"In a special ceremony during the midst of the WBA medical seminar in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the WBA presented Antonio “Tony” Margarito with it's Super Championship belt. According to the rules of its bylaws, under special circumstances the organization can appoint its current world champion in a division as Super Champion, an accolade normally bestowed upon unified champions who hold the WBA belt along with any other. The WBA felt that Margarito met those conditions to merit the Super Champion status."
I have been so sick of these super, regular, interim champions for a while now..this just adds to the bad feelings :)
Yeah, yeah...Mrs. Scully, officially :) SCOTT99, you ever go to thefights at the Morongo????
No, those drives through Riverside to the desert are depressing. Now if I got my tix comped...:D
I read on the WBA's site that it was Lennox Lewis' idea to have super champs. And like somebody said in the other thread, they stripped him right after he won the goddamn thing. Funny. The WBC seems to get hated on the most but this shit wit WBA super champs is just ****in dumb. Like I said in the other thread tho, at least we likely won't see Marg fightin a pointless mandatory.
They really need to scrap this shit belts system and reduce the number of boxing bodies in the sport that would make It more enjoyable to watch easier to follow and could bring more fans into the sport.
I really hated that 'super' champion business but what can we do? That's boxing today.
Mayweather's going to come back and be the WBC's "Mega Champion"
"In a special ceremony during the midst of the WBA medical seminar in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the WBA presented Antonio “Tony” Margarito with it's Super Championship belt. According to the rules of its bylaws, under special circumstances the organization can appoint its current world champion in a division as Super Champion, an accolade normally bestowed upon unified champions who hold the WBA belt along with any other. The WBA felt that Margarito met those conditions to merit the Super Champion status."
I have been so sick of these super, regular, interim champions for a while now..this just adds to the bad feelings :)
This way the WBA can make two champions and collect two sanctioning fees.
17y ago
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