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NEW YORK – Some of the best 168-pound prospects in the world are set to compete in a single-elimination tournament on “ShoBox: The New Generation” to determine the top super middleweight contender. In the first professional boxing tournament televised on the “ShoBox” series, eight young prizefighters will attempt to win three consecutive 10-round bouts in order to put themselves on the doorstep of a world title. [details]
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I have to admit, I'm very disappointed. I was expecting to see an announcement that Kessler was gonna be going up against Calzaghe or some other hot ****, only to see the guys in the tournament are a bunch of anonymous prospects. What conclusion will this tournament help us reach? Whose record is the least padded and suspect? Most of these guys are foreigners with records featuring fighters I've never heard of, so based on what I read, I'm not sure why I should be interested in this tournament. -
That is a pretty cool idea. Hope it turns out well.Comment
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I think it's a great idea having a tournment with the fighters fighting two fridays in a row I wish they had a lot more of these with better quality fighters it would draw a lot more people to the sport having the tournments with the winner facing the championComment
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This is similar to the Bracket Buster games they have late in the college basketball season - where mid-major schools who might be outside the tournament bubble get a chance to play each other for exposure and to raise their RPIs. You're not going to get 3 or 4 major beltholders to agree to a tournament; this is about all you can get - but what you get is prospects less worried about keeping their win-loss pct. spectacular and more about proving they belong...Originally posted by Asian Sensation
Too often with prospects what we get is a "showcase" where the highly touted boxer goes up against a bum with a good record that's been handpicked - and then goes against another. With this tournament, we get to see something we don't always in boxing - bouts where something is definitely at stake (no Judah still keeping his belt and fighting PBF after losing to Baldomir, no Morales fighting Pac even though he lost to Raheem) - and a situation where a fighter is willing to go against anyone in the field - regardless of styles, regardless of money, etc.
It's pure competition instead of a sideshow - it's something boxing could use right now...Comment
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from *********:Originally posted by Asian Sensation
The IBO has agreed to make the Showtime Super Middleweight Tournament a series of eliminations for their world title. Each of the bouts will be sanctioned by the IBO and the finals to be held on January 5th and also broadcast as part of the ShoBox: The New Generation series will be for the IBO super middleweight world title.Comment
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From what I can see this tournament is a complete joke. NO Kessler-Calzaghe-Beyer-Mundine- or even Lacy for that matter. Crap.Comment
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It may feature unknown fighters, but as Niels said, at least it's hungry fighters who will put on a good fight in order to achieve a dream rather than "household names" fighting bums.Originally posted by shambo
I've grown quite tired of watching the crap that HBO offers up and have come to thoroughly enjoy the more competitive matches with young, fresh, hungry fighters on Showtime and ESPN2. I'm rather excited at the idea of seeing 8 young fighters with something to prove, regardless of whether or not I've heard of them before.Comment
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