WE NEED YOU!
The third season of the World Boxing Super Series is in YOUR hands!
KALLE SAUERLAND is calling on the fans to guide him when it comes to the third season of the World Boxing Super Series. The promoter is hoping the new season, with “between one and three” weight divisions, will begin in the first half of 2021.
Sauerland, who is at the early planning stages, told Boxing News that five potential tournaments are currently in play: heavyweight; light-heavyweight; middleweight; fly/super-flyweight; and women’s super-featherweight.
Potential competitors in each weight class include:
Heavyweight – Dillian Whyte/ Alexander Povetkin, Oleksandr Usyk, Joe Joyce, Dereck Chisora, Filip Hrgovic, Murat Gassiev, Mairis Briedis, Michael Hunter, Martin Bakole.
Light-heavyweight - Artur Beterbiev, Sergey Kovalev, Dmitry Bivol, Joe Smith Jnr, Callum Johnson, Lyndon Arthur, Joshua Buatsi, Callum Smith, Gilberto Ramirez, Ricards Bolotniks, Leon Bunn, Badou Jack.
Middleweight – Gennady Golovkin, Jermall Charlo, Demetrius Andrade, Liam Williams, Liam Smith, Jaime Munguia, Chris Eubank Jnr, Billy Joe Saunders, Ryota Murata, Jeff Horn.
Fly/super-fly – Junto Nakatani, Julio Cesar Martinez, Juan Francisco Estrada, Kosei Tanaka, Andrew Maloney, Charlie Edwards, Sunny Edwards, Ken Shiro, Roman Gonzalez, Khalid Yafai.
Super-feather (women’s) – Amanda Serrano, Delfine Persoon, Mikaela Mayer, Terri Harper, Natasha Jonas, Hyun Mi Choi, Maiva Hamadouche, Tiara Brown, Dina Thorslund.
The next stage of development is about gauging exactly what the fans want. Whenkalle has that information he will formulate his proposal and take it to the WBSS Board.
“It’s more important than ever that the fans get their voice,” Sauerland explained to BN. “Tell me what you want. Don’t worry about politics and promoters and broadcasters or what fights are already in the planning stage. We have overcome substantial obstacles before and we will do so again.
“Call me the Bob Geldof of boxing!”
“Look, I’m a statistics man and there’s one thing that works for me. It’s not complicated: there’s one calculation that everyone should think about: Best versus best equals high probability of bloody good tear-up!”
For more from Sauerland on the fighters and divisions, go to the BN website and watch the video where he discusses his plans further.
‘IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT THE FANS GET THEIR SAY’