World Series of Boxing: The Way Amatuer Boxing Should Be

It's a great idea. I hope it takes off. Now that Versus has it maybe it can get a little exposure.

 

The 12 World Series of Boxing teams are spread across three conferences as follows:



Americas
Los Angeles Matadors
Memphis Force
Mexico City Guerreros
Miami Gallos



Asia
Astana Arlans
Baku Fires
Beijing Dragrons
Incheon Red wings



Europe
Istanbulls
Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder
Moscow Kremlin Bears
Paris United

The 5 weight dividions.....
Bantamweight (54kg, 119lbs), Lightweight (61kg, 134lbs), Middleweight (73kg, 161lbs), Light-Heavyweight (85kg, 187lbs) and Heavyweight (91+kg, 200lbs).

 

Where is it shown, how do you watch it?

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ap-wsb-versus&bcmt=6487536#mwpphu-comment-6487536

 

Well at least this World Series is not purely for the U.S

But the opposition does leave alot to be desired, even in an am. scenario....what does?

 

I know just as little about this as anyone else, this is a cut and paste job off the WSB website........



World Series of Boxing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1) What is WSB and what will it bring to the world of boxing?
2) What is the format of WSB?
3) Which countries/cities are involved in WSB?
4) What are the five weight divisions?
5) Will headguards be used?
6) How many rounds will there be and what duration?
7) How will the scoring work?
8) When will it all start?
9) Twelve matches in four months means an average of more than one match per fortnight. How can boxers be expected to compete at this frequency?
10) Will boxers for each franchisee all come from the host country?
11) Which boxers are eligible for WSB?
12) How will the franchisees select their boxers?
13) How will WSB ensure the bouts are refereed and judged fairly?
14) How will WSB counter the problem of doping?

1) What is WSB and what will it bring to the world of boxing?

Boxing has never benefited from a self-sustaining structure. Aspiring boxers start in grassroots clubs, where the best become sponsored by national federations. Through these federations, boxers can make their way to the pinnacle of the sport of boxing: the World Boxing Championships and the Olympic Games. Unfortunately, moving into the professional ranks has in the past meant giving up the chance to compete for your country in future World Championships and Olympic Games.

The World Series of Boxing (WSB), initiated by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), will be the only professional series in which boxers will retain their Olympic eligibility and federations will receive a return on their investments in boxers. AIBA's vision for the World Series of Boxing is to preserve the best of the new style of professional boxing while removing its negative elements. The WSB will reunite the broader boxing world and its grassroots foundation, provide a bridge between Olympic boxing and professional boxing, and help boxing reclaim its noble position in sport at all levels.
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2) What is the format of WSB?

The World Series of Boxing will be an annually recurring, global competition featuring franchisees in three regional conferences: Asia, Europe and the Americas. Each region will initially comprise four city-based franchises, and each franchisee will field a squad of at least 10 boxers across the five weight classes designated by AIBA. The competition will comprise three phases: a "regular season" of league matches between franchise teams, a play-off series and, finally, individual championships for each weight class.

The team competition will be played between the four franchisees in each Conference. Each franchisee will play the other franchisees on four occasions during each season, with two home and two away matches each. This will generate a total of 12 matches for each franchisee during the league phase of the season. Each match will consist of five bouts, with one match in each of the five weight categories.

The Play-Off Series will be the culmination of the League phase of WSB. The winners of each of the three Conferences, together with the best second-placed team will participate in the Play-Off Series. This will consist of two semi-final matches and one final match. The semi-final matches will be played over two legs with each semi-finalist playing one home match and one away match. The final will be played at a neutral venue with two bouts in each of the five weight categories.

After each league season, the two top boxers in each weight category based on the WSB ranking system will compete in the Individual Championships. The winner of each weight category will be the designated WSB Champion in that weight category for the relevant season.
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3) Which countries/cities are involved in WSB?

The franchises in the Asian conference are Astana (Kazakhstan), Baku (Azerbaijan), Beijing (China) and Delhi (India).

Moscow (Russia), Milan (Italy), Istanbul (Turkey) and Paris (France) are confirmed as the franchises in the European Conference.

For the Americas conference the franchises will be operated by independent franchise holders under the overall control of WSB Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of World Series Boxing SA.

WSB Americas includes the following cities: Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami and Mexico City.

4) What are the five weight divisions?

Bantamweight (54kg, 119lbs), Lightweight (61kg, 134lbs), Middleweight (73kg, 161lbs), Light-Heavyweight (85kg, 187lbs) and Heavyweight (91+kg, 200lbs).
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5) Will headguards be used?

This question clearly implies concern for the safety of the boxers. The central issue of boxing safety is, however, not the headgear itself but the prevention of head injury and the best possible management in the event that a head injury occurs. WSB plans to have the best concussion prevention and management system in the world. It will also develop new gloves with the highest quality energy-absorbing materials. Most injuries in professional boxing occur because boxers are mismatched or are not of a very high skill level. But in the WSB the most highly skilled Olympians and World Champions will be competing against each other.The WSB will not use headguards or vests but will care for every aspect of its athletes' safety.

6) How many rounds will there be and what duration?

The match-day format will involve five bouts (one in each weight category), with each bout consisting of five rounds of three minutes each.
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7) How will the scoring work?

A manual scoring system will be used with three judges operating a 10-point "must" system in which the opponents are scored 10-9, 10-8 or 10-7 at the end of each round, based on their overall performance. The scores will be announced at the end of the bout and there will not be any live scoring during the bout itself. The referee will play no part in the judging.

With regard to the overall scoring for each match, each team will receive one point for each match that it wins - the team which wins three or more of the five bouts in a match will be the winning team. The winning team at the end of the season in each Conference will be the team which has accumulated the most points during that season.


8) When will it all start?

The regular reason is scheduled to begin in November 2010 and run through to March 2011. The Play-Offs and Final Series will take place in April 2011 and the Individual Championship bouts will take place in May 2011. Franchise teams are free to organize Exhibition Matches in the off season.
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9) Twelve matches in four months means an average of more than one match per fortnight. How can boxers be expected to compete at this frequency?

Each franchisee will have a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 boxers, with a minimum of two for each weight category. The franchisees need a minimum of two squads of five boxers in order to ensure that all boxers can have the minimum 13-day rest period between matches.

 

mexico put a beat down on memphis

 

10) Will boxers for each franchisee all come from the host country?

WSB acknowledges that franchisees may choose to have a majority of boxers from the country in which the franchisee is based in order to drive local interest in the matches. However, WSB also wishes to encourage the participation of boxers from a large number of countries and so each franchisee will be obliged to have a minimum number of boxers in its squad who are not nationals of the country in which the franchisee is based. A squad of 10, for example, must have a minimum of three non-national boxers, and in a squad of 20 a minimum of six. The maximum number of non-national boxers that can have the same nationality is two. This is designed to ensure that an equitable spread of nationalities is put in place among the non-national boxers in each squad

11) Which boxers are eligible for WSB?

All AIBA amateur boxers who have participated in Elite international events.


12) How the franchisees select their boxers?

With the exception of the US teams, franchisees have the first right of refusal to sign up their national boxers. In order to ensure an evenly-matched competition, each franchise team must include a minimum number of non-national boxers, from 3 for a squad of 10 up to 6 for a squad of 20.

These non-national boxers were recruited during the International Boxer draft that took place in London on the 28th of June, 2010. A total of 62 boxers from 32 different nations were drafted to the teams. Furthermore, the teams also selected 31 reserve boxers from 20 different countries.


13) How will WSB ensure the bouts are refereed and judged fairly?

The impartiality of referees and judges is crucial to the success of WSB. WSB and AIBA recognize that an unbiased and impartial team of referees and judges operating across each conference is essential for the credibility, fairness and overall success of WSB.

WSB officiating crews will be selected from current male and female AIBA-certified officials. WSB officials will retain their eligibility to officiate in elite AIBA events outside of the WSB season, i.e. the Olympic Games and World Championships.

WSB officials are not allowed to officiate in professional boxing matches outside of the WSB.
Officials who are residents in a country which hosts a WSB Franchise will not be eligible to officiate in matches where that Franchise is competing. (The North American Conference is an exception to this rule). Officials cannot be Executive Members or paid employees of National Federations.

For the Play-Off Series and the Individual Championships, WSB will appoint a panel of referees and judges from the officials that have been used during the league phase of the season. Education and training of officials will be managed by the AIBA Academy, and WSB will appoint an Officials Administrator who will be responsible for the organization of the officials in relation to each match at which they are on duty.

14) How will WSB counter the problem of doping?

In international sport at all levels it is important that the performance of the athletes is not enhanced by illegal means and with that said, WSB will initiate a comprehensive anti-doping program to ensure that frequent testing of the WSB boxers takes place to strictly enforce the drug testing guidelines. WSB will manage the testing process and liaise with franchisees regarding the establishment of a testing protocol. The WSB's Anti-Doping rules have been confirmed by WADA to be in full compliance with the WADA Code.

 

I saw that, the Americans start off strong and seem to gas out in one round. especially their heavyweight Javonta Charles who looked like he was in great shape. Those Mexicans are tough and their body punching is vicious

 

How do you watch this? Is it on Youtube?

 

It was great to see today. Lots of talented fighters that have a bright future. I do wish they would have announced that this was going to be on Versus earlier, but now that people know hopefully this will take off.

 

Yeah, it kinda sucks to hear about it after the fact..... but I'lll be looking for it from here on out.

 

I'm so frustrated I missed most of it!!

 

the only thing they could improve on is by reducing the 45 day mandatory ban for cuts.
If a cut is only minor it should be 15 days not 45.