WBC MW Tournament

[NEETzsche]

I like it. Heiland's kind of a weak link though and like you I doubt Lemieux will participate. And, being a Top Rank fighter, I guess Murata will pursue the WBO rather than the WBC. Maybe Monroe Jr or Sulecki for the fourth man, assuming Lemieux drops out?

In general I wish the sanctioning bodies would take a more active role in making their ranked fighters face each other. A few possible rules could be: (1) you get dropped altogether if you don't fight for a year, (2) ranked fighters can only face other ranked fighters, (3) you only become the mandatory challenger through winning a yearly elimination tournament composed of the four highest ranked contenders willing or able to participate

[Eastcoast]

I like it. Heiland's kind of a weak link though and like you I doubt Lemieux will participate. And, being a Top Rank fighter, I guess Murata will pursue the WBO rather than the WBC. Maybe Monroe Jr or Sulecki for the fourth man, assuming Lemieux drops out?

In general I wish the sanctioning bodies would take a more active role in making their ranked fighters face each other. A few possible rules could be: (1) you get dropped altogether if you don't fight for a year, (2) ranked fighters can only face other ranked fighters, (3) you only become the mandatory challenger through winning a yearly elimination tournament composed of the four highest ranked contenders willing or able to participate

I hope to hell the IBF makes Tureano Johnson fight Derevyanchenko, b/c as of right now both are weak contenders based on their current accomplishments.

[Eastcoast]

new WBC rankings

Damn, they dropped Andy Lee from the rankings and elevated Curtis Stevens to #3 b/c he has some fringe WBC title.

I'm not sure Khytrov will be considered available as he has a fight early next month, also not sure David Lemieux would accept an invitation. Derevyanchenko is the IBF #2 and waiting to hear if he'll fight Tureano, so it could be

Heiland/Sulecki
Stevens/Murata

I'm alot less excited about that if so. I'd pick Sulecki to KO Heiland, but not sure if Murata can outbox Stevens. I could see Stevens catching Murata, then KO'ing Sulecki, and that would make Stevens the WBC mando to GGG - yuck.

1 .- Jorge Sebastian Heiland (Argentina)
2 .- Ievgen Khytrov (Ukraine) NABF
3 .- Curtis Stevens (US) AMERICA
4 .- David Lemieux (Canada)
5 .- Ryota Murata (Japan)
6 .- Sergey Derevyanchenko (Ukraine)
7 .- Maciej Sulecki (Poland)
8 .- Avtandil Khurtsidze (Ukraine)
9 .- Willie Monroe (US) * CBP/P
10 .- Matt Korobov (Russia)
11 .- Arif Magomedov (Russia) * CBP/P
12 .- Tommy Langford (GB) COMM/BBB C * CBP/P
13 .- Hugo Centeno, Jr. (US) * CBP/P
14 .- Antoine Douglas (US) * CBP/P
15 .- Emmanuele Blandamura (Italy) EBU

[Madison Boxing]

would expect lemiuex to win that tournament quite comfortably

[kiaba360]

Damn, they dropped Andy Lee from the rankings and elevated Curtis Stevens to #3 b/c he has some fringe WBC title.

I'm not sure Khytrov will be considered available as he has a fight early next month, also not sure David Lemieux would accept an invitation. Derevyanchenko is the IBF #2 and waiting to hear if he'll fight Tureano, so it could be

Heiland/Sulecki
Stevens/Murata

I'm alot less excited about that if so. I'd pick Sulecki to KO Heiland, but not sure if Murata can outbox Stevens. I could see Stevens catching Murata, then KO'ing Sulecki, and that would make Stevens the WBC mando to GGG - yuck.

I wish Lemieux/Stevens would just fight already. I'd prefer if Khurtzsidze was in the tourney. The Lemieux/Stevens winner would face Canelo, while GGG faces Saunders/N'Dam. If GGG/Canelo doesn't get made, then GGG could fight the new WBC mandatory.

[aldo5408]

Sounds like Heiland's not happy, I love it.

A four-man tournament for the middleweight mandatory spot is being planned.

— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) December 14, 2016

Heiland manager upset over the tournament assignment...

— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) December 14, 2016

"Please trust the WBC. This decision is best for your kid," @wbcmoro tells Heiland manager.

— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) December 14, 2016

The top 4 middleweights in that tourney could change but for now they are Heiland, Ievgen Khytrov, Curtis Stevens, David Lemieux.

— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) December 14, 2016

**** Heiland, he's just sat on the #1 position without doing anything for last 2 years. All those other guys wreck him. I could see Lemieux dropping out to purse Canelo or Saunders and maybe Lee or Murata taking his spot.

He was waiting for that title shot!

[Eastcoast]

I wish Lemieux/Stevens would just fight already. I'd prefer if Khurtzsidze was in the tourney. The Lemieux/Stevens winner would face Canelo, while GGG faces Saunders/N'Dam. If GGG/Canelo doesn't get made, then GGG could fight the new WBC mandatory.

Stevens is a dangerous fight for Lemieux b/c he plays into Stevens wheel house of standing in front of Stevens and ****ing. It's a bad match up for Lemieux and I think his team knows it.

I'd love a Stevens/Khurtsidze fight, but idk if that's possible b/c of the Roizer & Stark connection. As of now, this WBC tourney looks ****, but the winner is still better than the current option of Heiland. Even if Heiland won it, he'd have more credibility.

[Superbee]

would expect lemiuex to win that tournament quite comfortably

Same here... Stevens was dropped and lost to Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam who Lemieux dropped 4 times in a one way fight...