LoadedWraps' Great Idea For The Sport: Professional Boxing World Series

[LoadedWraps]

Here me out folks.

If we think about it, letting pros compete in the Olympics, while it sounds appealing at first, is unfair, and illogical.

But at the same time, professional boxing can use another draw, for the fans, something to look forward too.

Someone threw out a boxing Wrestlemania idea not long ago, but it got mostly shot down by the NSB community.


But what if...what if we had a pro boxing world series. It would be like the amateur world series, but with only pros, competing in teams against other nations, in an eliminator similar to the World Series of the MLB, or La Copa Mundial, or Libertadores. It would be great. It could be once every 4 years like the world cup, but there wouldn't be a cup, if would have to be belts, and it would be a series of fights (your nation has to have 4 fighters at least represent, for example, so there is a minimum team cutoff) where the victorious team all won a set of belts with all the sanctioning bodies emblems and the flag of the winning nation, and each individual fighters belt has his name on it, similar to the world series rings in MLB.

Pac, Gesta, Donaire on a team!?
Pascal, and LeMule!?
Bradley, Wilder, Crawford, and Thurman!?
Canelo, Margarito, and JMM!?
Ortiz, Rigo, and Lara!?
Khan, Fury, AJ, Frampton!?
Inoue, Yaegashi!?
Cotto, Verdejo, Garcia!?
Kovalev, Ruslan!?
Wlad, Lomachenko!?

Let's get massive votes in favor of!!

For you new cats who are NSB rookies, people like Bernstein, Kellerman, Haymon, Porter, and Shane Mosley's baba mama's read this forum. If we blow this thread up, it will happen. Mark my words.

[1hourRun]

It wouldnt be fair - America SWEEPS everybody, EASY WORK.

[Eff Pandas]

I'd have little to no interest in seeing a team aspect in such a strongly individual sport like boxing. Seems highly forced to put that together.

[original zero]

i don't think loaded wraps has ever had a great idea.

would be easier to cure world hunger than to make something like this happen.

[LoadedWraps]

I'd have little to no interest in seeing a team aspect in such a strongly individual sport like boxing. Seems highly forced to put that together.

It's done in the amateurs, have you never seen the WSB?

I think if it isn't done every year, it doesn't really cut into any one fighters schedule/career, these days top fighters only fight 2-3 times a year or less anyway.

It would also give exposure to lesser known names if they have big wins. It would also force all the fighters to fight top competition as, similar to pitchers in the MLB world series, you are going to go up against a different guy every series. That alone should make it appealing.

[LoadedWraps]

i don't think loaded wraps has ever had a great idea.

would be easier to cure world hunger than to make something like this happen.

I love how you act like you know me all of the sudden. Still sore about running out of straws for excuses for the IBF I see.

It wouldn't be that difficult, this is prizefighting. Make the championship titles come with a massive purse, and create a multiplier for bracket winners' purses as it makes sense.

Once the promoters etc see the profit potential after jumps in social media hits after exposure, it would be a no brainer.

[original zero]

You posted a link that proved my position regarding the IBF and then quit the thread. Why would I be sore about you accidentally proving me right?

Yes, this is prizefighting.

So who is going to put up the billions of dollars it would take to make this happen?

And why would they do it when it would surely lose money?

There is no profit potential here unless the athletes participate for free like in many international competitions.

How are you going to get the world's top professional boxers to fighter so many times for free and why would their promoters allow it?

Doesn't make any sense.

[Teddy05]

It's done in the amateurs, have you never seen the WSB?

I think if it isn't done every year, it doesn't really cut into any one fighters schedule/career, these days top fighters only fight 2-3 times a year or less anyway.

It would also give exposure to lesser known names if they have big wins. It would also force all the fighters to fight top competition as, similar to pitchers in the MLB world series, you are going to go up against a different guy every series. That alone should make it appealing.

You answered your own question. It is done in the amateurs because you dont have to pay amateurs.

Who is going to foot this crazy expense bill for this? Its just not financially feasible

[Eff Pandas]

It's done in the amateurs, have you never seen the WSB?

Yes, but I think you'd agree that hasn't really taken off & I'd suspect it has even less chance to take off in the pro game.

Randomly anyone know the $ details of the WSB? Are they making money, losing money, breaking even? I'd be curious about that.

I think if it isn't done every year, it doesn't really cut into any one fighters schedule/career, these days top fighters only fight 2-3 times a year or less anyway.

It would also give exposure to lesser known names if they have big wins. It would also force all the fighters to fight top competition as, similar to pitchers in the MLB world series, you are going to go up against a different guy every series. That alone should make it appealing.

I think you can achieve a more appealing boxing event by just making the entire show an event like the UFC has done with MMA. Boxing is far too top heavy right now. For most big fights in the US people don't even show up til a fight or two before the main event cuz few people are invested in the event. I'd also throw out that MMA has tried a team concept (the IFL) that ended up failing after a couple seasons & I don't believe it was ever profitable. I have no reason to believe a pro boxing team concept would have a different outcome than the IFL.

[LoadedWraps]

You answered your own question. It is done in the amateurs because you dont have to pay amateurs.

Who is going to foot this crazy expense bill for this? Its just not financially feasible

These questions were raised with skepticism towards Haymon as inital conversations regarding PBC arose, before its inception, no doubt.

I think it has enormous potential, similar to PBC, with the right funding, marketing, and purses for fighters.