poll: the case for another tournament
by jake_ash on Dec 21, 2011 4:59 PM EST
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Printlast saturday andre ward defeated carl froch to win the super 6 tournament.
injuries, promotional in-fighting and the round robin format itself dragged this tournament on for over two years. but it also answered some questions along the way about who the best fighters are in a stacked super-middleweight division. questions that all too often go unanswered in other divisions.
some of the biggest problems of the super six were the length of the tournament and the fact that 3 of the initial 6 participants dropped out. but i think the biggest issue might have been where the fights were staged. in the first two rounds of the group stage, all six of the winners were fighting in their backyard. not surprisingly though, they also had the biggest gates.
there are many (endlessly frustrating) reasons why the best fights today aren't getting made. while the super 6 was not an unqualified success, the tournament confines may be the best chance we have to get the best fights. but obviously it has to make financial sense. one of the biggest challenges of future tournaments will be to figure out a way to stage the fights in the fairest yet most profitable location.
with some tweaking of the tournament format and flexible contingency planning, i still believe that another tournament is the best way to get the best to fight the best.
i think an 8 man single elimination format would be interesting. as far as home field advantage, perhaps for the semis and finals, offer it based on performance in the previous round of the tournament? i don't know the solution, but i think it's a worthwhile problem to tackle if it will make another tournament possible.
do you guys want another tournament? if so, what divisions and fighters would you like to see? and how should the tournament be formatted?
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Well The WBC is putting one on...
So no need to ask the question because its going to happen.
"The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register."
-Bob Verdi
I hope not. let's have a prize fifghter now and then, but enough with these other tournament. Too
many things can go wrong.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant."
-- Vernon Forrest (1971-2009)
I really hope they do another one. I mean, even if the fights were less than scintillating (I didn’t hate them all, some were decent and some were even good), this is one surefire way to get top guys fighting other top guys. Now, sure, Lucian Bute wasn’t in it, same problem with the Bantamweights where Donaire and Montiel (at the time) could not be convinced to be in the tourney. However, those were still top notch fighters and instead of getting gimme fights for two years, we got to see most guys taking highly ranked opponents.
"He's still a very strong fighter, but I am way better than he is" - Miguel Cotto
I voted yes for a four man tourney
If it has to be 6, let each participant fight each other once instead of the whole home and away series thing.
Eight man single elimination would probably be the best. It would have an easy to understand narrative and definitely have a sense of higher stakes.
Personally I would love to do it in the style of the K-1 Grand Prix. Have each competitor draw numbers and have them place themselves on sides of the bracket. The match ups are made there on the spot and we can see who wants to fight whom.
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