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Theoretical Alphabet Apprentices Part 2

K's real name is Karekin Darchinyan. He is Armenian and was born in the capital city. He speaks Armenian, English, Georgian, Russian, and Arabic. He is also studying Ancient Greek and Latin. His birthday is October 18, 1986.

He is 5'11 and three quarters. He has pale skin, brown hair, and blue eyes. He is fairly slim, but he can fight well.

His parents died in a bombing when he was 14. He took shelter in a church for a few weeks before being found by Wammy, who was visiting Armenia at the time. He loves history and weaponry and researches old battles. He is decent at almost every subject.

He remains in the Successor Program, but he knows he isn't likely to be chosen as L's main apprentice. He wants to become a historian or a history teacher. As of pre-timeskip Death Note, he is 17-18.

O's real name is Odette Lacroix. She is French and was born in Marseilles. She speaks French, English, and Italian. She is also learning Japanese. Her birthday is April 11, 1990.

She is 5'6 in height. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Her favorite clothes are cute dresses and she loves accessories.

Her parents died in a car crash when she was 2. She survived and was raised by an aunt until she was 12. She was placed in foster care because her aunt remarried and the husband didn't want her around. Wammy heard of her plight from a contact and had her flown to England. She is energetic and cheerful. She makes friends easily and often gives other kids advice. She quit the program to study various things geared around helping others.

She is very compassionate and empathetic. She is Catholic and prays for the wellbeing of others. Since she doesn't remember much about her parents, she isn't as negatively affected by their deaths as she could have been. As of pre-timeskip Death Note, she is 13-14.

P's real name is Ploumisti Chloros. She is Greek and was born in a seaside town. She speaks Greek and English. She is studying French. Her birthday is June 25, 1988.

She is 5'10 in height. She has brown hair with a goldish tint and amber eyes. She is athletic and doesn't let people mess with her.

Her parents gave up custody because they were extremely poor. No other relatives could take her. She was brought to Wammy's when she was 5. Her name means "ornament" and she is considered a great beauty. She is able to get almost whatever what she wants because she is very charming. She quit the program because she wants to be a model or a fashion designer.

She encourages others to feel beautiful and positive about themselves. While she can be manipulative, she does not like to hurt others or their feelings. As of pre-timeskip Death Note, she is 15-16.

Q's real name is Qiaoluan Feng. She is Chinese and was born in Shanghai. She speaks Chinese, Japanese, and English. Her birthday is January 7, 1988.

She is 5'5. She has sleek black hair and dark brown eyes. She is slender and pretty, though she doesn't brag.

Her parents were protesters who were executed by the government when she was 11. A contact of Wammy's saw her in state care and notified him. She was secretly taken to England. She is sly and quick witted. She is skilled at making disguises and hacking computers and is often found hanging out with Matt. She also enjoys tea ceremonies and other traditional things.

She hasn't quit the program and hopes that her skills will be useful to L and whoever becomes his main apprentice. She hopes to become either a white hat hacker or a software developer. As of pre-timeskip Death Note, she is 15-16.

R's real name is Reshmi Kaur. She is Indian and was born in the Punjab region. She speaks Hindi, Punjabi, and English. Her birthday is March 12, 1987.

She is 5'2 and a half in height. She has very long black hair and brown eyes. She does not cut her hair because she is a Sikh and they don't do that unless there is an emergency.

Her parents died from the same illness when she was 9 and her relatives refused to take her in. After two foster homes, she was flown to Wammy's when she was 13. She is friendly and has a good sense of humor. She quit the Successor Program to study medicine. She wants to be a doctor and is extremely diligent.

She often tends to her friends' scraps and bruises. Whenever she finds an injured animal, she will try to nurse it back to health. She enjoys dancing. As of pre-timeskip Death Note, she is 16-17.

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2020 Olympics Armenia Roster

Boxing

Koryun Soghomonyan (Yerevan)

Hovhannes Bachkov (Gyumri)

Arman Darchinyan (Vanadzor)

Gymnastics

Artur Davtyan (Yerevan)

Wrestling

Arsen Harutyunyan (Masis)

Vazgen Tevanyan (Pokr Vedi)

Karapet Chalyan (Gyumri)

Artur Aleksanyan (Gyumri)

Armen Melikyan (Vagharshapat)

Karen Aslayan (Yerevan)

Athletics

Levon Aghasyan (Kapan)

Judo

Ferdinand Karapetian (Vardenis)

Shooting

Elmira Karapetyan (Yerevan)

Swimming

Artur Barseghyan (Yerevan)

Varsenik Manucharyan (Yerevan)

Wrestling

Simon Martirosyan (Haykashen)

Izabella Yaylyan (Yerevan)

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A WORD FROM KRD: Tokyo 2020 Closing Credits

57 years after the 1964 first hosting, Tokyo has made it through the 2nd consecuitive hosting. Japan has hosted the Summer games in the capital once and the Winter Olympics (1972 in Sapporo & 1998 in Nagano) twice prior to the 2nd hosting of the olympiad in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Cignal, the country's leading direct-to-home satellite service in the country, which turned 12 this year, witnessed sporting events in all angles. With millions and millions have turned to Cignal and its prepaid counterpart Satlite for news, sports, entertainment, and more; the MVP-owned pay television service, along with telecom giants PLDT and Smart, and Terrestrial broadcasters TV5 Network (TV5 and One Sports) forged with Dentsu, a global content provider and distributor, to bring non-stop olympic coverage to filipino audiences on satellite and terrestrial TV, and on digital platforms via streaming.

The stalled olympics pushed through this year. The campaign for Team Philippines began with 19 athletes, equaled to that of Sydney games 21 years ago. Four boxers, most in the number of athletes. Followed by Three athletes in Golf, while Weightlifting, Athlethics, and Swimming with two athletes each; and one athlete in: Judo, Skateboarding, Rowing, Shooting, Artistic Gymnastics, and Taekwondo.

Aside from the Philippines, two other nations had their historic Gold medals in the Olympics for the 1st time: Bermuda, and Qatar.

Filipinos tuned in to Team Philippines action for the entire two-week duration of the games. One by one, athletes failed. Then, only the best and strongest were prevail. Meet your Pinoy Big Four in Tokyo 2020: Our medalists who performed very well in this quadrennial meet and they deserved them the best. In this month's A Word from KRD, we will pay homage to the athletes in our own little way. Our salute to them.

BRONZE MEDALIST🥉

Eumir Marcial, Boxing (Men's Middleweight, the 1st Bronze for the country since Roel Velasco in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics for the same sport after 29 years, and 1st Men's Boxing medal for PH in 25 years)

-drawn a BYE in Round of 32

-def. Younes Nemouchi, of Algeria in Round of 16- via RSC-I

-def. Arman Darchinyan (niece of Nonito Donaire's former foe Vic Darchinyan) of Armenia in Quarterfinals-via KO

-lost to Khyzhniak, a Ukranian opponent in Semis- SD

SILVER MEDALIST🥈

Nesthy Petecio, Boxing (Women's Featherweight, 1st Filipina to win the medal in Boxing, and 1st Silver Medal for PH since Hidilyn Diaz in Weightlifting at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and a significant day in Philippine Amateur Boxing when on August 3, 1996; Mansueto Velasco settled for Silver Medal in the same sport after his loss in the Atlanta games against his opponent)

-def. Matshu, a Congan opponent in Round of 32- UD

-def. Lin Yu-Ting of Chinese-Taipei in Round of 16

(upsetted World No. 1)- SD

-def. Arias, a Colombian opponent in Quarterfinals- UD

-def. Irma Testa of Italy in Semifinals- SD

-lost to Irie Sena of host Japan in the Gold Medal bout

(Petecio-Irie rivalry now stands at 3-1)- UD

SILVER MEDALIST🥈

Carlo Paalam, Boxing (Men's Flyweight)

-def. Irvine, an Irish opponent in Round of 32- SD

-def. Mohammed Flissi of Algeria in Round of 16- UD

-def. Shokobin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in Quarterfinals- SD (upsetted World no. 1 after the fight stopped in Round 2 due to a headbutt, the scorecards of judges determined the winner with one judge tied the scores)

-def. Ryomei Tanaka of host Japan in Semifinals- UD

-lost to Galai Yafal of Great Britain in the Gold Medal bout- SD

GOLD MEDALIST🥇

Hidilyn Diaz, Weightlifting (Women's 55KG, 1st Olympic Record holder for PH in 69 years, 1st Gold Medalist in a non-demo/exhibition sport for PH in history after 97 years in the country's participation at the Summer Games)

-Snatch: 97KG

-Clean & Jerk: 127KG (OR)

-Total lifts: 144KG (OR)

(Second Filipino to win multiple medals after Teofilo Yldefonso in 1928 & 1932 editions who earned Bronze in both of the games in Swimming)

Our BIG respect and congratulations also to the athletes who didn't make it to the podium in these sports disciplines during the olympic run:

-Cris Nievarez (Rowing)

-Elreen Ando (Weightlifting)

-Jayson Valdez (Shooting)

-Margielyn Didal (Skateboarding)

-Kiyomi Watanabe (Judo)

-Kurt Barbosa (Taekwondo)

-Irish Magno (Boxing)

-Kristina Knott (Athletics)

-Luke Gebbie and Remedy Rule (Swimming)

-EJ Obiena (Pole Vault)

-Carlos Yulo (Artistic Gymnastics)

-Juvic Pagunsan, Bianca Pagdanganan, and Yuka Saso (Golf)

During the 2-week run of the Olympics in Tokyo, my IG account posted the progress of our Filipino olympian hopefuls and in the end, there were only four in the podium.

Our thanks and big CONGRATULATIONS to the Cignal/TV5 crew who flew to Tokyo to bring the coverage of the games unhampered and uninterrupted thanks to the resources on Free TV, satellite, and digital streaming platforms. To Gretchen Ho, Paolo del Rosario, Sev Sarmenta, Carlo Pamintuan, and the Filipino media crew in Japan (Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN, Mav Gonzales of GMA, Francis Ochoa of PDI, the Samurai reporters of Bombo Radyo Philippines, et.al.), our big salute to them.

Indeed, we saw them STRONGER in the light of this present health crisis. Without these, our moment will be useless. Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together- The new Olympic motto shedding the light of every olympians around the world. Despite the issues concerning each country's situation (including the Refugee Olympic Athletes from different parts of the world, and the ROC athletes in spite of the ban on doping and other issues in Russia), and the pandemic, it is indeed a never-ending story, and a journey for our Philippine Olympic athletes. Our special thanks go out to IOC Execuitive Board Member Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, and also to Philippine Olympic Commitee President Bambol Tolentino, and MVP Sports Foundation led by Chairman Manny Pangilinan, and President Ricky Vargas; for making the impossible POSSIBLE. A record-breaking moment: Four medals, exceeding the 1932 output of 3 medals. What a show of support for our country, because of YOU. Through your prayers and cheers, these athletes became stronger than they could ever imagine for.

We at KRD and the Filipino people are one in congratulating our athletes and our BIG FOUR for making it this far, and their stories will not end there.

Sayonara, Tokyo Japan!

Bonjourno, Paris France!

SEE YOU ALL STRONGER IN 2024!

MABUHAY ANG ATLETANG PILIPINO!

TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY ALONE!!!

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Olympic Games open in Tokyo: Armenia represented by 17 athletes

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Olympic Games open in Tokyo: Armenia represented by 17 athletes

The 2020 Summer Olympics opened in Tokyo, Japan today. Armenia is represented by 17 athletes. Swimmer Varsenik Manucharyan and boxer Hovhannes Bachkov were the flag bearers of Armenia at the opening ceremony.

Gymnast Artur Davtyan will be the first of our athletes to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Tomorrow, at dawn on July 24, at 05:00 Yerevan time, he will participate in the qualification round. Artur will take part in two competitions: pommel horse and pole vault.

Boxer Hovhannes Bachkov (63 kg) will enter the ring on July 25. His first rival is Ryan Alston from Antigua and Barbuda. Shooter Elmira Karapetyan (pistol, 10 meters) will show her skills in the qualification round.

Judoist Ferdinand Karapetyan (73 kg) will perform on July 26. His first opponent is Kazakh Jansay Smagulov. Boxer Koryun Soghomonyan (52 kg) will enter the competition on the same day. He will fight against British Jafal Galal. His teammate Arman Darchinyan (75 kg) will start the fight from the 1/16 final.

Weightlifter Isabella Yaylyan (59 kg) will enter the competition on July 27. On the same day swimmer Artur Barseghyan will participate in 100 meters freestyle.

Swimmer Varsenik Manucharyan will show her abilities in 100 meters freestyle on July 28.

Artur Barseghyan (50 meters, freestyle) will have his second start on July 30.

Greco-Roman wrestlers will enter the competition from August 1. Armen Melikyan (60 kg) will be the first to perform.

On August 2, Karapet Chalyan (77 kg) and Artur Aleksanyan (97 kg) will enter fight. Their teammate Karen Aslanyan (67 kg) will compete the next day.

On August 3, weightlifter Simon Martirosyan and triple jumper Leon Aghasyan will enter the competition.

Armenian freestyle wrestler Arsen Harutyunyan (57 kg) will compete on August 4, and Vazgen Tchanyan (65 kg) will compete on August 6.

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Sean Castle Looks At The Best Overseas-Born Australian Boxers An Examination of Aussie Joe Bugner

Sean Castle Looks At The Best Overseas-Born Australian Boxers An Examination of “Aussie” Joe Bugner

The Australian boxing scene has been spoilt in recent history with the level of top-class fighters who have left their homeland and decided to ply their trade down under. In the past twenty years we have had two of the greatest fighters of their generation in undisputed world champions Kostya Tszyu (Russia- Junior Welterweight) and Vic Darchinyan (Armenia- Super Flyweight) adopt Australia and make their life here. A search through the record books shows a long and exhaustive list that also includes the class of world champions Johnny Famechon (France) and more recently Lovemore Ndou (South Africa) and Garry St. Clair (Guyana).

When examining such a topic it is important to look closely at the career and the contribution to their sport that each individual has made. Therefore it is entirely appropriate to commence this series with Former British Empire (Commonwealth) and European Heavyweight Champion Joe Bugner and rightfully recognise his position in this unique part in Australia’s rich boxing history.

Born József Kreul Bugner in Hungary in 1950, Bugner holds triple nationality and citizenship, holding passports with the United Kingdom, Australia and his native homeland of Hungary. To get a clear understanding of Bugner’s life it is necessary to understand the environment of Eastern Europe in the period following World War II. This section of the world was very unstable politically. With the advent of the Cold War, Hungary, along with a long list of Eastern European nations, fell to Communist Soviet (USSR) forces in 1956. This was the catalyst for the Bugner family  fleeing to safety  and seeking refuge in England.

Bugner’s professional career is remarkable in that it spans across an incredible four decades, commencing in England in 1967 and finally drawing to a close in Australia 32 years later in 1999. Bugner competed in an amazing 83 heavyweight contests, winning 69 (43 KOs). There was no indication that such longevity was on the cards when Bugner lost his first professional fight, courtesy of a 3rd round stoppage against mediocre Englishman Paul Brown. Brown only claimed two victories in a thirteen fight professional career, one being Bugner. For the sake of fairness it is only right to point out that Bugner twice avenged this early defeat by knocking out Brown in both rematches.

Following his knockout in his debut fight, Bugner had to make a choice on what path to take. Respond and continue with his dream of becoming a professional fighter or take up a trade position in industrial England. And respond he did. Demonstrating a major difference in approach to the often pampered professionals of the modern era, Bugner stepped into the ring an astonishing 33 times between 1968-70, for 32 victories and a narrow points decision loss. The defining fight in his career came early in 1971 when Bugner took on the beloved English icon Henry Cooper for the British Empire (Commonwealth) and European titles.

Cooper, who became famous for his 1963 bout with the legendary Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) where he had Clay in serious trouble, sprawled all over the canvas towards the end of Round 4. Legend has it that Clay only survived when trainer Angelo Dundee cut Clay’s glove between rounds giving the American valuable time to recover and stop Cooper on cuts in the fifth. In a fiercely contested title fight that went the full scheduled 15 rounds, Bugner was awarded a narrow and highly disputed points victory, sending Cooper into retirement. Following this victory, Bugner would feel the full brunt of English displeasure from here on, with many fight fans actively turning against the Hungarian-born fighter and his popularity at an all-time low.

When assessing Bugner’s standing in boxing it is important to have a sound knowledge of the history of the sport. Unlike today, where there are many soft belts given away and too many sanctioning bodies to count, the 1970s, when Bugner was at his best, basically had only the traditional WBA and the more recent breakaway WBC sanctioning world title fights.  Often regarded as the golden era of heavyweight boxing with champions of the ilk of three-time world undisputed world champion Muhammad Ali, “Smokin” Joe Frazier and the fearsome George Foreman reigning at various times, easy fights were often hard to find. Contrast this with the poor state of the heavyweight division today where quality contests and interest are at an all-time low. Bugner outlined his frustration at the current state of sanctioning belts to Sean Castle saying “that many of the fighters today with world title belts would not even have been in the Top 10 in the 1960s through to the 1980s. Fighters such as Bugner lament the fact that had they been born a generation late, the titles and the riches that go with them would have been there for the taking.

Bugner, who spent the best part of the 1970’s ranked in the Top 10, has a record that shows that he twice went the distance with Ali and also once with Frazier, getting up off the canvas in the 10th round against Smokin’ Joe to lose a tight decision. Bugner shared with Sean Castle that it incredibly took until his 59th professional fight for him to finally get his shot at the world championship. And the fight was against the greatest of all-time, Muhammad Ali. Coming up against Ali in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia in 1975, Bugner showed dogged tenacity to push the fighter widely recognised as the greatest of all-time to the full 15 rounds in a bout where Ali collected a then record purse of $2 million dollars. Bugner told Sean Castle that the conditions and environment of the fight meant that he had to arrive at the open air stadium in a bullet proof van as there was a credible assassination threat should Bugner defeat Ali, a Muslim, in an Islamic nation.

The period after the loss to Ali marked the decline in Bugner’s career as a legitimate threat to the world title. A lack of top quality opponents and motivation led to a series of retirements and sporadic comebacks throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s for the fighter dubbed by Ali as the best white fighter in the world. Bugner commented to Sean Castle that he relocated to Australia in 1986 for a new life and decided to give the fight game one final shot, adopting the moniker “Aussie Joe”, Bugner again set out on a journey with the hope of one last shot at glory. Beginning his “Aussie” career by defeating former WBA Heavyweight Champion Greg Page over 10 rounds, Bugner returned to his former home of England in 1987 to take on multiple Mike Tyson whipping boy and future WBC Champion Frank Bruno. This stoppage loss to Bruno at Tottenham Hotspur’s White Hart Lane in front of a large Bruno crowd again sent “Aussie Joe” into another retirement.

It was during the next period out of the ring that Bugner branched out into various other walks of life including acting in a variety of movies for Director Bud Spence, coupled with some other high-risk ventures such as the vineyard he bought and operated in Queensland. Its failure and the mounting debts that accompanied it and also inspired by George Foreman regaining the world heavyweight championship at age 45, led Bugner back into the ring in 1995, 8 years and 11 months since the Bruno fight. He shared with SeanCastle his belief if King George could do it, then so might he.

Highlighting his obvious international class and the lack of depth and quality in the Australian fight game, Bugner was able to capture the national championship in his return bout against Vince Cervi via a 12 round points decision. 1996 brought the regional Pan-Asian Boxing Association (PABA) title after knocking out big-punching Young Haumono in Canberra. Multiple Australian champions Colin Wilson and “Big” Bob Mirovic were on the receiving end of decision losses in 1998 as Bugner prepared for his match up against former world champion James “Bonecrusher” Smith for the lightly regarded World Boxing Foundation title. Smith’s retirement at the end of Round 1 due to a dislocated shoulder gave “Aussie Joe” a world title belt at the age of 48 before a final victory in 1999 against Levi Billups finally closed the curtain on an astonishing 32 year ring career.

Maybe if Bugner fought at his peak in another era then a genuine world title belt might be rightfully placed in his trophy cabinet. Nevertheless, as Australia pays due respect to its “imported” champions, it is appropriate to recognise the contribution and service of “Aussie” Joe Bugner to this great sport over such an extended period.

*Sean Castle is a trained historian and keen boxing fan. In this story he looks back at the career of “Aussie” Joe Bugner. If there is a topic or issue you would liked covered on his blog, email him at seancastle75@gmail.com – www.sean-castle.com

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Shahbazyan, Tarverdyan working towards making a dream come true UFC News

As Edmen Shahbazyan made his name in the amateur boxing world, winning at the PAL Tournament and the Desert Showdown and getting close to a berth in the 2016 Olympic trials, his coach, Edmond Tarverdyan, watched closely.Sure, Tarverdyan was the coach of UFC Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey and several other MMA notables, but he had also worked with former world boxing champion Vic Darchinyan and a host of hopefuls in the sweet science. So he saw the fast hands, the power, and the unlimited potential of Shahbazyan as a boxer, and he knew a path had to be chosen.“I asked Edmen what he wanted to … Read the Full Article Here from UFC News http://www.ufc.com/news/Shahbazyan-Tarverdyan-working-towards-making-a-dream-come-true

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Armenian boxers off to Tokyo

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Armenian boxers off to Tokyo

Armenian boxers Koryun Soghomnyan, Hovhannes Bachkov and Arman Darchinyan left for Japan last night along with coaches.

Hovhannes Bachkov (63 kg) will be the first of our boxers to enter the ring at the Olympic Games. According to the schedule, his first competition day is July 25.

Koryun Soghomonyan and Arman Darchinyan will have their first fights on July 26

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Shahbazyan, Tarverdyan working towards making a dream come true UFC News

As Edmen Shahbazyan made his name in the amateur boxing world, winning at the PAL Tournament and the Desert Showdown and getting close to a berth in the 2016 Olympic trials, his coach, Edmond Tarverdyan, watched closely.Sure, Tarverdyan was the coach of UFC Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey and several other MMA notables, but he had also worked with former world boxing champion Vic Darchinyan and a host of hopefuls in the sweet science. So he saw the fast hands, the power, and the unlimited potential of Shahbazyan as a boxer, and he knew a path had to be chosen.“I asked Edmen what he wanted to ... Read the Full Article Here from UFC News http://www.ufc.com/news/Shahbazyan-Tarverdyan-working-towards-making-a-dream-come-true

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World Boxing Super Series: The Best Tournament in Recent Boxing History?

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Published: September 08, 2017

The news world for the last few weeks has been primarily fixated on the massive hurricanes that hit Texas and will hit Florida this weekend. This week the boxing world begins its own storm of great fights in the month of September. In California, most of the boxing world will have its eyes set at the Stub Hub Center for the “SuperFly” super flyweight (115) card featuring five of the best super flyweights in the world. On the other side of the world in Germany, it will mark the beginning of an unprecedented boxing tournament highlighting two of boxing’s most overlooked divisions. It will feature the Cruiserweight (200) and Super Middleweight (168), divisions. 

The World Boxing Super Series when first announced was dismissed by many in the boxing world. It was thought to be a cheap way for former Golden Boy Promotions’ figurehead Richard Schaeffer to make his way back into a sport after a hiatus. Then the fighters were announced that would be fighting in the tournament. Now the tournament would be taken seriously by fans and pundits specifically the cruiserweight portion. The winner of the tournament if all goes well will be crowned by May 2018 and be given a large cash prize along with a Muhammad Ali Trophy. The tournament being single elimination gives each fight more meaning and that much more pressure for each combatant. 

At cruiserweight, you could not ask for a better list of fighters as it features all of the best fighters in the division sans Denis Lebedev (30-2, 22 KOs). On Saturday in Berlin, Germany the tournament favorite and current WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) will take on former cruiserweight kingpin Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs). Usyk was a successful amateur having won multiple European and World tournaments including a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympic games. 

The tournament in total it has the potential to be the best tournament in the history of the sport of boxing. With the tournament featuring outstanding match ups in its first round alone, the winner will undoubtedly be crowned as the best in the division. The same may not be able to be said about the super middleweight portion of the tournament.  However, the winner of that part of the tournament will certainly have the most momentum going against any other super middleweight. The tournaments biggest setback, however, has been its inability to get a consistent television provider for fans to watch in the United States. 

No. 1: Oleksandr Usyk, WBO champion – 12-0 (10 KO) vs. Marco Huck, 40-4-1 (27) No. 2: Murat Gassiev, IBF champion – 24-0 (17) vs. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, 53-3-1 (37) No. 3: Mairis Briedis, WBC champion – 22-0 (18) vs. Mike Perez, 22-2-1 (14) No. 4: Yunier Dorticos, WBA “regular” champion – 21-0 (20) vs. Dmitry Kudrayshov, 21-1 (21)

No. 1: George Groves, WBA champion – 26-3 (19 KO) vs. Jamie Cox, 24-0 (13 KO)  No. 2: Chris Eubank Jr. – 25-1 (19) vs. AvniYildrim, 16-0 (10) No. 3: Callum Smith – 22-0 (17) vs. Erik Skoglund, 26-0 (12) No. 4: Jurgen Brahmer  – 48-3 (35) vs. Rob Brant, 22-0 (15)

The World Boxing Super Series certainly has plenty of potential. Some of boxing's more recent tournaments featured the best a division had to offer. At the beginning of the century in a different era, there was Don King’s middleweight tournament. This tournament was also single elimination with the winner receiving a Sugar Ray Robinson Middleweight trophy along with three of the four major titles in the division.

The middleweight tournament was entirely put together as a way to promote one of boxing’s biggest stars at the time in Puerto Rico’s Felix “Tito” Trinidad (42-3, 35 KOs). Trinidad, at the time, was ranked as one of the best fighters in the world pound-for-pound having unified titles in two divisions (147,154) with 15 title defenses at welterweight. The middleweight division in 2001 was not one of boxing’s glamour divisions, and the tournament was used to spark more interest in the division and its fighters. 

The tournament would feature WBA middleweight champion William Joppy (40-7-2, 30 KOs) taking on Trinidad in his first middleweight bout. IBF middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins (55-8-2, 32 KOs) would take on WBC middleweight champion Keith Holmes (41-5, 25 KOs). Hopkins-Holmes ended up being a one-sided uneventful victory for Hopkins. Trinidad-Joppy on the other end of the spectrum was more of a coronation for Trinidad as he pummeled Joppy in a spectacular fifth-round stoppage that shook Madison Square Garden to the rafters. The Puerto Rican became the first fighter since ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard to win a middleweight title in his first fight in the division. Tito mania was in full effect as the hype train behind Trinidad was unprecedented bringing, even more, anticipation for his fight with Hopkins in the tournament finals. 

Hopkins-Trinidad took place on September 29, 2001, in Madison Square Garden, a few weeks after the attacks in New York on September 11th. It was the first major boxing event to take place since the attacks, and those circumstances made the fight that much more memorable. Even with Hopkins being the bigger man and the longstanding champion in the division with only one defense away from tying the middleweight record of 14 held by Carlos Monzon, Trinidad was the heavy favorite. That night in front of a packed crowd with almost exclusively Puerto Rican Trinidad fans, Hopkins put on one of the best performances of the era as he out boxed and stopped Trinidad in the 12th round. The victory for Hopkins’ is arguably still the best of his career and certainly his most important. To this day Hopkins has not received his trophy as it is rumored to have been inscribed with Trinidad’s name by Don King. 

Almost a decade after Hopkins’ proved to be the best middleweight of his era; the famed “Super Six World Boxing Classic” tournament took place. It featured the best super middleweights from all over the world. Unlike Don King’s middleweight tournament the ‘Super Six’ would not be single elimination and ultimately take over two years to crown a winner. The tournament would feature Andre Ward (32-0, 16 KOs), Carl Froch (33-2, 24 KOs), Andre Dirrell (26-2, 16 KOs), Jermain Taylor (33-4-1, 20 KOs), Mikkel Kessler (46-3, 35 KOs) and Arthur Abraham (46-5, 30 KOs). 

It may be hard to imagine now, but when the tournament started in 2009, Kessler and Abraham were the favorites to win. Ward was widely dismissed as having bitten off more than he can chew. During the tournament, Taylor and Dirrell were replaced with Allen Green (32-5, 22 KOs) and Glen Johnson (54-21-2, 37 KOs) due to injuries sustained in tournament bouts. Due to the tournament having replacements and using a round-robin points system the tournament seemed to drag. 

By the tournament’s end in December 2011 it had been over two years since it started. The finals of the tournament felt unexpected taking place in Atlantic City where Ward won a clear decision over Froch. The positive coming out of the tournament was the crowning of Ward who won each of his fights decisively after starting off as an afterthought. Froch had the most exciting fight of the “Super Six” against Kessler and would keep his momentum and popularity growing. The “Super Six” was an excellent concept put together by multiple promoters on the Showtime network. It was an event that could be used in many weight classes to crown undisputed champions. However, the overall length of the tournament would need to be adjusted for today’s generation. 

Showtime followed up the “Super Six” tournament by featuring another often-overlooked weight-class. This time they went down the weight scale to the Bantamweight (118) division. The tournament featured four of the best bantamweights in the world in Abner Mares (30-2-1, 15 KOs), Vic Darchinyan (43-9-1, 32 KOs), Yonnhy Perez (20-2-1, 14 KOs) and Joseph Agbeko (31-5, 23 KOs). The only bantamweights missing were Nonito Donaire (37-4, 24 KOs) and Anselmo Moreno (36-6-1, 12 KOs). Moreno would go on to face Darchinyan and Mares after the tournament was over.  Unlike the “Super Six,” the bantamweight tournament would follow Don King’s tournament format by being single elimination with three bouts. The bantamweight tournament started in December 2010 and ended at the end of 2011. Perez came into the tournament with the most familiarity with the other combatants as he had defeated Agbeko by decision in 2009 and fought to a draw against Mares in May 2010. The bantamweight tournament had no real favorite when it started as all four men had the capability of pulling off a victory against one another. 

The tournament started with Mares taking on Darchinyan and Perez facing Agbeko in a rematch. Mares-Darchinyan was an ugly bout filled with low blows and head butts that was as close as can be. Mares was down in the first round and was deducted a point in the fourth round. Darchinyan went down in the seventh round to tighten up the scorecards. In the end, Mares received a close split decision victory that could have been scored for either man. 

The rematch between Perez and Agbeko was completely different to their first bout where both men set records for punches thrown in the division as Agbeko out boxed Perez and won a clear unanimous decision. Unfortunately, the finals of the tournament between Mares and Agebko that took place in August 2010 almost became null and void because of a number of low blows thrown by Mares and the atrocious referring of Russell Mora. Even with Agbeko having to fight two men he did enough work for the bout to be scored a majority decision in favor of Mares. The tournament now had a winner in Mares and in winning Mares became a world champion for the first time in his career. However, little to no praise was heaped on him due to the controversial nature of the bout. However, Mares was able to rectify the fight in a rematch with Agebko in December 2011 where he won a wide unanimous decision in a bout where he decided to box from the outside. After the tournament, Mares was seen as one of the ten best fighters in the world for a while. A big fight with Donaire never came to fruition. Mares would go on to have ups and downs in his career with fights against Jhonny Gonzalez (64-10, 54 KOs) and Leo Santa Cruz (33-1-1, 18 KOs). 

As the World Boxing Super Series is set to begin some television deal hopefully in the U.S. can be made. By the end of the tournament, there should be an undisputed cruiserweight champion and a new star in the super middleweight division. The tournament will be unique with the winner potentially being able to earn at least $10 million. Whether it becomes the best tournament boxing has ever seen will be decided by what happens inside the ring. 

(Feature Photo: Mark Hermenau/World Boxing Super Series)

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Vic Darchinyan Vs Sergio Frias

Vic Darchinyan Vs Sergio Frias

Vic Darchinyan vs Sergio Frias

2016-07-16 : Vic Darchinyan 123 lbs lost to Sergio Frias 121¼ lbs by KO at 2:14 in round 2 of 8

Location: Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Referee: Keith Hughes

Judge: John Westeterp 10-9

Judge: Nola Oliver 10-9

Judge: Keith Thibadoux 10-9

Guadalajara super bantamweight Frias, in second appearance outside of Mexico, knocked out 40 year old ex-champ Darchinyan…