WBSS Cruiserweight fights announced

He's injured. Will not fight for five-six months, according to Sanchez: "... He had some shoulder surgery and nose surgery. ..."
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/24506791/oleksandr-usyk-closing-deal-tony-bellew-next-fight

 

Any chance Usyk could vacate and bring all those belts into play before it all begins?

 

I guess there's a really good chance some are up for grabs in the semis or in the final.
Usyk vs Belly (if it happens) is probably for all the belts, and I can see Usyk vacate shortly after, going the HW route.

 

Not if roided up Ward makes an entrance.

 

He's the guy that had the really boring fight with Steve Cunningham on the Mayweather/McGregor undercard right?

 

Some decent fights, in particular Vlasov vs Glowacki.

 

good lineup, when they announced another one at cruiserweight I was disappointed but this is good

 

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Not as great as the first one, obviously, but looks like my man Briedis needs to start planing where to put the trophy.

 

****, having a title or two in there would make things more interesting.

 

Actually, the more I think about it the more I come to the conclusion, that it's quite possible, after all. The point is, first, they do not even necessarily need (well, that would help, of course, but nothing is perfect) to have those belts available for the beginning of the cruiserweight tournament. Usyk, after the Bellew fight (let's assume he wins) will go up to the heavyweight, it's almost guaranteed. And I can't see the situation where Usyk is fighting at heavyweight (let's say for more than one fight) and the boxing associations do not strip him. Second, they can just negotiate with Usyk — buy the belts, in fact.

 

Briedis/ Gevor winner is fighting the Glowacki/ Vlasov winner in the semis

 

Well, one doesn’t have to look far back to see how things could get complicated.
Bellew was messing around with the WBC title around for a while in a similar fashion.
This is different since all the belts are there though, so you’re probably right. So long as Usyk moves up in his next couple of fights, belts will be available.

 

Would have loved to see Gassiev vs Briedis final

 

Well, only if the other finalist gets injured. Gassiev is kind of in reserve.