In the inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series, 16 elite fighters – eight Super-middleweights and Eight Cruiserweights – will battle out a bracket-style elimination tournament. In both divisions, there will be four quarter-finals (September / October 2017), two semi-finals (early 2018) and one final (May 2018), making for a total of 14 high-class fights.
Super Middleweight WBSS Shortlist Juergen Braehmer, Germany – 48-3, 35 Kos George Groves, England – WBA International Champion 26-3 Erik Skoglund, Sweden – IBF #4 (at Light Heavyweight) 26-0 Jamie Cox, England - 22-0
Cruiserweight WBSS Shortlist Oleksandr Usyk, Ukraine – WBO World Champion 12-0, 10 KOs Murtat Gassiev, Russia - IBF Champion 24-0 (1 NC) Meiris Breidis, Latvia - WBC Champion 22-0 Yunier Dorticos, Cuba - WBA #1 21-0 Marco Huck, Germany – WBC #2 40-4-1 Former WBO Champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Poland, Ex-World Champion IBF and WBC - IBF #1 53-3-1