I was thinking of March Madness then thought why not make up a bracket for a fantasy boxing tourney. I picked 32 (not 64 like basketball) of the top junior welterweight fighters in the world and ranked them 1 -32 and put them into two brackets (Aaron Pryor bracket(a) & Kostya Tszyu bracket(b)). It is a mix of champions, contenders, prospects, & veterans. My overall rankings are: 1a Ricky Hatton 1b Manny Pacquiao, 2a JMM 2b Nate Campbell, 3a Timothy Bradley 3b Kendall Holt, 4a Andreas Kotelnik 4b Juan Urango, 5a Zab Judah 5b Paulie Malignaggi, 6a Junior Witter 6b Ricardo Torres, 7a Marcos Maidana 7b Herman Ngoudjo, 8a Demetrius Hopkins 8b Mike Arnaoutis, 9a Victor Ortiz 9b Lamont Peterson, 10a Devon Alexander 10b Gavin Rees, 11a Mike Alvarado 11b Willy Blain, 12a Dimitri Salita 12b Frankie Figueroa, 13a Randall Bailey 13b Juan Lazcano, 14a Lovemore Ndou 14b Vivian Harris, 15a Gianluca Branco 15b Souleymayne M'baye, 16a Demarcus Corley 16b Danny Garcia. Yes i know JMM, Pacman, Campbell and Judah are not in the 140 division as of their last fights but they are all going there in there next fights. Below are the brackets like how the NCAA does them. Who do you think would be in your final four and winner? Aaron Pryor Bracket 1 Ricky Hatton 16 Demarcus Corley 8 Demetrius Hopkins 9 Victor Ortiz 5 Zab Judah 12 Dimitri Salita 4 Andreas Kotelnik 13 Randall Bailey 6 Junior Witter 11 Mike Alvarado 3 Timothy Bradley 14 Lovemore N'dou 7 Marcos Maidana 10 Devon Alexander 2 Juan Manuel Marquez 15 Gianluca Branco Kostya Tszyu Bracket 1 Manny Pacquiao 16 Danny Garcia 8 Mike Arnaoutis 9 Lamont Peterson 5 Paulie Malignaggi 12 Frankie Figueroa 4 Juan Urango 13 Juan Lazcano 6 Ricardo Torres 11 Willy Blain 3 Kendall Holt 14 Vivian Harris 7 Herman Ngoudjo 10 Gavin Rees 2 Nate Campbell 15 Souleymayne M'Baye I have Hatton vs Pacquiao in the finals. Good thing they are fighting May 2nd!
ortiz would beat hatton in the round of 16. or judah would prevent hatton from going deep in the tourney