Awesome !!! New Heavyweight Tournament set for June 2006

[Boxclever]

New Heavyweight Tournament set for June 2006


By Paul Upham: Plans for a new style heavyweight boxing tournament are well advanced with a major promotion set for June. The one night knockout tournament is being billed as a once a year extravaganza designed to take exciting boxing back to the fans in a slick entertainment package.

The promoters involved are not only intent on featuring the biggest and best names in boxing at heavyweight from around the world, but are also investigating the interest of the world's best light heavyweights and cruiserweights. Prize money for the competitors is anticipated to be well over US $15 million.

A document obtained by SecondsOut claims that the tournament, "will have more action, more intensity, and more champions on one card and on one night than in the history of boxing."

One of the four major world sanctioning bodies has apparently endorsed the concept with competitors boxing matches of 4 x 3 minute rounds in a knockout style format.

Planning for the tournament has been underway for nearly two years. With financial backing now secured, the promoters have been given the green light to begin signing boxers.

SecondsOut will continue to follow this story and bring readers more information as it becomes available.

Boxing has many troubles and I'm pretty sure this would solve NONE of them.

[Ranger2408]

Any heavyweight worth watching would never sign up for an event like this.

so thats noone then?
ALL aboard!!

[MotorCityCobra]

Yeah, Tony Tubbs won a tournament like this back in December of 93. TBiggs, JRibalta & Bonecrusher Smith were the other 'names' involved.

[Nautilus]

If there is serious prize on the table, there will be serious contenders. Also, the finalists would have to fight 12 or more very intense rounds within one or two days, which will require serious stamina.

[ChrististheAnswer2]

If there is serious prize on the table, there will be serious contenders. Also, the finalists would have to fight 12 or more very intense rounds within one or two days, which will require serious stamina.

Dude, don't you see this is a joke, a farce? Its an event that is disgraceful to the sport, and its desgined to take advantage of naive fans.

Fighters who are world-class DO NOT participate in 4 rounders, period, end of story.

[Nautilus]

Dude, don't you see this is a joke, a farce? Its an event that is disgraceful to the sport, and its desgined to take advantage of naive fans.

Fighters who are world-class DO NOT participate in 4 rounders, period, end of story.

Secondsout.com is a serious boxing site, so I doubt that this is a joke.

[ChrististheAnswer2]

Secondsout.com is a serious boxing site, so I doubt that this is a joke.

Your missing the point, I'm not denying the fact that this could be real, I'm not dis*****g that, although it sounds like this author has no solid sources, and I seriously doubt that this will take place.

I'm dis*****g that a 4 round HW tournament composed of supposedly elite fighters is supposed to be taken seriously.

That to me is a joke. Do you see what I'm saying? Even if this is real, its a joke, because as I said, real professionals do not participate in garbage like this.

[Nautilus]

Your missing the point, I'm not denying the fact that this could be real, I'm not dis*****g that, although it sounds like this author has no solid sources, and I seriously doubt that this will take place.

I'm dis*****g that a 4 round HW tournament composed of supposedly elite fighters is supposed to be taken seriously.

That to me is a joke. Do you see what I'm saying? Even if this is real, its a joke, because as I said, real professionals do not participate in garbage like this.

I disagree, I would love to see a bunch of 4-rounders with best HWs in them. I hope at least some top HWs will participate.

[ChrististheAnswer2]

I disagree, I would love to see a bunch of 4-rounders with best HWs in them. I hope at least some top HWs will participate.

How could you call yourself a true fight fan? You wanna see a circus like this? Worse you wanna see the top HWs fight in 4 rounders? WHY??!!

I don't think any top fighters would wanna participate in 4 rounders, they have to much respect.

So basically you wanna see Butterbean style fights, thats not real boxing.

[Nautilus]

How could you call yourself a true fight fan? You wanna see a circus like this? Worse you wanna see the top HWs fight in 4 rounders? WHY??!!

I don't think any top fighters would wanna participate in 4 rounders, they have to much respect.

So basically you wanna see Butterbean style fights, thats not real boxing.

Many, if not most, fights at HWs do not last even 4 rounds, so what's the big deal?

What does this have to do with Butterbean?