HBO Looking to put Together a Light Welterweight Tournament – News
November 3rd, 2009
By Lian Santiago: Sources from fighthype have announced that HBO are currently working on putting together a ’super six’ type boxing tournament at light welterweight. The tournament would feature Victor Ortiz, Marcos Maidana, Devon Alexander and Amir Khan. Although nothing is official, the rumor is that representatives of all fighters have been informed. Although a tournament at 140 pounds is a great idea, it could be so much greater than this.
The main thing to point out here is that this is the most talented division in boxing right now. So why only have four in a ‘tournament’. That is boring and too easy to win. If that was to happen I would see Khan getting stopped early, in his first bout against Maidana and Devon Alexander beating Victor Ortiz. So your final would be Alexander vs Maidana. Bullsp*t. They are not the best light welter’s. Get Hatton in, get Marquez, get Bradley in.
Also, I do not see why Amir Khan is worthy of fighting in such a tournament. He was destroyed in about half a minute by Breidis Prescott, who for some strange reason is ranked way behind Khan in the rankings (if you cant beat a guy, your not better than them, no matter how much boxing skill you have), so why not involve Prescott.
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Santiago, Khan is a WORLD champ son, whether you like it or not.. If being a WBA belt holder is not worthy of entering silly lickkle tournaments, then you tell me what is?? I question your articles pal.. Eeesoos!
hatton would beat bradley in my opinion
this tournament needs bradley.
tim bredley the best junior welter in world he cruz through a tournament like dis at this weight
maidana would destroy all of the above! and for the one who said Koteinik beat maidana ( watch all maidana fights including kotenik which he beat jst like Malignaggi beat dias clearly but hometown judges screw them!)maidana is probably one the hardest puncher in welterweight history
The same goes for you MiLliON$$$FIGHTER !
But a light-welterweight tournament would defininitely be great to see, but with six fighters instead of four! The additional two being Timothy Bradley and Paulie Mallinagi.
Hopefully the succes achieved by Showtime’s super middleweight tournament will spark interest by them and HBO in replicating this type of tournament in alot more (if not all other weight divisions).
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There is no need to use words like that, don’t soil the rarity that is a good Liam Santiago article with needless comments like that !
Fun would be to see a Welter tourny with Mosley, Mayweather, Cotto, Pacquiao, Williams, Berto, Cintron and if Timothy Bradley comes up 7lbs. Or we could have Margarito to see him get KO every other fight now we all know he likes loading his gloves.
Would be a great tournament. Welterweight would be much better though, revitalise boxing around the world.
There is no way in hell that amir khan will enter a tournament where he has to face anyone dangerous. It just WILL NOT happen.
the reason khan is ranked higher than prescott is cos hes beaten better fighters.
Limond, Gomez and Earl would all rank alongside someone like toledo and velasquez, and khan has performed MUCH better than prescott at this lower level.
Prescott has only beaten khan, and has since lost to a fighter nowhwere near khans league!
that is why khan is ranked higher.
its not strange at all, LIAN
Come on give khan his dues. He was destroyed in nearly double the time the author suggested it was 56 seconds he lasted not 30.
I don’t see why Khan is pulled up over the other fighters. VO disgracefully quit in his last bout because he did not want to ruin his pretty face. Why should he get the nod to enter the competition?
I dislike Khan, I can not stand the guy but he is WBA champ and if you want to stage this competition with credibility then having the belt holders there is a no-brainer.
Again, I would like to see you attempt to put your limited boxing knowledge to better use by championing your own fighters rather than constantly bad-mouthing other nation’s fighters.
And people wonder why US boxing is dying.
the reason the boxers should want to fight in a tournament should be nothing to do with money, they should want to prove they are the best light welter in the world to do this you must have the best light welters in the tournament such as hatton, marquez, bradley, alexander, khan, witter, Malignaggi, nate campbell, diaz, Maidana and their are many more but theirs no point if the main fighters arent in their hatton, bradley, marquez just a waist of time without those fighters
HBO is just trying to compete with the Super Six, but they want to do it without putting on a comparable show. Frankly, I think the point that the big names (excepting Hatton) could make more money outside a tournament than inside it is bogus. The main draw for the guys in the Super Six is being paid cable-TV rates for a guaranteed three fights, plus the exposure.
Devon Alexander would take them all down in my opinion. He’s got serious talent.
the reason why those big names won’t be involved is: they’re big names. they don’t need a stupid tournament to draw money.
everyone in the super 6 has something to prove in terms of pulling viewers…except taylor who has something to prove in the ring.
million your comments are a disgrace to this site
and lian santiago our article is full of stupid things why dont you read before yo ost in the future
khan lost to prescott o doubt but are you telling me that if there was a rematch tommorow that you would back prescott not a chance you would
mike alvarado would kojust about everyone except marquez and bradley
Dude. “(if you cant beat a guy, your not better than them, no matter how much boxing skill you have), so why not involve Prescott”
Heard that one punch can change a fight? Obviously you’re retarded enough to not know that.
And prescott was exposed by Miguel Vazquez (if you knew anything).
id have amir, maidna, ortiz, alexander, marquez and manny p in it
Gee maybe Khan is rated higher because he lost to Prescott as a lightweight, but beat Koteinik for a light-welter belt while Prescott has just a DQ win and a SD lose as a light-welter.
Maidana lost to Kotelnik fact
Khan schooled Kotelnik badly
Khan deserves his place imo
Cant really see khan winning it, i doubt it hes going to go 12 rounds without getting caught. All these fighters are fresh and that’s going to be a big factor.