Ok based on this official showtime press release, here is what will happen. Home advantage in the semi finals will always go to the top 2 ranked fighters. The tiebreakers are as follows: Tiebreakers 1) Head-To-Head: If the tied boxers had fought each other, the winner of that bout will be seeded above the other. 2) Knockouts: If the two had NOT fought head-to-head or if they fought to a draw, the boxer with the most tournament KOs/TKOs will be seeded above the other. 3) Scorecards: If they remain tied after the KO/TKO test, then the seeding is determined by the total scorecard points earned by the fighters from each of their Group Stage bouts. The boxer with more scorecard points will be seeded above the other. Those boxers who win prior to the final bell (via KO/TKO/DQ/Tech Decision, etc.) earn 10 points for each incomplete round. Those who lose earn 8 points in a KO/TKO round and 9 points for each subsiquent round. Glenn Johnson will have inherited Mikkell Kesslers scorcards from the Froch & Abraham fights. Current round scoring Ward - 1073 Johnson - 999 Froch - 679 (2 fights) Abraham - 672 (2 fights) This content is protected Is AA wins by Knockout Abraham - 6* Ward - 6 Johnson - 3 Froch - 2 *Abraham ranked 1st by have 2 knockouts. Ward only has one. Abraham vs Froch 2 in Germany Ward vs Johnson in Oakland If AA wins a decision Ward - 6 Abraham - 5 Johnson - 3 Froch - 2 Ward vs Froch is Oakland Abraham vs Johnson in Germany If Froch and AA draw Ward - 6 Abraham - 4 Johnson - 3* Froch - 3 *Johnson finished 3rd by have 1 knockout. Froch has none. Ward vs Froch is Oakland Abraham vs Johnson in Germany Now this is where it gets confusing. For Abraham to finish in 4th place behind Johnson, Froch needs to be massivley dominant. Abraham needs to score 328 points in a loss to Froch to finish 3rd. This means if Arthur Abraham loses 10 of 12 rounds, or loses 8 and gets knocked down twice, and ends up with a score of 110 from the 3 judges, he will still finish in 3rd place. Froch will need to be completley dominant in victory to avoid a re-match with Abraham. An early Knockout, win every round and score a late KO or win all 12 rounds. This seems extremly unlikley and would be a shock in a 50-50 fights. So.... If Froch wins but its not a complete shut out Ward - 6 Froch - 4 Abraham - 3* Johnson 3 *Abraham finishes 3rd due to more scorecard points Ward vs Johnson in Oakland Froch vs Abraham 2 in England Froch wins a shut out over Abraham Ward - 6 Froch - 4 Johnson - 3* Abraham - 3 *Johnson finishes 3rd due to more scorecard points Ward vs Abraham in Oakland Froch vs Johnson in England
A few points: I like that the top 2 get to fight at home but feel Ward should have fought away at least once. If Abraham KO's Froch I don't feel he should finish above unbeaten Ward as it suggests 2-1 (2 KOs) is better than 3-0 (0 Kos).
Which for the tournament purposes is the same as 3 wins. If Ward had defeated Dirrell and Abraham KO'd Froch I don't see how Abraham should be ranked first, I think the benefit of a KO is too generous in that you get an extra point AND the tie break. 2Kos or 3UDs? hmmm... I guess it encourages fighters to go for the KO.
That's I'm thinking too. If he's got the fight in the bag, you can guarantee his promoter will be ordering him to not go for the KO. But I don't think King Arthur would be in that position. He starts too slow.
Think this would be better especially if Froch vs Abraham is a close fight and a war; If Froch wins but its not a complete shut out Ward - 6 Froch - 4 Abraham - 3* Johnson 3 *Abraham finishes 3rd due to more scorecard points
My question is, why Ward got points for not fighting his third fight, when Johnson got rounds of Kessler, but not the wins... That's just weird. So Ward got 3 wins, but two fights and I guess that in rounds he get a shootout vs. the no fight with Direll. So the fact that Ward have a very good chance to fight the semi's at home is due to this. Because if he would have gotten no points and no rounds from the no fight, it would have been easier for the other fighters to become first. So the fair way for everyone to do it would be to make Bika the 6th fighter (with the points and wins of Direll) and make the fight between Ward and Bika the 3rd fight of Ward. But in that way I guess it gives Bika a fair chance to makes the semi and it remove a lot for Froch and so on. But right now, the S6 just made the rules as the problems occur and that's a bit chaotic.