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So as most of you probably noticed the World Boxing Super Series finally decided upon the divisions it'll be using for Season 1 of their tournament. The two divisions chosen were cruiserweight (200lbs) & super middleweight (168lbs).
The actual selection process for the 8 fighters in each division (+subs) will begin soon with early July being the official reveal date for those selections (I'm hoping for leaks or early reveals). That's also when the top 3 seeded fighters will be picking their first opponent & the bracket will be fixed.
The first round bouts will happen in Sept. 2017, the semifinals in early 2018 & the finals in May 2018.
Anyway the selection process of this will likely define how seriously this tournament will be taken in the future by fans so I wanted to setup a thread about who are the fighters eligible & how I rank those fighters in skill, appeal + rankings, like I suspect the WBSS will be looking at their potential selections in this tournament.
The only prerequisite for this tournament is that one hold a abc belt or be ranked in the top 15 of an abc groups rankings. Based upon that info there are currently 36 cruiserweight & 38 super middleweight boxers eligible for the first season of the WBSS.
Its a time consuming, boring + a bit of a hassle to rank fighters 1 by 1 so I simply tried to breakdown the fighters into tiers of fighters (usually 8 boxers per tier) that I felt they fit into based on the skill, appeal + rankings criteria I decided to go by.
My main curiosity with this is a personal one. I'm wanting to see what I feel now as to the best participants in this tournament would be vs what this tournament actually looks like in early July when I end up discovering there are 7 first tier boxers included & 1 second tier or 3 second tier boxers & 5 third & fourth tier boxers or whatever the reality ends up being.
Any thoughts on this tournament, my tier rankings (which I completed in about 15 minutes so there could be some dark horses or more sellable guys I'm underrating & I'm open to altering as some May fights happen & I discover new info about any particular guy) or your expectations on who ends up in this tournament or doesn't?
The actual selection process for the 8 fighters in each division (+subs) will begin soon with early July being the official reveal date for those selections (I'm hoping for leaks or early reveals). That's also when the top 3 seeded fighters will be picking their first opponent & the bracket will be fixed.
The first round bouts will happen in Sept. 2017, the semifinals in early 2018 & the finals in May 2018.
Anyway the selection process of this will likely define how seriously this tournament will be taken in the future by fans so I wanted to setup a thread about who are the fighters eligible & how I rank those fighters in skill, appeal + rankings, like I suspect the WBSS will be looking at their potential selections in this tournament.
The only prerequisite for this tournament is that one hold a abc belt or be ranked in the top 15 of an abc groups rankings. Based upon that info there are currently 36 cruiserweight & 38 super middleweight boxers eligible for the first season of the WBSS.
Its a time consuming, boring + a bit of a hassle to rank fighters 1 by 1 so I simply tried to breakdown the fighters into tiers of fighters (usually 8 boxers per tier) that I felt they fit into based on the skill, appeal + rankings criteria I decided to go by.
My main curiosity with this is a personal one. I'm wanting to see what I feel now as to the best participants in this tournament would be vs what this tournament actually looks like in early July when I end up discovering there are 7 first tier boxers included & 1 second tier or 3 second tier boxers & 5 third & fourth tier boxers or whatever the reality ends up being.
Any thoughts on this tournament, my tier rankings (which I completed in about 15 minutes so there could be some dark horses or more sellable guys I'm underrating & I'm open to altering as some May fights happen & I discover new info about any particular guy) or your expectations on who ends up in this tournament or doesn't?
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