What is the point of Byrd and Brock being in an eliminator?

Can someone tell me the super ******ed reason the IBF is recycling Byrd and Brock? DO THEY REALLY expect Byrd or Brock to get into the ring again with Wlad? What are they trying to do end both of those guys careers again?

 

There is no credible heavyweight fighters out there. Thats why Riddick Bowe, Oliver Mcall and Evander Holyfield are still fighting. Im waiting for the Tyson and Lewis comeback, we keep hearing about Lewis and Vitali

 

I have wondered this myself...nobody wants to see Byrd-Klitschko 3 or Brock-Klitschko 2. I respect both, but I really hope Alexander Povetkin wins this tourney. Eddie Chambers is a breath of fresh air, but I can't see him having any chance vs. Wlad.

 

Must be something in it for the IBF. That's the only reason the ABC's ever do anything.

 

I couldn't care less about seeing them fight Wlad again. BUT, I do like the idea of the IBF holding this tournament and basically making good fighters fight each other.

Byrd/Povetkin and Brock/Chambers are both really intriguing matchups and better than 90% of the heavyweight fights that we're subjected to as title defenses.

I like what the IBF is doing in terms of elimination bouts, it's just that when you have Wlad the super champion, your own contenders can't matchup with him.

This tournament should be interesting by itself though, assuming it comes off.

 

This is a joke...Byrd and Brock should fight, but not for a shot at the title...in my opinion neither of these fighters have done anything to warrant a mandatory title shot...and a victory over either one of these guys at this point in their careers, should not warrant another fighter a title shot.

Typical of the International Bum Federation to send their favorite son another sacrifice.

 

There's no point, just bull****. They should go fight for those International titles or something.

 

ANd who is a sacrifice here? Povetkin?

 

Whoever wins this tournament will have 2 pretty good wins under their belt, that is more than just about any other heavyweight boxer out there has so far achieved.

 

Hey, they've gotta do something...

But Wladimir-Byrd III in particular would seem spectacularly pointless, and I don't think Wlad-Brock II will shift many tickets.

 

That isn't how boxing works. Wlad could lose his next fight and Byrd and Brock won't end up fighting him. Plus Brock was giving Wlad trouble, technically and skillfully Brock gave Wlad his toughest fight.

Byrd and Brock are top operators who deserve a chance to fight for titles.

I like the idea of two experienced guys facing off against two relatively unproven prospects.

I'd like to see Povetkin beat Byrd and Brock beat Chambers. If Eddie is that fat guy then I can't see him beating Brock.

Povetkin v Brock would be great. I'll put my money on Povetkin.

 

Who the heck else are they gonna find. It's not like most of these other guys are any better.

 

There's the NFL and then there's Canadian Football. These guys are clearly not in the bigger league.

 

After both Byrd and Brock were both thoroughly destroyed, the fact that not one, but BOTH of them are in the four man eliminator is a bit laughable.

But, when you have four different orgs, and they all avoid each other's champoins and each other's mandatories, they have to start scrapping the bottom of the barrel, and also recycle beaten contenders, as there are only so many fighters out there, and four seperate orgs to keep active.

 

my only question is why give brock and bryd another me as a boxing fan would rather see someone like oliver Mccall in the tournament who has an amazing chin and a decent chance of taking vlads bombs to throw his own