Pick a division in boxing, and pick 8 active fighters from it for a tournament?

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  1. Super Hans

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    Any of the 17 divisions, any 8 fighters from it. What would be your dream tournament at the moment?
     
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  2. Ilikeboxing

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    Canelo
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    Brook
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    Khan
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    :good SPOILER ALERT: Brook beats a drained GGG in the final :hey
     
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    Hah
     
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  5. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Kovalev
    Golovkin
    Froch
    Pacquiao
    Mayweather
    Wladimir
    Ward
    Usyk
     
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  6. Super Hans

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    I like Cruiserweight. None of these guys light years ahead of the others on certain given nights, so would make for some unpredictable fights:

    #1 Huck v #8 Chakhiev
    #4 Drozd v #5 Mchunu
    #2 Hernandez v #6 Wlodarczyk
    #3 Lebedev v #7 Afolabi
     
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  7. Ilikeboxing

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    1st round

    JMM vs Cotto*
    Khan vs Brook*
    Pac* vs FMJ
    Canelo vs GGG*

    PPV numbers right there.

    2nd rd
    Brook vs Pac(Too fast)*
    GGG* vs Cotto

    3rd place
    Brook* vs Cotto

    Winner, GGG by knockout.
    Too much for Manny.
     
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  8. Super Hans

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    Pacquiao would shatter Wladimir's glass chin.
    Ward would get thrown out too when he fails one of Mayweather's tests.
    Froch and Golovkin would kill each other and be eliminated.

    Stop being silly :nono
     
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  10. Super Hans

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    Nice. Even though I'd pick Donaire over 4 of those, I probably wouldn't include him because he's damaged goods and lost to two of those guys recently.

    Kind of like when Taylor entered the Super Six, nobody saw him as a potential winner because Froch KO'd him, he was just seen as a participant.

    Frampton would probably be a better option.
     
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  11. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    In an 8 party tournament with traditional seedings, the #2 fights the #7 and the #3 fights the #6.

    For your tourney: I'd pick Drozd to beat Mchunu decisively by decision. Huck beats Chakhkiev in a close controversial decision where Chakh blows his load early. YPH beats Afolabi in a close controversial decision. And Diablo beats Lebedev by late stoppage in the same kind of fight as he had with Chakh, with less domination from Lebedev... Leaving a semi final of Huck vs. Drozd and YPH vs. Diablo. I'd pick Drozd to beat Huck close and I'd pick YPH to get a "could've gone either way" decision over Diablo. Drozd beats YPH in the final despite YPH early success (his stamina is just awful, as is Chakh and Lebedev, in my opinion).

    Any of the 8 could beat any of the others listed, really. And it's been the case for the division for the last half decade. Unfortunately, we rarely got to see any of the coveted match ups.
     
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    1. Roman Gonzalez
    2. Juan Francisco Estrada
    3. Amnat Ruenroeng
    4. Juan Carlos Reveco
    5. Moruti Mthalane
    6. Brian Viloria
    7. Edgar Sosa
    8. Giovani Segura
     
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  13. Delupino

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    Heavyweights

    Fury
    Pulev
    Povetkin
    Glazkov
    Stiverne
    Joshua
    Ortiz
    Jennings

    Glazkov and Jennings are probably the weakest links, but I can't bring myself to include Wilder (who barely qualifies as a boxer), fat Solis, old man Thompson, bum beaters like Browne, Teper and Ruiz Jr or washed up has-beens like Chagaev, Adamek and Arreola.

    Klitschko not included to make the result less predictable.
     
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  14. Super Hans

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    Yeah, just swapped the names around but forgot to change the numbers.

    Think you write of Mchunu a bit easy, one of those Lara types who's difficult to get any decisive rounds on, let alone a decisive decision, unless it's a small ring and you can corner him- but if you can his chin is a bit shaky (and you would imagine at some point even if way behind on the cards guys like Huck or Diablo would have him in trouble).

    Not sure if it's Chakhiev stamina that is awful, but more so his pacing. I'd pick him as a dark horse being that you'd probably get the longest odds on him, and assume he learned something from when it all went tits up against Wlod and not start like he's Joe Calzaghe on speed.
     
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  15. Cafe

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    Gradovich Lomachenko
    Walters Gonzalez
    Mares Rigo
    Russell Jr Lee Selby

    Damn it, somebody already picked FW.
     
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