The WBC 147 tournament is pathetic and makes no sense.

[The Big Dunn]

IMO tourney should be limited to 4 people. Rankings as of Jan 1, 2016determines the top 4.

Top 4 is all Haymon guys so it should be easy to make but I expect Rios would move into top 4 should he defeat Tim.

[Boxtime]

I pick 'The New' Ray Robinson to give Khan all sorts of trouble and Garcia beating Berto is anything but a given. Any WW tournament w/o Thurman and Brook should result in Porter winning.

A flat footed fighter, that applies 0 pressure, has little pop in his punches, and is a southpaw will give Khan problems??? And he has never been past 10 rounds? Please enlighten me on how he will trouble him?

[Eff Pandas]

1)Why won't WBC just order Khan v Garcia II for January 9th? Why make the fans have to endure, boring a series of boring matchups, only to be left a Khan v Garcia or Khan v Porter Matchup all the way in 2017?

Khan vs Garcia would seem to be the obvious thing to do for a vacated title. Not sure why they are going this route outside of more sanctioning fees. Surprised they don't make all vacate titles have a 8 fighter tournament just to collect sanctioning fees for 7 fights vs 1 fight. Maybe this is a trail thing lol.

4) Will the Khan's, Porter's and Garcia's even accept the tournament, and will they be given clearance by Haymon?

I think its a solid bet Khan & Rios don't get involved in this out the gate. Rios is in payday mode & has one foot out the door. He don't wanna fight some no name Russian guy or fight 3 guys to win a title. Rios is a name & can get a title shot off his name alone. Khan sees a god in human form when he looks in the mirror. No way he's gonna accept this 3 fights to a title situation.

And who knows with the rest of these guys. Porter could have a title himself in late January if he beats Thurman & if the WBC wants this lined up before his fight than he's out.

[PAC-BOY]

These are the top 8 fighters currently with the WBC @ 147

1 .- Amir Khan (GB) SILVER
2 .- Danny Garcia (US)
3 .- Shawn Porter (US)
4 .- Robert Guerrero (US)
5 .- Brandon Rios (US)
6 .- Konstantin Ponomarev (Russia) NABF
7 .- Andre Berto (US)
8 .- Ray Robinson (US)

The highest ranked candidate always fights the lowest ranked candidate.

Round 1
Khan v Robinson - Khan wins by a landslide
Garcia v Berto - Garcia wins comfortably
Porter vs Ponomarev - Porter wins by a landslide
Guerrero vs Rios - Rios wins

Semi Finals
Khan v Rios - Khan wins
Garcia v Porter - Porter is the favourite, but Garcia always finds a way to win.

Final
Garcia v Khan II - 50/50 fight. If Garcia connects it could be lights out for Khan once again, but if Khan sticks to boxing, he could be in with a win.

1)Why won't WBC just order Khan v Garcia II for January 9th? Why make the fans have to endure, boring a series of boring matchups, only to be left a Khan v Garcia or Khan v Porter Matchup all the way in 2017?

2)What purpose does a 147 tournament serve, when the WBC won't recognise, the likes of Thurman, Pacquiao & Brook, arguably the Top 3 Welters in the World? Not forgetting, Timothy Bradley, Diego Chaves, Errol Spence & Sadam Ali, who either aren't ranked or are ranked very low.

3)Which TV Stations would show a Khan v Robinson & Porter v Ponomarev fight? Who would buy tickets to watch these matchups? How will the WBC be able to generate $1.5 Million Dollar + purses for the likes of Garcia, Berto & Khan when they fight these no name opponents.

4) Will the Khan's, Porter's and Garcia's even accept the tournament, and will they be given clearance by Haymon?

The WBC should order Garcia v Khan II immediately. They can have a tournament amongst those ranked below these 2, for a mandatory spot. They should stop lying to the boxing world about trying to get the best to fight the best, when they refuse to recognise the best guys in the division. Another scheme by the Wretched WBC to make $$$ from sanctioning all these bouts. Remember folks, it was only 1 year ago, when the WBC were about to go bankrupt.

You put all that effort into this post to not see the greatness of the match ups.
It allows the so called champs to show they are champs for a reason. By fighting the opponents that are hungry and wanna make a name for themselves or prove they still got what it takes. This way is the best way to show a good fight. None of those fighters listed are in a easy fight. Despite all that. They will work themselves out to fight the best anyways. Better believe an upset is in the making.

[Boxtime]

You put all that effort into this post to not see the greatness of the match ups.
It allows the so called champs to show they are champs for a reason. By fighting the opponents that are hungry and wanna make a name for themselves or prove they still got what it takes. This way is the best way to show a good fight. None of those fighters listed are in a easy fight. Despite all that. They will work themselves out to fight the best anyways. Better believe an upset is in the making.

0 Champs are taking part in the Tournament. No Brook, Thurman, Bradley (Soon to be crowned WBO).

[PAC-BOY]

What is the point of a tournament, when the top guys are not even in it. What does it prove?

Because the winner of the torment will have beat everyone to get the crack at the top guys and recondition with bragging rights.

[VG_Addict]

A flat footed fighter, that applies 0 pressure, has little pop in his punches, and is a southpaw will give Khan problems??? And he has never been past 10 rounds? Please enlighten me on how he will trouble him?

Algieri troubled Khan, and he has almost no pop in his punches.

[aldo5408]

inb4 the salty comments because you have Khan winning any of these fights

Inb4 khan says he already has sign contracts to fight everybody

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

I dont mind it Rios wins the entire thing IMO

[bigjavi973]

well what if they add title holders to the equation???

Problems are promoters not working together and fighters signed to a specific network HBO/Showtime.

Are they gonna have it on HBO or Showtime or both

imo that's the major issue.