As you all know, there's a talk about a Valuev vs. Holyfield return bout.
Remember this. In the summer Holy wasn't rated by the WBA.
Then, he suddenly - after a year of inactivity - popped up as their #12 on their ratings.
Why? Because, according to the WBA rules, a fighter must be rated by the organization if he shall challenge for its "world" titles.
Even if Holy had beaten Valuev in their Dec. clash, I wouldn't have regarded him as the "oldest world heavy champ ever". Because this was only WBAssholes and Sauerland Promotion shit. It was the WBA heavy title (their "B" version, Chagaev still holds the "A") - and far, far from the World Heavyweight Title.
Calzaghe said: too many organizations, too many belts, the real champions get devaluated. In this case, Wlad Klitschko.
Having read this site for a while, I understand that the younger generation pay a lot more attention to what the alphabetic WB shit gangsters say than us older ones. If a guy conquer the WBConeheads or the IBFarts title, he is directly a legitimate 'world' champ in the youngsters' eyes.
Don't they learn anything in school today?