World Boxing Super Series Season 1 thread: 9/28 DAZN Groves vs Smith (WBA Super Middleweight Title)

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In the World Boxing Super Series, 16 elite fighters – eight super-middleweights and eight cruiserweights – will battle it out in a bracket-style elimination tournament. In both divisions, there will be four quarter-finals (September / October 2017), two semi-finals (early 2018) and one final (May 2018), making for a total of 14 high-class fights.

WORLD BOXING SUPER SERIES AT A GLANCE

Participants confirmed: 16 of 16

Number of belts: 7

Number of world champions: 5

Number of former world champions: 3

Number of undefeated fighters: 9

Combined Record of participants: 399 wins, 16 losses, 275 KOs

Confirmed Cruiserweights (8 of 8)

Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs), WBO World Champion

Yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KOs), WBA World Champion

Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KOs), IBF World Champion

Mairis Briedis (22-0, 18 KOs), WBC World Champion

Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KOs), former IBF / WBC World Champion & IBF top-ranked challenger

Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs), former WBO World Champion

Dmitry Kudryashov (21-1, 21 KOs)

Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KOs)

Confirmed Super-Middleweights (8 of 8)

George Groves (26-3, 19 KOs), WBA Super Champion

Juergen Braehmer (48-3, 35 KOs), former WBA & WBO Champion

Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KOs)

Jamie Cox (23-0, 13 KOs)

Callum Smith (22-0, 17 KOs)

Rob Brant (22-0, 15 KOs)

Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KOs)

Chris Eubank (25-1, 19 KOs) vs.

 

[patscorpio]

 

[malbaker86]

 

[David_TheMan]

they don't have the proven and unproven blue chip prospects like the SMW original super six.
Should be fun, who has the tv contract in the US?

 

[patscorpio]

they don't have the proven and unproven blue chip prospects like the SMW original super six.
Should be fun, who has the tv contract in the US?

there still is no TV contract for the US yet..they need to get on the ball

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

What's happened to all the American 168ers.

Just looking at the Cruiserweight line up, might as well call it the Communistweight

 

[HeruDat1]

In.

#SimplyTheNext taking this shyt.

 

[patscorpio]

What's happened to all the American 168ers.

Just looking at the Cruiserweight line up, might as well call it the Communistweight

that 168 US generation passed breh..168 isnt really a hot division which why they picked that division for this tournament..who knows

CW though is going to show out

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

that 168 US generation passed breh..168 isnt really a hot division which why they picked that division for this tournament..who knows

CW though is going to show out

Guess when you been bought up on the late 80's/early 90's 160/168's, they will pale in comparison. But still, only 1 American out of 16 fighters, not looking good.

168 always hot in the UK, minus 8 months when Benn dropped to Sugar Boy and Reid won it off the Italian, who beat Sugar Boy, we've had 168 world champ since Eubank Snr won the vacant in 1990

 

[chosenaledge13]

Usyk got the Cruiserweight tournament wrapped up in my opinion. Most naturally skilled by far...

 

[patscorpio]

Guess when you been bought up on the late 80's/early 90's 160/168's, they will pale in comparison. But still, only 1 American out of 16 fighters, not looking good.

168 always hot in the UK, minus 8 months when Benn dropped to Sugar Boy and Reid won it off the Italian, who beat Sugar Boy, we've had 168 world champ since Eubank Snr won the vacant in 1990

euros have only dominated 168 for the most of the last 30 something years or so..shyt i was a jeff lacy stan in the mid 00s lol

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

euros have only dominated 168 for the most of the last 30 something years or so..shyt i was a jeff lacy stan in the mid 00s lol

the day Sohh OG Coli gave Joey props.

The division has only been around since, what 84?, 85?

 

[patscorpio]

the day Sohh OG Coli gave Joey props.

The division has only been around since, what 84?, 85?

yeah we wont go down the road and rehash the unfortunate events that transpired all those years ago

yeah its been around since 84

 

[BlackManLiveFromLondon]

Jamie Cox vs Callum Smith

Thats gonna be a great final

 

[R=G]

Entertaining