Carl Froch in Showtimes SuperMiddleweight Tournament, a shot in the arm for boxing !!

[Guy]

:shock: Surely pure fantasy....it can't be this perfect.

Arthur Abraham vs. Jermain Taylor in October in Germany
Carl Froch vs. Andre Dirrell in October in the UK.
Mikkel Kessler vs. Andre Ward in November.
Arthur Abraham vs. Andre Dirrell in America in January 2010
Mikkel Kessler vs. Carl Froch in Europe in March 2010
Andre Ward vs. Jermain Taylor in America in April/May 2010
Andre Dirrell vs. Andre Ward in America in September 2010
Arthur Abraham vs. Carl Froch in November 2010,
with Mikkel Kessler vs. Jermain Taylor taking place around the same time.

After those bouts takes place and the points are tallied up, there will be semi-finals and a final tournament bout.
As far as Kessler’s legal dispute with Mogens Palle, I’ve heard that some form of an agreement was reached with Palle to allow Kessler to participate. I’ve been told that Palle will not be part of the promotion, but if everything comes together as expected - Dan Goossen, Gary Shaw, Lou DiBella, Sauerland Event and Mick Hennessey will be involved.

[PrideOfWales]

Do you mean Super Middleweight? And what happened to Bute?

[brown bomber]

Hate to sound skeptic but if this happens i'll be amazed. Whose going to want to watch Taylor Kessler after both have been KO'd by Froch?

[dan-b]

Do you mean Super Middleweight? And what happened to Bute?

Yes he did mean super middleweight and Bute's probably not prepared to get involved because it's too risky. Doubt this will happen anyway, especially not in this format. They're better off doing a Don King style elimination tournament.

[nufc16]

that many fighters and that many possiblilites for pullouts/disputes etc, especially given the level we're talking(not prize fighter level with guys accepting any sort of deal to get exposure), i can't really see something of that scale being pulled off. maybe if they were all part of the same promotional company, but i just cant see it happening.

they did that heavyweight tournament awhile ago with povetkin etc, but we're talking elite skilled fighters in a healthy division rather than promoters trying to desperately squeeze some life out a moribund heayweight scene. plus it was on a far smaller scale.

[dan-b]

Plus it would require co-operation from the sanctioning bodies. Froch and Kessler hold titles and over that timescale the potential for someone to get stripped would be high. Much better off doing an elimination style tournament, it's worked in the past. They're asking too big a commitment from the fighters with something like this.

[GazOC]

Yep, I agree. Its too ambitious and will go tits up before the semi-final stage.

[superfly98]

Wow if show time pull it off it would be the biigest coup in boxing over the last 10 years. Imagine the exposure for the super middleweight division. It'll become the most popular division (behind the welters of course :smooch) . Super middleweight would be bigger than middleweight. But like people have said earlier the sanctioning bodies would get in the way. But im sure they could just fight for the Ring Magazine title. I think that title is starting to hold more weight than the sanctioning body's belt

[Flea Man]

make abraham-kessler and froch-pavlik. have the winners fight each other. winner of that fights winner of bute/andrade 2. abraham/froch or froch/andrade would be the most fun. although i expect kessler is best equipped to deal with the aforementioned possible opponents.

['Ben']

Hate to sound skeptic but if this happens i'll be amazed. Whose going to want to watch Taylor Kessler after both have been KO'd by Froch?


Exactly.

[superfly98]

I dont think Taylor should enter this tournament if it does take place. I mean he's courageous and all but another heavy defeat could end him in the ring and mentally. Imagine it he'll be having triple nightmares of Kessler, Froch and Pavlik :scaredas:.
On a serious note he should spend a year fighting cannon fodder to build up his confidence and slowly erase the scars from both the Pavlik and Froch fight. Then challenge for the top again

[Losfer_Words]

Yep, I agree. Its too ambitious and will go tits up before the semi-final stage.

:goodAgreed. It also shows our lack of faith in the powers that be that we are all so skeptical as well.:patsch

[riggers]

I don't think fighting cannon fodder would help Taylor. If we know its cannon fodder he would know. If we know he is certain to win he would know. Confidence would only come from beating someone good and surviving adversity. He was seconds away from beating Froch. There were plenty of plusses for him in that fight.

[Guy]

Do you mean Super Middleweight? And what happened to Bute?

Corrected :goodI can live without Bute if it comes off.
Hate to sound skeptic but if this happens i'll be amazed. Whose going to want to watch Taylor Kessler after both have been KO'd by Froch?

:lol: I'd still love to watch them both scrap even after a bad loss.

Yes he did mean super middleweight and Bute's probably not prepared to get involved because it's too risky. Doubt this will happen anyway, especially not in this format. They're better off doing a Don King style elimination tournament.

Not Don Kings 1977 'Best of America' tournament:scaredas::lol:I hope.

[GazOC]

I think Dan means the heavyweight tournament in the mid 80s to unify the division that ended up with Tyson winning it. Even that got messy because Spinks held the lineal title and he left the tournament.

[ishy]

He might mean the MW tournament that made Hopkins undisputed champion.

[dan-b]

It was mainly the middleweight championship series I was referring to.

[GazOC]

I'd totally forgotten that that series of fights was a "tournament"!! I suppose with 3 fights its at least realistically doable.

[dan-b]

I'd totally forgotten that that series of fights was a "tournament"!! I suppose with 3 fights its at least realistically doable.

It was officially referred to as the middleweight championship series. The problem with this proposed tournament, besides the complicated round robin stage, is that it doesn't have a definitive means. It's the right idea but needs tweaking in my opinion.

[GazOC]

As someone else has said, the problem with round robin with boxing is that you are probably going to end up with some fights that niether the fans, the TV or either of the fighters want to happen.

Elimination is the way to go. Split the current titlists up, have them defend against the guys you want to introduce to the tournament and go from there with unification fights.

[Losfer_Words]

In essence, I like this idea. There are some fights that might become pointless by the end, though. Like Gaz says, this needs to be an all out elimination tournament. If that happens then that would be amazing.

[dan-b]

If it could be squared with the sanctioning bodies then the winner would come out of it with two title belts and recognition as consensus number one. If Bute doesn't want to be involved then that's his choice. The sentiment I'm getting from everyone is that they like the idea but it should be elimination. Sounds good to me.

[royalt0208]

I think this format is a bit over ambitious and doesn't work for boxing. It would be better if they stuck in Allan Green and Karoly Balzsay (provided he beats Stieglitz) to make it an 8 man knock out competition. And with a format like that it would be easier for the winner to hold on to all the belts.

Carl Froch - Andre Ward (#1 in the WBC Rankings) - WBC Title
Karoly Balzsay - Andre Dirrell (#2 WBO Rankings) - WBO Title
Mikkel Kessler - Allan Green/Gusmyl Perdomo (Kessler would lose his WBA Title unless you switched Green with Perdomo) - For WBA Title if Perdomo or For the #1 spot for either the WBC or the WBO Title
Arthur Abraham - Jermain Taylor - For the #1 WBC Spot

Then in the next round you could have
Froch/Ward Winner V Kessler/Green or Perdomo Winner
Balzsay/Dirrell Winner V Abraham/Taylor Winner

The only reason I didn't include the Winner of Bute/Andrade is because if I we're to use one of those two it would push the tournament back until December at the earliest. What do you think would this format be an improvement?

Maybe they could do another tournament (similair to the Super Middle. Tournament they did a few years ago) involving all the frige contenders to make a #1 WBC, WBO & WBA Contender for the winner to face so they can have their mandatory set. This would give them an opponent that would be accepted by Showtime and if they come through that they can face other fighters who we're elimanted from the Tournament, Kelly Pavlik, Lucian Bute etc.

[TFFP]

WTF? Where did you get this madcap idea?

[Losfer_Words]

WTF? Where did you get this madcap idea?

It's been kicking around on a few threads all day, mate. Still nothing official but I really like the idea. I'll copy what Gaz said again- if it was a straight up elimination tourny then that would be brilliant.

[JIM KELLY]

remember the failed HW tourney, that looked fun, not your usual tourney, it was like 4 a round bout!

[Tony Bellew]

Too many managers, Too many promoters, Too many trainers!! All these imputs!! Who get's what?? It's far too much to expect!! I could believe something like the Don King middlweight tournament cos they were all under 1 banner in Hopkins,Trinidad,Joppy and Holmes BUT there's just no way all them promoters could come together and agree money plus everything else that comes into it..

Sorry guys but if this happens as was printed above I'll walk through the next big boxing show completly naked:happy:admin:happy

[dan-b]

^ Hopkins most certainly wasn't with Don King before the tournament. Hopkins' persistence and the fact King thought he had his number with Trinidad was the reason that tournament got put on.

[Broxi]

Exactly.

Who the hell wouldn't want to watch that fight.

It would be unbelievable to have this happen but the fact that most reckon it would be impossible to pull off says a lot about what's wrong in the sport.

[Kid Lucky]

There's too many variables and vested interests to make this happen and not enough money from a TV network to compensate. Shame.

[Guy]

Bute wants in,Pascal too...

[slip&counter]

this would be a shot in the arm for the sport, however not to sound pessimistic, but can't see how this could become reality, finding out that its not just showtimes operation but they will be working with other networks gives me slight hope and i really wish it happens, but can't see it with all those conflicting interests, tying fighters to long term commitments, the promoters, inevitable attempts at sabotage etc

imagine if it happened and became a huge success though, boxings champions league?

[robpalmer135]

aparently Bute turned down the chance.

[hitman_hatton1]

1 or 2 rumours going round that froch will fight andre dirrell in the 1st fight.

that's froch out straight away then. :yep

always next year. :lol:

[Losfer_Words]

It looks like this tourney may just be underway!:

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[robpalmer135]

not seen Dirrell?? anyone know anything about him?

decent record but not fought anyone of note.

great thing about this is that 4 fighters are undefeated, and the 2 guys that have lost have only done so to world class opponents.

Taylor = 2 losses to Pavlik, Draw with Wright, Loss to Froch
Kessler = Loss to Calzaghe
Ward, Dirrel, Abraham, Froch = Undefeated.

[GazOC]

I've seen Dirrell a couple of times, looks good at the level he's been fighting at but I havn't seen him pushed yet. Not the most exciting fighting to watch.....

[Mookhound]

Why the hell don't they just make this an elimination tournament? Make sure there are no draws by introducing a 13th round?

Let's say Bute and Andrade won't/can't get in, there are plenty of other fights. Plus, there could be a WBA and WBC route so that mandatories are sorted out. For example, in one half, Froch could fight Dirrell and Ward could take on Taylor. That's the top four of the WBC cleared up.

I think it could be possible for:

Froch-Dirrell

Ward-Taylor

Abraham-Inkin

Kessler-Perdomo

[Mookhound]

Why the hell don't they just make this an elimination tournament? Make sure there are no draws by introducing a 13th round?

Let's say Bute and Andrade won't/can't get in, there are plenty of other fights. Plus, there could be a WBA and WBC route so that mandatories are sorted out. For example, in one half, Froch could fight Dirrell and Ward could take on Taylor. That's the top four of the WBC cleared up.

I think it could be possible for:

Froch-Dirrell

Ward-Taylor

Abraham-Inkin

Kessler-Perdomo


I should have made clear, an extra round if the scorecards are even after 12. I'm all for drawn (10-10) rounds, but the 13th could be a 10-9 must round.

[icemax]

Make sure there are no draws by introducing a 13th round?


You are about the tenth person I have heard voice this opinion in the last couple of months...adding a 13th round does not mean no draws.

**Posted before I saw your clarification

[robpalmer135]

Why the hell don't they just make this an elimination tournament? Make sure there are no draws by introducing a 13th round?

Let's say Bute and Andrade won't/can't get in, there are plenty of other fights. Plus, there could be a WBA and WBC route so that mandatories are sorted out. For example, in one half, Froch could fight Dirrell and Ward could take on Taylor. That's the top four of the WBC cleared up.

I think it could be possible for:

Froch-Dirrell

Ward-Taylor

Abraham-Inkin

Kessler-Perdomo

I dont think you can legally have 13 rounds.
If we did it your way we would havw only 7 fights, this tournement gives us 12 fights.

Also nobody cares about mandos, Inkin or Pedromo.

[robpalmer135]

Palle has come out and denied any knowledge of the the touney.

[Mookhound]

The 13 round thing has been discussed before, but if you can't have it, fair enough.

I just think the round robin system is a bit silly for boxing. Also, the points system suggested seems to place to much emphasis on the manner of the win, which, for me, goes against the sport. A win is a win, some guys have, speed, others power, others chin, others defensive wizardry. A win should be a win.

Also, belts do still matter, and I wouldn't wish to see Kessler, Froch, or whoever maybe beat them, stripped of their titles.

[Mookhound]

Palle has come out and denied any knowledge of the the touney.

Shame

[Bodysnatcher]

1 or 2 rumours going round that froch will fight andre dirrell in the 1st fight.

that's froch out straight away then. :yep

always next year. :lol:

It's not a knockout system mate, it's a point system - they all fight 3 times apparently, guaranteed.

[Bodysnatcher]

The 13 round thing has been discussed before, but if you can't have it, fair enough.

I just think the round robin system is a bit silly for boxing. Also, the points system suggested seems to place to much emphasis on the manner of the win, which, for me, goes against the sport. A win is a win, some guys have, speed, others power, others chin, others defensive wizardry. A win should be a win.

Also, belts do still matter, and I wouldn't wish to see Kessler, Froch, or whoever maybe beat them, stripped of their titles.

For me it's simple.

We can see the best in the division (with one or two exceptions) fight each other, or we can see the same old ABC mandatory defence train continue to conspire to stop the best from facing each other.

[Losfer_Words]

Palle has come out and denied any knowledge of the the touney.

I heard someone say on here that Palle's out of the loop now anyway. I have no idea if it's true though. He best be:twisted:.

[Mookhound]

For me it's simple.

We can see the best in the division (with one or two exceptions) fight each other, or we can see the same old ABC mandatory defence train continue to conspire to stop the best from facing each other.

I agree a tournament's the right way of moving forward, but it strikes me as fairly simple (in this instance) that they could meet mandatory obligations at the same time. Certainly on the WBC side - 1-3 are all very strong contenders.

[TFFP]

Ward and Dirrell are a real threat to anybody, even Kessler! Mainly because they are both the mostphysically talented.

I think they'd beat the shit out of Froch if their chins are any good.

[robpalmer135]

Ward and Dirrell are a real threat to anybody, even Kessler! Mainly because they are both the mostphysically talented.

I think they'd beat the shit out of Froch if their chins are any good.

to be fair your seriously under rate Froch though?

[TFFP]

What am I supposed to be rating him highly on? He's got no boxing skill and his defence is the worst I've seen at the top level of super middleweight. His power is not one punch power, its an accumulative power that won't always save his ass. His output is not even spectacular, infact its average, and his physical ability is awful. He moves like an 80 yr old.

He's a tough hombre, tons of heart, good power, some nice offensive variation.

Maybe he is a little more than the sum of his parts and I do underrate him, he could be one of those fighters that is effective but just look slack, because he does not look like much in the ring. I believe he'll be out on his ass in this tournament.

For damn sure Dirrell and Ward would make him look a fool, I'm not even 100% confident about Kessler against them because they are fast and skilled. Kessler might be more refined, its timing against speed. Only a question of durability and experience for them.

[robpalmer135]

I think that Froch is allot faster and more effective that people realise, and if he was as slow as we think surley fighters would just move out of the way of his punches.

Froch has very good foot work, and is brilliant at keeping his fighters in range. He can dictate a fight, a true ring genral. His defense is poor but i think he slips allot more punches than we think.

[TFFP]

I think that Froch is allot of effective that people realise, and if he was as slow as people think surley people would just move out of the way of his punches.

Froch has very good foot work, and is brilliant at keeping his fighters in range. His defense is poor but i think he slips allot more punches than we think.
He must be to get a couple of good wins under his belt. He just looks terrible in there...but he got the job done over decent fighters.

He is definitely slow mind, he wasn't landing shit against Taylor until 6 rounds and Taylor starts to tire. And that's not because he's inaccurate. I mean it is pretty evident he's slow, his arms look like a guy punching underwater.

Maybe he does slip some punches, it can look worse than it is when you lean away from punches. Toney was like that, it looked like he was getting hit but on closer inspection it wasn't the case. Nevertheless, we can't ignore the windmill right hand Robin Reid landed, the right Taylor landed when he was square on that put him on the canvas. He's taken a volume of heavy blows in only a few fights at world class.

[robpalmer135]

He must be to get a couple of good wins under his belt. He just looks terrible in there...but he got the job done over decent fighters.

He is definitely slow mind, he wasn't landing shit against Taylor until 6 rounds and Taylor starts to tire. And that's not because he's inaccurate. I mean it is pretty evident he's slow, his arms look like a guy punching underwater.

Maybe he does slip some punches, it can look worse than it is when you lean away from punches. Toney was like that, it looked like he was getting hit but on closer inspection it wasn't the case. Nevertheless, we can't ignore the windmill right hand Robin Reid landed, the right Taylor landed when he was square on that put him on the canvas. He's taken a volume of heavy blows in only a few fights at world class.

true, but if you look at him at a couple of days after the fight, he did not look that marked up after the pascal and taylor wins.

I fancy him over everyone in the tourney bar Kessler.

[GazOC]

Wards a dark horse in this, I've only seen him twice but he seems a very decent boxer.

[TFFP]

Bit racist mate.

[robpalmer135]

was ward a gold medal winner???

[catasyou]

I think that Froch is allot faster and more effective that people realise, and if he was as slow as we think surley fighters would just move out of the way of his punches.

Froch has very good foot work, and is brilliant at keeping his fighters in range. He can dictate a fight, a true ring genral. His defense is poor but i think he slips allot more punches than we think.

Really?Have you seen him?

His footwork is terrible,absolutely terrible.

[nufc16]

frochs strength is his ability to make fighters wilt and mentally give in. he's had quite a few fights where you could argue after 7/8/9 rounds he's probably been down on the cards(and his standard of opponent hasnt been very high bar his last 2 fights), but when you've thrown everything at a guy, and he's still coming forward throwing hurtful punches and you know he's not going to take a backwards step and you're not going to put a meaningful dent in him, then it can crush a fighters spirit and thats' generally when he starts to take over. same sort of scenario with prime margarito, not the most skilled, but incredibly tough and mentally unbreakable.

froch has just enough skill to hang with the best guys to make his style work, but theres no doubt in my mind that someone like kessler would be too much for him. not sure about ward or dirrell though.

[GazOC]

Bit racist mate.


Oops!:lol:

[hitman_hatton1]

not seen Dirrell?? anyone know anything about him?

decent record but not fought anyone of note.


try and check out the hanshaw fight.

excellent performance.

he's a tall southpaw.

really good skills. :bbb

decent hitter.

switch hitter.

good on his feet.

class act tbh. :rasta

[slip&counter]

fuck bute, the fool demands to much and now wants in, who cares if bute or other SMWs are not there, its like shagging jessica alba and scarrlet johansson and then complaining jennifer aniston wasn't there

i agree ward is gonna surprise a lot of people, i know miranda is crude, but ward was very impressive, looked like miranda saw an alien when ward turned southpaw

[catasyou]

fuck bute, the fool demands to much and now wants in, who cares if bute or other SMWs are not there, its like shagging jessica alba and scarrlet johansson and then complaining jennifer aniston wasn't there

i agree ward is gonna surprise a lot of people, i know miranda is crude, but ward was very impressive, looked like miranda saw an alien when ward turned southpaw

Speak a bit of english here?

[Mookhound]

Ward could well win this. A helluva lot of talent, might just lack that bit of pop at this level. Dirrell looks good, but I think Froch is too much for him right now.

[Losfer_Words]

its like shagging jessica alba and scarrlet johansson and then complaining jennifer aniston wasn't there


:lol:I'm still bitter about that:patsch. Comment of the day, slip! I agree though- this tourny is good enough as it is at the moment. We'll just have to sit tight and see if Showtime (et al) can pull this thing off. I think it's too ambitious a project, to be honest. I'd be pleasantly suprised if it is delivered with no hitches.

[hitman_hatton1]

quite a few dirrell fights on youtube.

he's worth checking out. :hey

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[TFFP]

He's not going to be to everybodies tastes but he's talented. Kinda like Guzman.

"Mr Heavy bag" :lol:

[Mandanda]

Dirrell's not bad i seen a bit of him last night but he's takes so many unessary risks and that's why him vs Froch will be a epic battle. Against Hanshaw he saw out a early onslaught(knocked down but ref ruled he was pushed) to stop him but really the level of opposition is patchy.

He's boxes nicely and picks shots well...likes to switch hit and has hard power but does he at world class level we have to see i'm not so sure. Froch can get to him i'm sure of that because Dirrell traps himself and gets caught he's no Mayweather but a good fighter.

I'd go for Froch to win a power punching battle.

[Guy]

Hmm Dirrell doesn't look too much for Froch he's not as fast as Pascal and definitely not as fast as Taylor.

[catasyou]

Hmm Dirrell doesn't look too much for Froch he's not as fast as Pascal and definitely not as fast as Taylor.

In terms of speed he's faster than both probably.

[Guy]

In terms of speed he's faster than both probably.

Not on that video posted above he's not.

[TFFP]

It's not really about having speed is it? Anybody can hit Froch. It's backing it up for 12 rounds. If Dirrell can put it together for 12 rounds he has the beating of Froch because he's a much more gifted and a better boxer. If he doesn't, he won't. That is the way Froch fights, his heart and will wears you down unless you have the answers to that.

Time will tell whether Dirrell can take it to the next level.

[catasyou]

Not on that video posted above he's not.

Nor did Pascal with Froch.

[Guy]

How do you feel Dirrell fares against Pascal?

Pascal kept it going for twelve gruelling rounds and looked good against Diaconu

[TFFP]

Diaconu is mundane. He's never done anything and nearly got knocked out by Chris Henry. Damn he won that fight 7-5 at very best. Pascal still has a lot to prove in my eyes. A "great losing effort" against Froch and one win over Diaconu does not make you outstanding.

Dirrell still has a lot to do. His opponents have been very weak, its kinda weird to go from this level straight into the deep end if this tournament came off. He'll either sink or swim. He's certainly got a great chance of beating Froch, it really depends on his stamina and intangibles.

[catasyou]

How do you feel Dirrell fares against Pascal?

Pascal kept it going for twelve gruelling rounds and looked good against Diaconu

Hard to say.50-50.

Pascal still makes mistakes and Dirrell is untested.

Diaconu is mundane. He's never done anything and nearly got knocked out by Chris Henry. Damn he won that fight 7-5 at very best. Pascal still has a lot to prove in my eyes. A "great losing effort" against Froch and one win over Diaconu does not make you outstanding.

Dirrell still has a lot to do. His opponents have been very weak, its kinda weird to go from this level straight into the deep end if this tournament came off. He'll either sink or swim. He's certainly got a great chance of beating Froch, it really depends on his stamina and intangibles.

False.At least a big exageration.

In fact it was almost the other way around and the fight could very well be from 8-4 to 6-6.

[TFFP]

He looked like he was stumbling around to me...

He was fucked, stamina wise.

[catasyou]

He was.Yet he didn't get KO'd nor was he really in danger.

But he did have him almost out at the end of the 8th.

It's hard to tell if you only seen it once live on that stream.

Mollo fought half a fight fatigued with Golota and didn't get KO'd.

[Guy]

Froch’s promoter Mick Hennessy said: 'I can’t really comment on it but I’m working on something very exciting for Carl, although nothing has been signed yet.

'I’m talking about some big name opponents for Carl and if what I’m working on comes to fruition there will be a big announcement in New York on Monday.

[Losfer_Words]

Froch’s promoter Mick Hennessy said: 'I can’t really comment on it but I’m working on something very exciting for Carl, although nothing has been signed yet.

'I’m talking about some big name opponents for Carl and if what I’m working on comes to fruition there will be a big announcement in New York on Monday.

Guy, on the general some dude posted this link:

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With Froch mentioning Dirrell and Kessler it makes me feel that this tournament is as good as confirmed. This is what boxing needs- I am genuinely immensely excited by this tournament.

[Guy]

Guy, on the general some dude posted this link:

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With Froch mentioning Dirrell and Kessler it makes me feel that this tournament is as good as confirmed. This is what boxing needs- I am genuinely immensely excited by this tournament.

Thats cool mate:good, I'd take either fight.

A SM tournament just sounds amazing to me though.

[Losfer_Words]

Thats cool mate:good, I'd take either fight.

A SM tournament just sounds amazing to me though.

:goodI completely agree. I didn't wanna get too excited about it before it is delivered but all signs point to it now probably taking place. It's got everything: current champions, ex-champions, contenders. It's gonna be awesome. Especially, as you say, in one of the most exciting divisions about at the moment:D.

[PrideOfWales]

There's an announcement from Showtime on Monday.

[threethirteen]

Ring TV have confirmed it. Sounds awesome thought they Doug doesn't offer Froch a hope in this tournament. I think he gets soundly blasted.

[Benjiabc]

this will never happen, get real

[Ajfourty7]

Benji, hate to break it to you, looks like it may be announced on moday!