Sulaiman Takes Aim at The WBA Over Multiple Titles
By Mark Vester
How sick are people of the WBA? Even other sanctioning bodies are no longer staying quiet and going after the WBA for having multiple champions at the same weight. Mauricio Sulaiman, executive secretary to the WBC, says the WBA is hurting the entire sport as a whole with their decisions to have a super, regular and interim champion in several weight divisions. The WBA's decision confuses everyone. It all comes down to money and the WBA gets to tax three fighters at any single weight instead of one. Sulaiman says the number of titles in every division need to be reduced because the belts won't hold as much power with organizations such as the WBA just pumping out titles to everyone.
Sulaiman says the fighters are also being cheated because the WBA is making each fighter feels as if he is "the WBA champion" at the weight. One example he focuses on in particular is the lightweight division, where Juan Manuel Marquez is the WBA's super champion, Paulus Moses is the WBA's regular champion and the winner of Urbano Antillon vs. Miguel Acosta on July 25 becomes the WBA's interim champion. He feels that all three fighters, and the fans, are being cheated by having three WBA champions at the weight.
"It's a shame that we are reaching a point where people are being deceived and so are the boxers. The bad news is the promoters who are playing the game [with the WBA] and the fighters have no choice but to follow," said Sulaiman.
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