Wright N'Dam vs Pirog

[RlCKY]

The biggest problem I see with this tournament is that Martinez is already recognized as the king in the division. Why would he lock himself into 4 fights to prove his on top? He'd be 40 by the end of it.

If you take him out of the equation the tourny looks good. The belt holders are holding the title's hostage and are reluctant to taking any risks. It'd be a nice alternative to get them to fight. I would cut the number of fighters to 8.

Martinez wouldn't have anyone to fight at 160 if he wasn't in the tourney, he'd prolly move down to 154, but i digress

I know that time, injuries, draws, money and other things would play into it. But those things weren't considered. This is just about the fights