Ah so you don’t want equivalent level stand ins, you want journeymen on call. Perhaps worse. The semis and finals have no credibility as some of the contestants had knockover jobs to get there and the boxers with proper matches withdraw or demand more money to keep the wheels turning as they are no longer in a fair format.happyNY18 wrote: ↑22 Apr 2018, 14:36I just don't think the problems you are highlighting are problems that are exclusive to tournaments; they are general challenges that every promoter faces anyway, sure i can see why such issues could be amplified in tournament formats but as i mentioned in my first post in this thread, i think there is room in boxing for such formats, especially at domestic level. Asking stand-ins to be prepared in case of dropouts in early stages of tournaments surely can't be that hard at lower levels where tough journeymen looking for a payday are ten a penny. It's finals and headliners i think is where it gets a little more problematic. As you mentioned, George Groves shoulder injury reflects that, but if the contest is postponed for a while before actually coming off, i suspect the tournament will still be reflected upon as being a success.leejonesjnr wrote: ↑22 Apr 2018, 14:15Even when using the words farce and shambolic in your example of why it’s ok, you don’t see the problem?happyNY18 wrote: ↑22 Apr 2018, 13:46
Sure 14 fighters all fighting for 1 card could pose problems, but with contigency/backup fighters being available for quarter or semi bouts i don't think it would be too difficult to overcome. Having finalists pull out is another story as i would envisage finals being the headline - but is it much different from any other weekend of boxing? Golovkin Canelo 2 was scheduled to be the biggest fight of 2018 and its descended into farce with a shambolic opponent and change of network & even state that it will be held. It happens, tournament format or not.
If a number of under prepared stand ins are brought in you no longer have a tournament or a result with and meaning.
A ‘proper’ show with three tournaments running at the same time is different to a standard show in that one mans injury causes issues for every other contest, not just his own.
As your show would still go ahead with makethenumbersupstandins then
A tournament run like that would have so little credibility that nobody would even pass comment on it let alone buy a ticket so I don’t believe it would be any kind of success.
