Showtime Cruiserweight Tourney?

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  1. Slacker

    Slacker Big & Slow Full Member

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    Consider the following:

    1. Cruiserweights are big enough to have some major battles.

    2. Cruiserweight is a class that doesn't get much attention.

    3. Showtime has been putting on some good tournaments, but they are about to close the last two.

    4. Showtime will be looking for a new money making venture in boxing.

    5. Showtime is affiliated with Antonio Tarver.

    6. Tarver is looking pretty descent at the moment.

    7. Tarver and Showtime could both make some serious cash on a tourney followed by a big fight, before Tarver retires...again.
     
  2. SouthpawJab

    SouthpawJab On his way up!! 4-0!! Full Member

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    Tarver
    Huck
    Cunningham
    Lebedev
    Wlodarczyk
    Jones

    That way we'd have an Undisputed CW champ and I get to see Huck/Cunningham II :)
     
  3. idealista

    idealista Active Member Full Member

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    That would be impossible to make.
     
  4. Son of Gaul

    Son of Gaul Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I believe that the TS is trying to figure out why.
     
  5. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I thought there had been discussions about this. I guess they never got off the ground? Or still ongoing?

    I don't think Tarver's name was mentioned, but this was also before he had jumped into the CW pool, if I recall.
     
  6. Goodhill

    Goodhill Iron Horse - born to lose Full Member

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    USS
    Captain
    Lebedev
    Tarver
    Frenkel
    Masternak
     
  7. HeavyT

    HeavyT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    EDIT: my bad, thought you meant roy there!
     
  8. GDG

    GDG Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'm not sure the Super 6 format will ever be used again.

    More likely to see a 4-man (Darch, Mares, Agbeko, Perez) sort of tournament.

    Huck, Cunningham, Lebedev and Tarver for me.
     
  9. pat19

    pat19 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd love to see this happen and I do believe theres been talks about it. I recall reading something on a polish site that Wlodarczyk was interested in a tourney. There's plenty of talent there and I think that on any good day, these guys can all beat each other!
     
  10. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    if they put frenkel in there then we will see the realundisputed cruiser weight champ with big talent.

    he is forbidden to spar with huck, because he already ktfo huck 2 times. sauerland is waiting till huck falls and then in time for alexander frenkel
     
  11. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    They tried to put something like this together a while back, but it fell apart. With Sauerland promoting both Huck and Cunningham, they would need to be on board, and they really got burned by the Super 6.
     
  12. Stinky gloves

    Stinky gloves Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ... or Tarver-Jones IV ?
     
  13. Tackleberry

    Tackleberry The Reverse Somersault! Full Member

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    I'd give Tarver a fair chance against Huck.
     
  14. Kid Cubano

    Kid Cubano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    no Yoan P hernandez?
     
  15. Bajingo

    Bajingo Boxing Junkie banned

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    Huck
    Cunningham
    Hernandez
    Lebedev
    Frenkel
    Tarver

    I'd like to see that but you've got 5 of the 6 who fight exclusively in Europe so I doubt Showtime would really be interested. Get Adamek in there after he loses to Vitali and it could be a different story.