The Floyd Mayweather Invitational: WBC has approved a 147 and a 154 tournament for Floyd's mandatory

[Newzz]

Mayweather's Mandatory Set Down With Tournaments
Posted by: Rick Reeno on 12/17/2014 .


By Rick Reeno

Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas - The World Boxing Council has approved a tournament style eliminator, at welterweight and junior middleweight, to set mandatory challengers to WBC 147 and 154 champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26KOs).

The proposal, which the WBC approved, is to have the top eight challengers - at 147 and 154 - to face each other in a tournament format until one man, in each division, is set down to challenge for Mayweather's title.

The process (depending on which of the ranked contenders are willing to participate) is likely going to take a year or longer.

The logic is - by the time a mandatory challenger comes through at each weight - Mayweather will either be retired or the mandatory challenger will build a strong enough resume to present themselves as a legitimate challenger to Mayweather.

The tournament decision was also made in order to give Mayweather, and Top Rank on behalf of Manny Pacquiao, to have an adequate amount of time, and no obstacles, for them to reach an agreement for a potential super-fight in 2015.

The tournament idea was presented by promoter Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing LLC and unanimously approved by the WBC's board.

http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweathers-mandatory-set-down-with-tournaments--85460





If the tournament started today, here's the Top 8 Challengers ranked by WBC, at 147:

1) Amir Khan
2) Luis Carlos Abregu
3) Leonard Bundu
4) Antonin Decarie
5) Ionut Dan Ion
6) David Avanesyan
7) Robert Guerrero
8) Brandon Rios

1st round Bracket:

(1) Amir Khan vs (8) Brandon Rios
(4) Antonin Decarie vs (5) Ionut Dan Ion

(3) Leonard Bundu vs (6) David Avanesyan
(2) Luis Carlos Abregu vs (7) Robert Guerrero

154 Top 8:

1) Canelo Alvarez
2) Vanes Martirosyan
3) Jermell Charlo
4) Anthony Mundine
5) John Jackson
6) Sergey Rabchenko
7) David Zegarra
8) Johnathan Gonzalez

1st round Bracket:

(1) Canelo Alvarez vs (8) Johnathan Gonzalez
(4) Anthony Mundine vs (5) John Jackson

(3) Jermell Charlo vs (6) Sergey Rabchenko
(2) Vanes Martirosyan vs (7) David Zegarra


Now....I know a couple of them have lost recently, but this is just the order from their website as of today, December 17th ( http://wbcboxing.com/wbceng/ratings?layout=edit&id=146 )


Brehs, you know how GREAT this is gonna be for us. ANY time a tournament is invoked in Boxing, it usually always turns out great results and opens our eyes to fighters we havent seen or dont know that much about.


WBC:salutekobe:

 

[Dragonfly Jones]

Pac/Mayweather in May or

 

[Newzz]

Pac/Mayweather in May or

What?


What Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao have to do with this thread breh?


Besides,

The tournament decision was also made in order to give Mayweather, and Top Rank on behalf of Manny Pacquiao, to have an adequate amount of time, and no obstacles, for them to reach an agreement for a potential super-fight in 2015

The tournament would remove the ability for ANY Boxer ranked by the WBC at 147 or 154 to considered a mandatory opponent, which frees up Floyd to focus on only Manny Pacquiao and not be worried about being stripped of his WBC Championships at 147 or 154.


Hopefully the WBA follows suit and invokes their own tournament

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Lets get GGG in the 154

 

[Newzz]

Lets get GGG in the 154

He should drop down to 154 for this tournament

 

[Dragonfly Jones]

What?


What Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao have to do with this thread breh?


Besides,




The tournament would remove the ability for ANY Boxer ranked by the WBC at 147 or 154 to considered a mandatory opponent, which frees up Floyd to focus on only Manny Pacquiao and not be worried about being stripped of his WBC Championships at 147 or 154.


Hopefully the WBA follows suit and invokes their own tournament

mybad breh, all these rumors about the fight not happening has me on edge

 

[Canon]

this would be good

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Why isn't Erislandy Lara in the top 8 at 154?

 

[mr. smoke weed]

the WBC has to have tournaments to find a good opponent for mayweather? Hilarious and embarassing

 

[Newzz]

mybad breh, all these rumors about the fight not happening has me on edge

fukk them


We about to get these OTHER dudes, who be ducking each other and trying to sneak their way up the rankings to call out Floyd, to actually fight each other


Like @spince c said, if GGG enters at 154


If Julian Williams and Jermall Charlo can get ranked at 154 by the WBC:lawd;


If Danny Garcia moves up to 147, or Lucas Matthysse as well, or Timothy Bradley gets ranked by WBC along with Shawn Porter as well


We need this

 

[Newzz]

Why isn't Erislandy Lara in the top 8 at 154?

He's a WBA Champion.


Champions of other organizations cannot be ranked unless they drop their belts

 

[Scientific Playa]

What?


What Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao have to do with this thread breh?


Besides,




The tournament would remove the ability for ANY Boxer ranked by the WBC at 147 or 154 to considered a mandatory opponent, which frees up Floyd to focus on only Manny Pacquiao and not be worried about being stripped of his WBC Championships at 147 or 154.


Hopefully the WBA follows suit and invokes their own tournament

time wasting side show.... anything and everything can happen with a long drawn out tournament from injuries to life issues outside the ring. fans were getting ready for may 2., that now looks like a pipedream.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Mayweather's Mandatory Set Down With Tournaments
Posted by: Rick Reeno on 12/17/2014 .


By Rick Reeno

Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas - The World Boxing Council has approved a tournament style eliminator, at welterweight and junior middleweight, to set mandatory challengers to WBC 147 and 154 champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26KOs).

The proposal, which the WBC approved, is to have the top eight challengers - at 147 and 154 - to face each other in a tournament format until one man, in each division, is set down to challenge for Mayweather's title.

The process (depending on which of the ranked contenders are willing to participate) is likely going to take a year or longer.

The logic is - by the time a mandatory challenger comes through at each weight - Mayweather will either be retired or the mandatory challenger will build a strong enough resume to present themselves as a legitimate challenger to Mayweather.

The tournament decision was also made in order to give Mayweather, and Top Rank on behalf of Manny Pacquiao, to have an adequate amount of time, and no obstacles, for them to reach an agreement for a potential super-fight in 2015.

The tournament idea was presented by promoter Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing LLC and unanimously approved by the WBC's board.

http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweathers-mandatory-set-down-with-tournaments--85460





If the tournament started today, here's the Top 8 Challengers ranked by WBC, at 147:

1) Amir Khan
2) Luis Carlos Abregu
3) Leonard Bundu
4) Antonin Decarie
5) Ionut Dan Ion
6) David Avanesyan
7) Robert Guerrero
8) Brandon Rios

1st round Bracket:

(1) Amir Khan vs (8) Brandon Rios
(4) Antonin Decarie vs (5) Ionut Dan Ion

(3) Leonard Bundu vs (6) David Avanesyan
(2) Luis Carlos Abregu vs (7) Robert Guerrero

154 Top 8:

1) Canelo Alvarez
2) Vanes Martirosyan
3) Jermell Charlo
4) Anthony Mundine
5) John Jackson
6) Sergey Rabchenko
7) David Zegarra
8) Johnathan Gonzalez

1st round Bracket:

(1) Canelo Alvarez vs (8) Johnathan Gonzalez
(4) Anthony Mundine vs (5) John Jackson

(3) Jermell Charlo vs (6) Sergey Rabchenko
(2) Vanes Martirosyan vs (7) David Zegarra


Now....I know a couple of them have lost recently, but this is just the order from their website as of today, December 17th ( http://wbcboxing.com/wbceng/ratings?layout=edit&id=146 )


Brehs, you know how GREAT this is gonna be for us. ANY time a tournament is invoked in Boxing, it usually always turns out great results and opens our eyes to fighters we havent seen or dont know that much about.


WBC:salutekobe:

Canelo aint getting involved in this.

 

[Newzz]

the WBC has to have tournaments to find a good opponent for mayweather? Hilarious and embarassing

Not really, because Floyd wont FIGHT just any opponent.

He could fight Keith Thurman....but Floyd will say he's not a draw. He just said Amir Khan basically isnt "popular" enough. We both know there's no way in HELL he'd fight Erislandy Lara....so this tournament will force a mandatory challenger for him at both 147 and 154 and he will have to face them.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

eddie hearns won..khan fights brook.