WBSS Season 2, Who You Got?

[Eff Pandas]

The new season of the WBSS tournament will be starting in about a month & the 200lb bracket just got announced a few days ago so we got all the info for this second season now.

How do you got these brackets going down?

Who do you like to win?

Who's a sleeper or two you think could surprise us?

118lb Bracket

#1 Ryan Burnett (#2 TBRB, 26yrs, 19-0, 9KO's, United Kingdom)
vs
Nonito Donaire (35yrs, 38-5, 24KO's, Philippines)

#3 Zolani Tete (#3 TBRB, 30yrs, 27-3, 21KO's, South Africa)
vs
Mikhail Aloyan (30yrs, 4-0, Russia)

#2 Naoya Inoue (#1 TBRB, 25yrs, 16-0, 14KO's, Japan)
vs
Juan Carlos Payano (#5 TBRB, 34yrs, 20-1, 9KO's, Dominican Republic)

#4 Emmanuel Rodriguez (#7 TBRB, 26yrs, 18-0, 12KO's, Puerto Rico)
vs
Jason Moloney (27yrs, 17-0, 14KO's, Australia)

140lb Bracket

#1 Regis Prograis (#1 TBRB, 29yrs, 22-0, 19KO's, USA)
vs
Terry Flanagan (29yrs, 33-1, 13KO's, United Kingdom)

#3 Kiryl Relikh (#5 TBRB, 28yrs, 22-2, 19KO's, Belarus)
vs
Eduard Troyanovsky (#9 TBRB, 38yrs, 27-1, 24KO's, Russia)

#2 Josh Taylor (#2 TBRB, 27yrs, 13-0, 11KO's, United Kingdom)
vs
Ryan Martin (25yrs, 22-0, 12KO's, USA)

#4 Ivan Baranchyk (#10 TBRB, 25yrs, 18-0, 11KO's, Belarus)
vs
Anthony Yigit (27yrs, 21-0-1, 7KO's, Sweden)

200lb Bracket

#1 Mairis Briedis (#1 TBRB, 33yrs, 24-1, 18KO's, Latvia)
vs
Noel Gevor (27yrs, 23-1, 10KO's, Germany)

#3 Krzysztof Glowacki (#3 TBRB, 32yrs, 30-1, 19KO's, Poland)
vs
Mateusz Masternak (#8 TBRB, 31yrs, 41-4, 28KO's, Poland)

#2 Yunier Dorticos (#4 TBRB, 32yrs, 22-1, 21KO's, Cuba)
vs
Maksim Vlasov (#5 TBRB, 31yrs, 42-2, 25KO's, Russia)

#4 Ruslan Fayfer (27yrs, 23-0, 16KO's, Russia)
vs
Andrew Tabiti (#6 TBRB, 28yrs, 16-0, 13KO's, USA)







And for the bettors here's the odds for each boxer to win their bracket (as of Sept. 6, 2018 via 5 dimes):

118lbs

Naoya Inoue -170
Emmanuel Rodriguez +525
Ryan Burnett +575
Zolani Tete +700
Nonito Donaire +3500
Mikhail Aloyan +3500
Juan Carlos Payano +7000
Jason Moloney +7000

140lbs

Regis Prograis +150
Josh Taylor +300
Ivan Baranchyk +500
Terry Flanagan +1050
Ryan Martin +1250
Kiryl Relikh +1400
Eduard Troyanovsky +2250
Anthony Yigit +4000

200lbs

Not released on 5 dimes yet

[DuckAdonis]

118 Bracket: Final-> Inoue vs Tete
Winner: Inoue

140 Bracket: Final-> Josh Taylor vs Prograis
Winner: Prograis

200lbs: Final-> Briedis vs Tabiti
Winner: Briedis

[Mammoth]

Briedis, Inoue and Prograis

[BigZ44]

I got thoughts, out having dinner and have bad service, when I get home I'll break it down with ya brother

[Chrismart]

Illl go with :

Inoue
Taylor
Briedis

[dan_cov]

Tete
Taylor
Briedis

[BigZ44]

Alright, let's get into it.

At 118: Tete and Rodriguez advance easily, no doubts for me there. I think Donaire at this weight could give Burnett a tough time, but I like Burnett to edge it on points. Payano was my pick to pull an upset going in, but he got stuck with the monster, so Inoue will eat him up. After that I like Tete to beat Burnett, while Inoue/Rodriguez is the best possible matchup at this weight imo. Think Rodriguez really makes Inoue work, but he pulls out a tough win and goes onto dominate Tete, similar to Usyk's performances against Briedis and Gassiev.

At 140, Prograis and Taylor win easily, Relikh(who is the darkhorse imo) beats up and stops Troyanovsky and Baranchyk probably stops Yigit after maybe getting out-boxed early in the fight. Prograis/Relikh is a great fight, think Prograis might struggle with the constant pressure, but the power will be the difference in the end while Taylor wipes out Baranchyk. Prograis/Taylor is a pick em fight for me, could come down to where that fight takes place. For now, I'll roll with Taylor by decision, surviving some scary moments when Prograis is landing but taking the majority of the rounds with his boxing ability.

200: Briedis handles Gevor and Tabiti beats Fayfer. Vlasov is the underrated guy that could win this whole thing, think he beats up and stops Glowacki, or at least knocks him down. I'm a bit worried about Dorticos, no fights since that bad beating and going right back into the top level, Masternak could beat him. I'll go with the KO Doctor, but I don't feel great about it. I think Dorticos then KO's Tabiti and Briedis nicks a very close decision against Vlasov, that one could easily go the other way though. Think the winner of that probably takes the cake, Briedis out-fighting Dorticos in this case.

[jas]

Inoue

Briedis