Super 8 cruiserweight tournament.

Confirmed participants:

Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
Murat Gasiev
Mairis Briedis

Likely to participate:

Yunier Dorticos
Michael Hunter
Marco Huck
Dmitry Kudryashov


Top boxers who won't participate:

Denis Lebedev
Oleksandr Usyk
Tony Bellew


Top boxers unlikely to participate:

Kevin Lerena


Odds to win the tournament:

Marco Huck 10%

Ilunga Makabu 15%

Wlodarzcyk 20%

Steve Cunningham 20%

Yunier Dorticos 30%

Mairis Briedis 35%

Murat Gasiev 50%

Michael Hunter 60%

 

"The tournament provides for the participation of world champions and contenders for their titles, and if WBC champion Myris Breedis participates in the tournament, then the first WBC rating number and WBC Silver winner, Dmitry Kudryashov, simply must be among the participants, otherwise the sense of the event itself is lost. If the champions do not fight with the strongest contenders, they can not claim the title of the best in the weight category, "said Dmitry Ivanov the executive director of the promotion company "World of Boxing"

Dmitry Kudryashov is promoted by "World of Boxing".

 

General Director of K2 Promotions Alexander Krasyuk, told Ringside24 said that part of the world champion in cruiserweight for the WBO heavyweight Aleksandra Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) in the Boxing World Super Series so far is questionable

"We received an offer to participate Aleksandr Usyk within the World Boxing Super Series. The organisers want to see Alexander in a tournament, and by all means, try it to drag him in. But at the moment we doubt that this event will have the same form as it was announced. And while Murat Gasiev and Mairis Briedis are confirmed, there are no contracts signed.We will see if all the world champions agree, regardless what Yunier Dorticos might do.

 

K2 and Usyk are acting like holy cows, they will take part only if all champions agree. Lebedev won't take part and Usyk has a fight in August, so Usyk is out. Usyk needs to prove he is the best, not sit around like a duck.He won't be a PPV draw even if he defeats the winner, so why wait?He may become a PPV draw if he participates and wins the tournament.

 

He did well in some parts of his fight with Usyk and I was impressed by him in Olympics as well

 

Gasiev can win but he sits in his tight guard too much

 

Yes, he is.He will sit out of the big fights for more than a year.

 

Usyk has a bad promoter, has no charisma, makes bad career decisions but he is a complete boxer.

 

Drozd suffered a serious back injury while recovering from the hand injury and needs a long time to recover and will likely retire,according to his promoter Andrey Rybinsky.So, Drozd is out as well.

 

"There are no such plans yet. Lebedev was scheduled to fight on July 10, and he was scheduled before the offer to participate in the tournament was received. Some compulsory events for the tournament coincide with our commitment to the battle, so now the main thing is a fight on July 10, which will be held in Yekaterinburg. Also there is a mandatory defense of the WBA belt and some options for combining titles. We prefer to keep all options open, at the moment there are good financial prospects for career advancement outside the tournament, and we would not want to limit ourselves from these opportunities by speaking in the tournament, "Kornilov said.