Kalle Sauerland Talks Possible Weight Classes For WBSS Season 2

With the announcement of a bantamweight tournament for the next season of the World Boxing Super Series, there is speculation as to what weight class the other two tournaments will take place. Kalle Sauerland might have dropped a major hint regarding the next tournament announcement.  

In an interview with IFL TV, Sauerland said he would expect one of the two tournaments to take place at middleweight or above, but Sauerland ruled out a tournament at middleweight and heavyweight for the second season of the World Boxing Super Series. This would leave a light heavyweight tournament or a second cruiserweight tournament to be the weight classes remaining that Sauerland would refer to as a big weight.

“Yeah I would expect at least one weight above middleweight. We have the big weights, middleweight and above, and you got the smaller weights. I won’t do heavyweight, I would love to do heavyweight. I would never rule out anything. Cruisers part two is exciting, light heavies is exciting, super middleweights, I think it might take another year to get some new faces in. Middleweights you have to rule out because of Canelo and Golovkin are sorta the middleweight division at the moment and Billy Joe Saunders as well and you need at least two of those three. That ain’t going to work. You can’t compete with an HBO pay-per-view [for September 15],” Sauerland said.

The World Boxing Super Series announced the bantamweight tournament on May 9 and that there would a total of three tournaments for the second season. It is being widely reported that one of the tournaments for season two is a super lightweight tournament.