Seriously... there needs to be a Super Six 140lbs Classic

[adamdoyle]

Im struggling to understand why some people think Marquez wins a potential tournaments hands down when he is almost 40 and never won a super fight in his life.

Good fighter and might start as favourite if it did happen but whats his best win? He's been beat by Norwood and John, dominated by Floyd and failed to beat Pac after 3 attempts. His best win on paper was probably over a washed up Barrera where he got outlanded and dropped so I dont see why the guy has a rep for being so formidabble.

He is a top light welter but I dont see him being that far ahead of the rest.

Stop acting like you've seen his fights which you obviously haven't if you think they are legit loses. Marquez is one of the best fighters of the era, he has completely surpassed Morales and Barrera and IMO should have got fighter of the decade over Pac. Does this mean he wins a 140 tournament? no! But to try and play down his accomplishments is ****ing ******ed. Go watch a few of Marquez's fights you might learn something.

[PD21]

Adam,

So his schooling from Floyd wasnt a legit loss? Youre obviously a deluded fanboy if thats your opinion.
Tell me what was Marquez' biggest win. Im waiting . . . . . .

[ergheiz]

That list wouldn´t work,at least not on a worldwide scale,most of those fighters would only cater to latin american audiences,for a tourney like that to work they would need to have more racial diversity.

[AntonTheMeh]

That list wouldn´t work,at least not on a worldwide scale,most of those fighters would only cater to latin american audiences,for a tourney like that to work they would need to have more racial diversity.

ridiculous. the super six featured 4 americans, 3 euros, and a jamaican. 5 black dudes, and 3 white dudes. that's a regular benatton ad uh?

its about the best fighting the best, not a UN summit meeting about climate change.

[Walt Liquor]

horrible ideas:

Marquez in any sort of classic format. he shouldn't be involved at all.

It should be a straight up tourney. a classic type situation is just isn't feasible in boxing. too many variables.

We have golden boy and top rank guys on there too, another big problem. (unfortunately)

Remove Khan immediately

[Russian Crushin]

The super six format took way way way too long and locked guys in for like 3 years.

Top guys need to fight each other, its that simple, but nobody really wants to get f'd up by Matthesye

[UTEP]

I think Pablo Cesar Cano can hang with all those guy's. He only had 8 day's to train for Morales, he would have definitely beat Morales if he had a full training camp.


Mathysse bring's home the trophy in the end though.

[DanboSmitty]

The great thing about the super 6 was that you had 4 relatively known names (Kessler, Abraham, Froch, Taylor) and 2 up and coming talented prospects (Ward and Dirrel). THe fighters all would benefit by the added exposure.. I like the idea of another tournament for a division, but In retrospect I think 6 people isn't the perfect number. After the initial round robin there were already 2 replacements with Direll injured and Taylor retiring (Or just dropped out i forget).

A 4 or 8 man tourney would be much better imo for the logistical side of it because so many problems can happen when you have a group type set up.

[UrGonnaLooos]

I don't see why there can't be a Super 8, not to be confused the motel.

Just make it 8, single elimination, and you could finish it in 12-16 months, not over 2 years.

Agreed. The Elite 8, and rank them 1vs8, 2vs7, and so on.

[ergheiz]

ridiculous. the super six featured 4 americans, 3 euros, and a jamaican. 5 black dudes, and 3 white dudes. that's a regular benatton ad uh?

its about the best fighting the best, not a UN summit meeting about climate change.

Most people who don´t follow boxing will not give a damn about the best,they just want to see one of ¨theirs¨ having a shot at winning the tournament,if the organizers want to maximize profits,that is what will put asses into seats as you need to target the widest amount of audience possible.The Super Six worked partly because of that and partly because those guys are really the best at SMW.And by saying 3 euros you are really over-simplifying things,one was armenian-german,other dannish and one english,that´s a wide audience,throw the americans in the mix and you have an even bigger one.