Anyone Follow APB?

A pimple on Cammarelle's butt.

 

He hold wins over Usyk, Chakhiev and Majidov though. Solid resume.

Egorov must fall!:bbb

 

Ugly style, throws fouls like crazy, has received numerous gifts.

Russo is poo. Cammarelle forever!!

 

The selling point is supposed to be the logic and transparency of its matchmaking, compared to existing pro boxing where of course promoters just make fights. The top 12 world ranked boxers in 10 weight classes fight 4 8-rounders a year to determine rankings, and rankings determine who gets a shot at the champion, and who is demoted to 'continental' level, which has the same structure. The champion defends over 12 rounds twice a year. Seems like something to get behind. But the site doesn't make it clear. Any other sport with a tournament structure would make the tournament draw prominent on their site. Where's the progressive rankings-based draw that's supposed to make APB unique and important? Why can't we see the APB record of each boxer when we click on his name? And his ranking after each fight? If fans take to APB it should be because the matchups are fair and logical, but the site doesn't make that point. Why is there no middleweight champion? If 4 boxers are supposed to go down to continental level in 6 months and 4 are supposed to move up to world level, where's the info for continental level matches? The details of the competition format is based on 12 rather than 8 world level contenders. Why are there only 8 now? Is it going to logically expand to 12? See point 14.1.5 of the competition rules for the contradictions and inconsistencies. AIBA apparently spent several years developing APB. Why doesn't it make ****ing sense?

Check out the competition structure, point 14 here...

[url]http://aiba.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/07/APB-Competition-Rules-01.02.2015.pdf[/url]

 

Who the champions fight definitely isn't arbitrary. The champion defends twice a year, and only against the number 1 contender. That's the way it should be. But the point is APB doesn't stress that enough. They need a better introduction and overview. And as I mentioned the road to number 1 needs to be clearer. Digging into the results, I see Zhakypov is number 1 and getting the championship shot after beating Quipo Pilataxi, who is now number 2. But from the structure details as I understand them Quipo Pilataxi should've gone to number 3 after losing in the 'finals A' to Zhakypov. And the fighter who came out of the second tier, between numbers 5-8, with a 2-0 record should now be at number 2.

 

And, when you get down to the nitty gritty details of the structure there's also lots of potential scenarios that could make for problems. Like what happens if a fighter doesn't make weight or is suspended, does the opponent get a bye? And would a bye be counted as a win on his record?