Heavyweight World Cup:
Posted: 02 Mar 2011, 19:47
Following excellent research done by Mr. Ezzard on four topics that he created earlier, I am hereby intorducing a Cup World Cup.
Mr. Ezzard's research can be viewed at:
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=126242
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=128179
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=131248
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=133206
From these 4 boxing eras a total of 8 of the very best ave been taken from each.
These elite 32 fighters will battle tfor the crown of "THE GREATEST".
There will be 8 groups of 4 boxers, top 2 go through, bottom 2 are eliminated.
HOW THE DRAW WILL BE MADE:
From each period, the top 4 boxers will be seeded.
There will be 2 seeded boxers in each group.
Each group will have a boxer from each era, to offer timeless match-ups.
And now I hereby introduce the fighters and their seeding:
THE SEEDS:
From the Early era:
John L. Sullivan, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, James J. Jeffries
From the Middle era:
Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Max Schmeling, Gene Tunney
From the Late era:
Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Sonny Liston
From the Modern era:
Mike Tyson, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield
THE UNSEEDED:
From the Early era:
James Corbett, Harry Greb, Sam Langford, Bob Fitzsimmons
From the Middle era:
Jersey Joe Walcott, Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Max Baer
From the Late era:
Ken Norton, Floyd Patterson, Leon Spinks, Ingemar Johansson
From the Modern era:
Riddick Bowe, Tim Witherspoon, Vitali Klitchsko, Wladimir Klitchsko
The Draw is made:
Group A: Louis, Frazier, V. Klitchsko, Corbett
Group B: Jeffries, Liston, Witherspoon, Charles
Group C: Tyson, Dempsey, Patterson, Walcott
Group D: Sullivan, Lewis, Moore, Johansson
Group E: Holmes, Marciano, Fitzsimmons, Norton
Group F: Schmeling, Johnson, Spinks, Bowe
Group G: Holyfield, Ali, Baer, Langford
Group H: Foreman, Tunney, W. Klitchsko, Greb
Remember, this is a round-robin each fighter fights each other once.
Top 2 go through.
Bottom 2 go through.
State your opinions lads.
Mr. Ezzard's research can be viewed at:
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=126242
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=128179
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=131248
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=133206
From these 4 boxing eras a total of 8 of the very best ave been taken from each.
These elite 32 fighters will battle tfor the crown of "THE GREATEST".
There will be 8 groups of 4 boxers, top 2 go through, bottom 2 are eliminated.
HOW THE DRAW WILL BE MADE:
From each period, the top 4 boxers will be seeded.
There will be 2 seeded boxers in each group.
Each group will have a boxer from each era, to offer timeless match-ups.
And now I hereby introduce the fighters and their seeding:
THE SEEDS:
From the Early era:
John L. Sullivan, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, James J. Jeffries
From the Middle era:
Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Max Schmeling, Gene Tunney
From the Late era:
Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Sonny Liston
From the Modern era:
Mike Tyson, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield
THE UNSEEDED:
From the Early era:
James Corbett, Harry Greb, Sam Langford, Bob Fitzsimmons
From the Middle era:
Jersey Joe Walcott, Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Max Baer
From the Late era:
Ken Norton, Floyd Patterson, Leon Spinks, Ingemar Johansson
From the Modern era:
Riddick Bowe, Tim Witherspoon, Vitali Klitchsko, Wladimir Klitchsko
The Draw is made:
Group A: Louis, Frazier, V. Klitchsko, Corbett
Group B: Jeffries, Liston, Witherspoon, Charles
Group C: Tyson, Dempsey, Patterson, Walcott
Group D: Sullivan, Lewis, Moore, Johansson
Group E: Holmes, Marciano, Fitzsimmons, Norton
Group F: Schmeling, Johnson, Spinks, Bowe
Group G: Holyfield, Ali, Baer, Langford
Group H: Foreman, Tunney, W. Klitchsko, Greb
Remember, this is a round-robin each fighter fights each other once.
Top 2 go through.
Bottom 2 go through.
State your opinions lads.
