It's Official! Showtime to host super middleweight tournament featuring top fighters!

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  1. Antwuan Maxx

    Antwuan Maxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    According to Steve Kim, Showtime will have a tournament involving 6 of the top super middleweights in the world. Names he heard mentioned were Mikkel Kessler, Carl Froch, and Andre Ward. He says it will be announced possibly next week at MSG.

    "This will make up the bulk of the rest of their schedule for 09 and beyond. It will be a round robin in the beginning, ending with a final four-type scenario is what I'm told" - Steve Kim.

    Sounds good to me. :bbb

    If Bute vs. Andrade II ends up being on the Mayweather-Marquez PPV instead of Showtime, I hope the winner could at least get in the mix afterwards.
     
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  2. Alyroo

    Alyroo Active Member Full Member

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    Let's hope this happens and we get to see it in the UK
     
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  3. Bodysnatcher

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  5. Ted Stickles

    Ted Stickles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lets hope this is true!!!!!!
     
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  6. Antwuan Maxx

    Antwuan Maxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hanshaw and Jean Paul Mendy drew in the tournament final.
     
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  7. Da Chin Chekka

    Da Chin Chekka Chi-Town!!! Full Member

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    Let's keep our fingers crossed that this thing comes off, remember so far this had been the year of the cancellation...
     
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  8. superfly98

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    The only wall showtime need to get through is the promoters. Something tells me that Froch and Kessler's promoters will be the stumbling block. But whoever wins the tournament could end up facing either of the two. Which is still great. Hopefully Bika will get involved
     
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  9. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    Sounds too good to be true.
     
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  10. renyo

    renyo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yea this would be great. They need this in all divisions every few years. No more talk let the best man reign.
     
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  11. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    they wil never be able to afford it
     
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  12. renyo

    renyo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Even if they left Kessler out. He would seem like the one to demand alot. Not sure about Froch or Bute. Green, Andrade, Ward, Dirrel should be eager to get in there.
     
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  13. ed7890

    ed7890 Col. Hunter Gathers Full Member

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    This would be brilliant, every division could do with this but SMW is the best suited to it at the moment.
     
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  14. dbouziane

    dbouziane ............. Full Member

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    yeah it will be tough...but damn that would be pretty sweet if they could pull it off
     
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  15. superfly98

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    Depends if they did a winner takes all kind of stance. But I don't see any of the top boxers promoters taking the risk on there best assests. So it might end up similar to the prizefighter style kind of tournament
     
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