The World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) is a professional boxing tournament organised by Comosa AG.
29-464: WBSS may refer to: World Boxing Super Series , a professional boxing tournament WBSS (AM) , a radio station (1490 AM) licensed to Pleasantville, New Jersey, United States WDBF-FM , a radio station (106.3 FM) licensed to Mount Union, Pennsylvania, United States, which used the call sign WBSS from 2008 to 2009 WENJ , a radio station (97.3 FM) licensed to Millville, New Jersey, United States, which used
58-524: A German-style casino. The initial casino opened in La Condamine in 1862, but was unsuccessful. It relocated several times, before reaching its present location in the "Les Spélugues" (The Caves) area of Monte Carlo. Success came slowly, largely because Monaco was inaccessible from much of Europe. The railway, installed in 1868, brought with it an influx of people, and Monte Carlo grew in wealth. Saint-Charles Church on Monte Carlo's Avenue Sainte-Charles
87-527: A draft gala in Monte Carlo and Moscow , Russia to publicly announce all tournament participants and determine the draw. During the gala, the four top seeds select their quarter-final opponents from the four unseeded boxers in a live TV show. In addition to the three judges customary in pro boxing, the World Boxing Super Series will be an additional fourth judge whose scorecard will be used if
116-410: A majority of scorecards in the preceding round. If neither boxer won the penultimate round on at least a majority of the three official scorecards, each preceding round's scorecards will be examined until a round where one boxer was declared the winner of that round on a majority of the three official scorecards. The WBC intends to award the champions its commemorative Diamond title . Additionally,
145-498: A performance by Sarah Bernhardt dressed as a nymph. The first opera performed there was Robert Planquette 's Le Chevalier Gaston on 8 February 1879, and that was followed by three more in the first season. Other famous twentieth-century singers to appear at Monte Carlo included Titta Ruffo , Geraldine Farrar , Mary Garden , Tito Schipa , Beniamino Gigli , Claudia Muzio , Georges Thill , and Lily Pons . The Hôtel de Paris, established in 1864 by Charles III of Monaco ,
174-822: Is a popular tax haven for many tennis professionals and home to many active and retired athletes. Monte Carlo is host to most of the Circuit de Monaco , on which the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix takes place. It also hosts world championship boxing bouts, the European Poker Tour Grand Final and the World Backgammon Championship as well as the Monaco International Auto Show (Fr: Salon International de l'Automobile de Monaco ), fashion shows and other events. Although
203-559: Is an official administrative area of Monaco , specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is located. Informally, the name also refers to a larger district, the Monte Carlo Quarter (corresponding to the former municipality of Monte Carlo), which besides Monte Carlo/Spélugues also includes the wards of La Rousse/Saint Roman , Larvotto/Bas Moulins and Saint Michel . The permanent population of
232-526: Is considered the first major professional boxing tournament attempt since the Super Six World Boxing Classic , which took place from 2009 to 2011. The first season of tournament was held from 2017 to 2018 at two weight classes : cruiserweight and super middleweight . The inaugural tournament started in September 2017 and finished with two finals in the summer of 2018. With the tournament,
261-566: Is divided into 9 wards, which are grouped into 4 quartiers. The quarter of Monte Carlo was served by tramways from 1898 to 1931. It linked all parts of Monaco ( see transportation in Monaco ). In 2003 a new cruise ship pier was completed in the harbour at Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo has an area of 28.14 hectares (or 0.28 square kilometers ) and faces the Mediterranean Sea , bordered to the west by Ravin de Sainte-Dévote and La Condamine, and to
290-751: Is located on the west side of the Place du Casino in the heart of Monte Carlo. It belongs to the Société des bains de mer de Monaco (SBM), and is part of the elite Palace Grand Hotels in Monaco with the Hotel Hermitage , the Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel , Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort , the Hotel Metropole and Fairmont hotel. The hotel has 106 rooms divided into four groups based on type of view, decoration and luxury. The Exclusive City View offers 20 rooms,
319-635: The Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament is billed as taking place in the community, its actual location is in the adjacent French commune of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin . The Monte Carlo Rally is one of the longest running and most respected car rallies ; from 1973 to 2008 and again from 2012, it marks the start of World Rally Championship season, having also served as the curtain-raiser for the Intercontinental Rally Challenge between 2009 and 2011. The rally, however, takes place outside
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#1732883935185348-554: The Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort . At the quarter's eastern border, one crosses into the French town of Beausoleil (sometimes referred to as Monte-Carlo-Supérieur), and 8 kilometres (5 mi) to its east is the western border of Italy . In 1856, Charles III of Monaco granted a concession to Napoleon Langlois and Albert Aubert , to establish a sea-bathing facility for the treatment of various diseases, and to build
377-696: The Prince's Palace , all of which are in Monaco-Ville . The Opéra de Monte-Carlo or Salle Garnier was built to designs of the architect Charles Garnier , who also designed the Paris opera house now known as the Palais Garnier . Although much smaller, the Salle Garnier is very similar in style with decorations in red and gold, and frescoes and sculptures all around the auditorium. It was inaugurated on 25 January 1879 with
406-602: The gambling center ... that has made Monte Carlo an international byword for the extravagant display and reckless dispersal of wealth". It is also the location of the Hôtel de Paris , Café de Paris and Salle Garnier (the casino theatre which is the home of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo ). The quarter's eastern part includes the community of Larvotto with Monaco's only public beach, as well as its new convention center (the Grimaldi Forum ), and
435-576: The Monte Carlo quarter and is run mostly on French roads. Monte Carlo has been visited by royalty as well as the public and movie stars for decades. Monte Carlo is one of Europe's leading tourist resorts , although many of the key tourist destinations are in other parts of Monaco, including such attractions as Monaco Cathedral , the Napoleon Museum , the Oceanographic Museum and aquarium, and
464-600: The Superior Courtyard has 29 large rooms, the Exclusive Sea View 59 and the Exclusive Casino has six. Additionally, there are 74 suites and junior suites which are grouped similarly, offering more luxury than the rooms. There are single and double suites as well as courtyard junior suites and Sea/Casino Junior suites. There is also one Presidential suite. In October 2014, a renovation project began, to create
493-423: The call sign WBSS-FM from 1988 to 2002 WTPA (AM) , a radio station (980 AM) licensed to Pompano Beach, Florida, United States, which used the call sign WBSS from 1982 to 1986 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with the same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
522-523: The champion from each weight class taking the Muhammad Ali Trophy, named after the former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali , and sharing a total prize fund of U.S. $ 50 million, with winner of each tournament receiving U.S. $ 10 million These tournaments are a joint venture between Sauerland Promotions and Richard Schaefer under the Comosa AG banner. The total prize money is $ 50 million. This
551-479: The cruiserweight division crowned its first undisputed champion since 2006. At a press conference in London on 9 May 2018, a second season was announced, which took place from 2018 to 2019. Bantamweight and light welterweight was confirmed as two of the three weight classes involved. The third weight class was later revealed to be cruiserweight, following the 2017-18 tournament in that division. The third season
580-439: The east by La Rousse and Larvotto. Monte Carlo has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification : Csa), which is influenced by oceanic climate and humid subtropical climate . As a result, it has warm, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. Monte Carlo is home to an ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament during the clay court season usually played during the end of March through mid to late April. Monte Carlo
609-490: The four-belt era. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the World Boxing Super Series decided to launch a special ‘eWBSS Heavyweight Legends’ tournament to provide some much-needed relief and entertainment for fight fans around the world. The fights were simulated on EA Sports ' Fight Night Champion ' video game and feature 8 of the most recognisable heavyweight’s from history. The quarterfinals took place between 23 and 26 March. It
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#1732883935185638-482: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WBSS&oldid=1074399380 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages World Boxing Super Series Each weight class features eight boxers competing in an annual knockout competition with
667-419: The main three judges deliver a draw result. The fourth judge can also come into play in the event that a tournament fight ends in a no contest or a no-decision and the three official scorecards do not determine a winner. In addition, if a fight remains a draw even after adding the fourth judge's scorecard to those of the three official judges, the series will use a countback method to determine who advances in
696-449: The tournament. The countback is a sudden-death method of scoring using the three official judges' scorecards to determine who advances. Beginning with the scorecards for the 12th or last round that occurred, the boxer who won that particular round on at least two of the three scorecards will advance. If the bout was scored evenly in the 12th round or the last round that occurred, the advancing boxer will then be determined by who won at least
725-535: The ward of Monte Carlo is about 3,500, while that of the quarter is about 15,000. Monaco has four traditional quarters. From west to east they are: Fontvieille (the newest), Monaco-Ville (the oldest), La Condamine , and Monte Carlo. Monte Carlo is situated on a prominent escarpment at the base of the Maritime Alps along the French Riviera . Near the quarter's western end is the "world-famous Place du Casino,
754-508: The winners will receive the Muhammad Ali Trophy. Due to the 'bracket style' nature of the tournament, the winner of each tournament could claim all world titles in the field. Oleksandr Usyk , the winner of the 2018 cruiserweight tournament, unified the WBO , IBF , WBC and WBA cruiserweight titles and became the first cruiserweight undisputed champion in over a decade, and the first in
783-462: Was announced in June 2021, with a single tournament for women's super featherweight boxers. All WBA , WBC , WBO , and IBF world champions were eligible to participate in the tournament, as well as all top 15 world-ranked contenders by each of the 4 sanctioning bodies. Comosa AG contracted eight available fighters per weight class, as well as a few potential back-ups. In both seasons Comosa has staged
812-475: Was completed in 1883. It was restored in its centenary year. The municipality of Monte Carlo was created in 1911, when the constitution divided the principality of Monaco into three municipalities. Monte Carlo encompassed the existing neighborhoods of La Rousse/Saint Roman, Larvotto/Bas Moulins, and Saint Michel. The municipalities merged in 1917, after accusations that the government used them to "divide and conquer". Since then, they became wards . Today, Monaco
841-980: Was later announced Sonny Liston would replace Joe Frazier as Muhammad Ali's semifinalist opponent. The semifinals took place on 27 and 28 March. The final took place on 29 March. A ‘eWBSS Middleweight Legends’ tournament was announced on 29 March 2020. The quarterfinals took place between 30 March and 2 April. It was later announced Jake LaMotta would replace Marvin Hagler as Sugar Ray Robinson's semifinalist opponent. The semifinals took place on 3 and 4 April. The final took place on 5 April. Monte Carlo Monte Carlo ( / ˌ m ɒ n t i ˈ k ɑːr l oʊ / MON -tee KAR -loh , Italian: [ˈmonte ˈkarlo] ; French : Monte-Carlo , French: [mɔ̃te kaʁlo] ; or colloquially Monte-Carl , French: [mɔ̃te kaʁl] ; Monégasque : Munte Carlu , Ligurian: [ˈmuŋte ˈkaɾlu] ; lit. ' Mount Charles ' )
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