Treat the WBC like we did the WBA

Excellent article here. 100% with it. Fuck the WBC, anyone that supports them is not a fan of boxing. https://www.badlefthook.com/platform...xing-news-2021 'Loathe as I am to give them any sort of credit, Gilberto Mendoza and co. actually did start to clean up their acts. They vacated all of their interim titles and ordered their former recipients to face their respective “world” champions, while those divisions without interim titlists saw the “super” and world champions ordered to consolidate. There’s clearly still a lot of work to do, as seen in their continued dealings with Don King and the bizarre roadblocks they set up between Yordenis Ugas and Errol Spence Jr. before ultimately electing to let the fight proceed, but progress is progress. For what felt like the only time all year, collective anger proved sufficient to sway those in power. Now it’s time to channel that anger towards another worthy target. I loathe Mauricio Sulaiman more than almost any other figure in the sport of boxing. I can’t even muster up that sort of antipathy for King, who’s devolved into a mostly powerless sideshow villain at this point. Sulaiman’s complete lack of shame as he spews whatever BS is most convenient at the moment reminds me of nothing so much as Transmetropolitan’s Gary “The Smiler” Callahan, a sociopathic cretin whose craving for power far, far outstrips any potential desire to use it for the public good. The “Franchise” belt was non-transferrable until it wasn’t. “Bridgerweight,” which was totally named after a brave kid and not as a way to “bridge” the gap between cruiser and heavyweight, is absolutely necessary despite Oleksandr Usyk schooling Anthony Joshua. Purse bids have a maximum split of 70/30 unless they really don’t like the challenger. Champions must face a mandatory challenger once a year unless they decide to do it once every two years. What made Mendoza mildly tolerable was that he didn’t even try to justify half the crap he pulled; the WBA’s idiotic plans went from proposal to execution to aftermath without a peep beyond the occasional reality-divorced press relief. Heavyweight title fight between a washed-up cruiserweight and a guy whose last two opponents were a combined 4-44? Whatever. Dead guy in the rankings? Whatever. Sulaiman, on the other hand, is always ready with some patronizing garbage. Just look at the Oscar Valdez situation, where Sulaiman responded to Valdez failing a drug test by praising him, pointing out he’d never tested positive before, refusing to strip his title, and brushing off the test by claiming the substance he popped for wasn’t performance-enhancing. That was far from the first time he’s gone to bat for one of his personal favorite champions; Luis Nery, Julio Cesar Martinez, and Canelo Alvarez all pissed hot and got to keep their belts, but this might have been the most blatant bit of favoritism of all. Stop throwing him softballs. Stop letting him weasel his way out of the few hard questions he receives. Treat Sulaiman like what he is: a lying, self-aggrandizing fraud who somehow manages to stain a sport composed almost entirely of stains.'

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Why don't you just be your normal self when you're online? I bet you aren't such a bull****ter in the real world. https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/m..._time=time_all You can change your handle, but you can't hide. I am my normal self online. I didn't change my handle. Whatever account you linked to was an impostor. This is the only account I've ever had.

4y ago

WBC_WBA_IBF

Why don't you just be your normal self when you're online? I bet you aren't such a bull****ter in the real world. https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/m..._time=time_all I am my normal self online. I didn't change my handle. Whatever account you linked to was an impostor. This is the only account I've ever had.

4y ago

F_l_i_c_k_e_r

lol, so we all following suit with Gervonta Davis then? F.uck the belts is how he and his team operates. :lol1:

4y ago

M312

Yes, this is my only account. Why don't you just be your normal self when you're online? I bet you aren't such a bullshitter in the real world. https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/m..._time=time_all You can change your handle, but you can't hide.

4y ago

WBC_WBA_IBF

Not your only account is it? We've all seen the bumped threads. Yes, this is my only account.

4y ago

M312

lol you've been here less than a year and already have 33% as many posts as me and i've been here 15 years. Not your only account is it? We've all seen the bumped threads.

4y ago

WBC_WBA_IBF

There is no argument. You clearly have something missing in the real world. I will leave it there, as I've probably hit the nail on the head. lol you've been here less than a year and already have 33% as many posts as me and i've been here 15 years.

4y ago

M312

yes yes, if you can't counter my argument, attack me personally. i'm sure everyone will be fooled. you're definitely the first person on the internet to invent this tactic. There is no argument. You clearly have something missing in the real world. I will leave it there, as I've probably hit the nail on the head.

4y ago

WBC_WBA_IBF

So sad that you need attention this bad. The WBC suck balls. Get a life. yes yes, if you can't counter my argument, attack me personally. i'm sure everyone will be fooled. you're definitely the first person on the internet to invent this tactic.

4y ago

M312

It's a fact. The WBC is undefeated in heavyweight unifications. But the WBC has, by far, the strongest list of heavyweight champions. UK fanboys have decided to go back in time and pretend Stiverne wasn't a top opponent, but the truth is that he was regarded as the #2 heavyweight in the world at the time. So sad that you need attention this bad. The WBC suck balls. Get a life.

4y ago

YGriffith

The jump from light heavyweight to cruiserweight is too large. Super middleweight to light heavyweight is only 7 pounds. Why is the next jump TWENTY FIVE POUNDS?!? Cruiserweight was always 190 pounds and was only moved to 200 because heavyweights had gotten so large, but that made the jump to cruiserweight too big. It should return to 190. Meanwhile, the WBC champion is an incredibly skilled and agile 277 pound behemoth. If cruiserweight is going back to its original 190 limit, there absolutely should be a bridge between cruiserweight and heavyweight. 210 pound fighters shouldn't be forced to fight a 277 pound champion. Some of the lower divisions are only 3 pounds apart. There's no reason to complain about smaller heavyweights having a division where they can fight guys their own size. Most small heavyweights can cut weight if they want to fight someone their size, most cruiserweights cut to 200 anyways.

4y ago

Mammoth

Hi brother Hope you and the family doing all good in these bridgerweight times lol Lol same to you and yours :lol1:

4y ago

Obtuse

The WBC has two world champions in 1 out of 18 divisions. The WBA has two world champions in 10 out of 17 divisions. I'm an interim world champion in 3 WBA divisions :)

4y ago

SugarDeanCntly

WBC hardest belt to win, Usyk irrelevant to the bridgerweight convo. Wtf am I reading?

4y ago

WBC_WBA_IBF

It's a pointless fact. I can think of Lewis and Tyson (neither of whom are a good example of the the belt being the hardest to win). It barely happens, and it's nothing to do with an elevated status of the WBC Champion. The WBC has always been the most prestigious championship. It's the only organization that has NEVER had its heavyweight champion lose a unification fight. That's not a coincidence. The WBA and WBO heavyweight histories in particular are littered with weak champions who weren't as strong as the WBC champion. When the Klitschkos ruled, the better brother held the WBC. In the 90s when Bowe and Tyson ducked Lewis, it's because Lewis was WBC mandatory and they knew Lewis was more dangerous than anyone the other orgs could present. And now in modern times if Tyson Fury fights Usyk, the WBC will win again.

4y ago

Toffee

It's a fact. The WBC is undefeated in heavyweight unifications. It's a pointless fact. I can think of Lewis and Tyson (neither of whom are a good example of the the belt being the hardest to win). It barely happens, and it's nothing to do with an elevated status of the WBC Champion.

4y ago

WBC_WBA_IBF

Load of rubbish. It's a fact. The WBC is undefeated in heavyweight unifications. It's the fighter, not the belt. But the WBC has, by far, the strongest list of heavyweight champions. Wilder won it from Stiverne. Hardest to win? UK fanboys have decided to go back in time and pretend Stiverne wasn't a top opponent, but the truth is that he was regarded as the #2 heavyweight in the world at the time.

4y ago

WBC_WBA_IBF

Well, I couldn't disagree more. Usyk and Holyfield and Mike Tyson have shown that there is no need for brdgerweight. They haven't shown that at all. Usyk has never won the WBC heavyweight title and is completely irrelevant. Just because he beat Joshua doesn't mean he wouldn't get destroyed by Fury. Joshua was never good enough to win the WBC heavyweight title either. Mike Tyson knew he had NO CHANCE against WBC mandatory Lennox Lewis, because he was too big and too skilled, so Tyson vacated the WBC heavyweight title. Holyfield bulked up using tons of illegal steroids to have success at heavyweight, which lead to heart problems. Even with all of the steroids, he still couldn't handle the size of Lennox Lewis and Fury is even bigger than that. Even if once and a while there are smaller heavyweights who can compete with the WBC's biggest and baddest, you're forgetting about all of the fighters who stood no chance whatsoever and were never allowed to compete against guys their own size like everyone else gets to do.

4y ago

Toffee

Usyk didn't win the WBC belt, which is the hardest one to win. The WBC heavyweight champion has never lost a unification fight in the entirety of boxing history. Load of rubbish. It's the fighter, not the belt. Wilder won it from Stiverne. Hardest to win?

4y ago

ShoulderRoll

It's not a disruption at all. It's just Super Cruiserweight under a cute name, with anybody weighing under the Super Cruiserweight limit still allowed to compete at heavyweight if they want to. It's the first weight class they've added since Super Middleweight in 1990. It's not a big deal. Just makes things more fair for smaller heavyweights who don't want to give up 60 pounds. Many of whom are very talented fighters who would welcome the opportunity to compete against guys their own size. Well, I couldn't disagree more. Usyk and Holyfield and Mike Tyson have shown that there is no need for brdgerweight. If people want to make changes to favor smaller heavyweights then just bring back 15-round title fights.

4y ago