WBC and Turki Alalshikh announce Grand Prix of boxing

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  1. themostoverrated

    themostoverrated Active Member Full Member

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    Hamburg, Germany - Mauricio Sulaiman and Turki Alalshikh have announced the WBC Grand Prix of boxing.

    The announcement came at the 62nd annual World Boxing Council Convention on Monday.

    The Grand Prix will be a World Cup of the sport, a tournament featuring 128 prospects across four weight classes, and was a dream of Mauricio's late father, Jose, the former WBC head.

    The entrants will be no older than 26 and have no more than 10 fghts to their name. The tournament will start in February and feature quarterfinals and semifinals over eight rounds with the 10-round finals to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

    The weight classes contested will be featherweight, junior welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight.
     
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  3. humbug

    humbug In Vino Veritas Full Member

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    Grand Prix. Big time.

    What’s the point though?
     
  4. LaidOut

    LaidOut Whaaaaat? Full Member

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    Good idea, but what a pathetic shame for that crook sillyman to need Turkey to pull it off. We’re not talking big money as these fighters wouldn’t get big paydays at this stage. But with this tournament, it’s plain to see that sack o crap sillyman is proving how irrelevant the alphabet orgs are at this point in time. So I say, yeah, let’s do this, and let’s also be ready when turkey will soon create one belt make the others obsolete.
     
  5. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Hype Jobs will be hype jobs until proven so. Full Member

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    Could be a good idea, this reminds me of like a 'professional' Olympics.
     
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  6. Stonehands

    Stonehands Member Full Member

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    Anything that puts money behind / shines lights on prospects is a GREAT thing
     
  7. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Turki is the savior of boxing!!! :qmeparto:

    I had a dream that I was interviewing Turki about boxing and trying to give him his flowers. Then in the middle of the interview he had to take a phone call, and then I couldn't find him. I searched the halls of the building for his entourage but he was nowhere to be found. What does this dream mean?

    I still like Turki but I wish I could have finished our interview in that dream.
     
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  8. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Would be amazing if they could get the top prospects, which they should be able to.

    Though they may need to be a little flexible with the "no older than 26 and have no more than 10 fights" rule.

    Specifically talking about Muslim Gadzhimagomedov, who's 27. This tournament might be just what he needs to be done with the bridgerweight nonsense.