Golden Boy Promotions presents: Elite Eight Welterweight Tournament.... Why Not?

In the midst of boxing’s cold war between Golden Boy and Top Rank Promotions, each respective company holds a significant amount of the market and showcases some of the greatest fighters in the sport.

 

Golden Boy is currently dominating the 140-154lb divisions with a long list of young intriguing fighters on the cusp of some major fights and a group of solid veterans that have already made a name for themselves… and unlike Top Rank, they have the ability to work with pay-per-view king Floyd “Money” Mayweather.

Top Rank has the history and has shown time and time again that they regenerate their stable of fighters better than anyone else.  They don’t have the depth that Golden Boy encompasses in boxing’s most captivating divisions, but they do have Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley.  On top of that, they have some promising prospects starting out that should help solidify them in future years.

But right now it’s Golden Boy’s time and opportunity to control the boxing public. They have the fighters… they put together the best cards.  Between Showtime and Fox Sports1, they have the avenues to promote and build these young fighters up and make them household names.  The time is now and it’s vital for Golden Boy Promotions to strike while the iron is hot!

Now Golden Boy Promotions does a great job of showcasing its young fighters on the undercard of its major fights.  While Top Rank believes that nobody cares about the undercard, Golden Boy uses it to build rapport with its fighters and boxing fans by rewarding them.  The young fighters get a bigger stage and boxing fans get more “bang” for their buck.  It’s a strategy that needs to evolve within the sport of boxing. 

It’s not enough though.  They need to do more.  The boxing community is there for the taking.  But they need to do something big!

Golden Boy needs to have an eight-man Welterweight Tournament… with the winner of the tournament getting  a shot at Floyd “Money” Mayweather in his final bout. 

How majestic would that be? When Showtime sponsored the “Super Six World Boxing Classic” Super Middleweight Tournament, it was a huge success.  Can you imagine one with the likes of Danny Garcia? Adrien Broner? Keith Thurman? All with the incentive of earning the biggest fight and payday of their lives!

 

So how would they do it? Easy… by seeding the fighters.  I could see it looking something like this:

#1 - DANNY “SWIFT” GARCIA VS. #8 - EDDIE “EBOY” GOMEZ

#4 - LUCAS “THE MACHINE” MATTHYSSE VS. # 5 - ADRIEN “THE PROBLEM” BRONER

#2 - MARCOS “EL CHINO” MAIDANA VS. #7 - JERMELL “TWIN IRONMAN” CHARLO

#3 - KEITH “ONE-TIME” THURMAN VS.  #6 - LUIS “PEOPLE’S CHAMP” COLLAZO

It would be the closest we could get to the “Sugar” Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran era, where they all fought each other with the determination to be known as the best.

 

Let them all weed each other out and we can finally get Floyd against the most deserving opponent this side of Top Rank.  It’s an incredible idea and Golden Boy Promotions has an opportunity to make a ton of money, notoriety and most important… history.