I told Jose Sulaiman on Twitter that it looks really bad that the WBC is stripping Timothy Bradley, who last defended his title in January, of their 140 pound belt and is sanctioning Erik Morales vs. Jorge Barrios for the title. This is what he responded:
"we understand it looks that way, we didn't strip him as it sounds. He's in court we want to help him without freezing the,,,division championship and we are giving him a fight back. keep things moving and a chance to retain it after the court trouble"
I support the WBC for stripping Bradley, Bradley has vacated the WBC before to avoid Devon Alexander and he barely ever fights and is tied up in a court dispute, Bradley has little respect for the WBC,
Its only fair that someone else is given the chance to fight for the WBC until Bradley comes out of retirement.
They usually give you a break after a while when you fight so many mandatories, unless they're looking for a reason to strip you like the WBC always does. He was loyal to them everytime they made him defend. Its pretty clear that nobody else ranked by them is taking the belt from him after what he did to Peterson, so no point in making him have to defend it as often. Otherwise they would have interferred with the Alexander fight.
yeah i suppose thats a fair point. Its such a fckin p1sstake that we cant see no.1 vs no.2 for all four belts. I hate this sh1t when it comes to big fights
it isnt the quality of the opposition Bradley ahs faced in his WBO mandatories, its the amount of time that has passed since the last mandatory. Thats why I could understand the WBO stripping him because of how little hes defended the beklt in the last 18 months (bear in mind itll be two years by the time he enxt defends it aswell)
Its that reason I dont understand the WBC stripping him for being inactive for 6 months after a unification fight
They usually give you a break after a while when you fight so many mandatories, unless they're looking for a reason to strip you like the WBC always does. He was loyal to them everytime they made him defend. Its pretty clear that nobody else ranked by them is taking the belt from him after what he did to Peterson, so no point in making him have to defend it as often. Otherwise they would have interferred with the Alexander fight.
Why the WBO? He's been loyally fighting all of their mandatories, Cherry, Campbell and Peterson. He's on good terms with them if anything.
If the disgusting WBC wants to do that, at least make the Morales-Berrios winner have to face Bradley next.
it isnt the quality of the opposition Bradley ahs faced in his WBO mandatories, its the amount of time that has passed since the last mandatory. Thats why I could understand the WBO stripping him because of how little hes defended the beklt in the last 18 months (bear in mind itll be two years by the time he enxt defends it aswell)
Its that reason I dont understand the WBC stripping him for being inactive for 6 months after a unification fight
Ridiculous in my opinion. Bradley doesnt deserve to be stripped even though I fancy Khan getting hold of another belt if possible.
Strip him of the WBO, not the WBC
Why the WBO? He's been loyally fighting all of their mandatories, Cherry, Campbell and Peterson. He's on good terms with them if anything.
If the disgusting WBC wants to do that, at least make the Morales-Berrios winner have to face Bradley for the full title next.
Ridiculous in my opinion. Bradley doesnt deserve to be stripped even though I fancy Khan getting hold of another belt if possible.
Strip him of the WBO, not the WBC
So in short....you stripped him.
What they did was create another title, kinda like the interim and Super belts that these organizations are handing out, and are watering down Bradley's distinction as champion, while giving Morales an easy fight for a worthless belt.
So basically they are " Stripping" him... Okay sulaiman.. And I guess they would hand it back to him when he returns sulaiman? Nah? Ok so he has to fight the winner to get his belt back? Nah? Oh he has to ok so he's definitely was stripped then, Ok amigos.
Wait wait so Morales vs Barrios is for the interim belt or they straight up stripped Bradley since this is news to me.
They are making him the "champion in recess",Morales and Barrios is for the regular wbc title.