Why is Floyd not vacating his WBC title?

[Fox McCloud]

dude, you must be talking about "Intercontinental" Like what Antonio Margarito just won beating Golden Johnson. There ARE NEVER two of the same Titles in ANY division. It ain't the same thing, homes! And I will say it AGAIN...THE World Boxing Council "DOES NOT" mandate you to fight the #1 Contender, unlike WBA, IBF, WBO sanctioning. If so, than just answer this, and keep it real.....

Why does The WBC Champ, Floyd Mayweather "NOT" fight any of his mandatory, #1 Contenders????. And dude, please don't use the "Ain't no money it" thing.

the floor is yours....

So apparantly you are unfamiliar with the term "interim".

An interim title is something awarded to a fighter when he is the #1 contender and the champion does not fight him for a period of time.

David Diaz, awarded the WBC lightweight interim title when Casamayor was inactive. It went on long enough that they upgraded Diaz to full champion and downgraded Casamayor to interim champion. Go to boxrec and check their last matches if you want proof. David's fight against Morales was for the WBC lightweight title. Joel's fight against Santa Cruz was for the WBC lightweight interim title.

In the heavyweight division, Sam Peter was given a WBC interim title because Maskaev has taken too long. He now can defend that, and will eventually get upgraded to full champion if Oleg does not fight him. Oleg is still the champion, but Sam holds a share of the championship.

So... that is proof that the WBC DOES force a fighter to fight his mandatories.

Case closed.

[eazy_mas]

most people think fights in boxing with lot of money are like street fight.

and the WBA and IBF do the same thing but the WBC is the big dog so it alway in the spot light.

the IBF president was in corruption charfes the WBA didnt inform Baldomir to pay which was said.

Anyway the WBC was alway the bigger belt

[Real Boxing Fan]

I tell you why. Because he isn't going to be retired for very long. When he won the Jr.middle WBC title, he vacated it almost immediately and Forrest-Baldo fought for the vacant title in a couple months because he knew he wouldn't fight there again.

It's now been a months and he is still the WBC champ. This tells you that he has a good relationship with the WBC. No accident he kept winning WBC titles weight class after weight class. Suliman knows that he will be back soon.

his relationship is so good with the wbc that they dont even rank margarito because mayweather fears him. i bet mayweather would vacate in 2 seconds if he looked at the rankings and saw margarito as the #1 contender that he should be.

[THE REED]

Floyd is the biggest star in the sport he can do whatever the hell he wants.

i like floyd but ur sig is a little ridiculous... hes got a long ways to go to be the best boxer ever... do your research on sugar ray robinson... people hear about ray robinson... but they dont really KNOW what hes done... your competition is what defines you

[*2TOUGH*]

I tell you why. Because he isn't going to be retired for very long. When he won the Jr.middle WBC title, he vacated it almost immediately and Forrest-Baldo fought for the vacant title in a couple months because he knew he wouldn't fight there again.

It's now been a months and he is still the WBC champ. This tells you that he has a good relationship with the WBC. No accident he kept winning WBC titles weight class after weight class. Suliman knows that he will be back soon.

THIS IS DIOS DOMINICANAS ALT.. BPP PLEASE BAN THIS FOOL. WHY IS HE ALLOUD ALTS?

[JHAVIS]

i like floyd but ur sig is a little ridiculous... hes got a long ways to go to be the best boxer ever... do your research on sugar ray robinson... people hear about ray robinson... but they dont really KNOW what hes done... your competition is what defines you

floyd is the biggest star in the sport of boxing now

[Fox McCloud]

THIS IS DIOS DOMINICANAS ALT.. BPP PLEASE BAN THIS FOOL. WHY IS HE ALLOUD ALTS?

Well, mostly because this isn't his alt.

Vladimir has been here a hell of a lot longer than just since Dios started getting banned.

[guzi815]

So apparantly you are unfamiliar with the term "interim".

An interim title is something awarded to a fighter when he is the #1 contender and the champion does not fight him for a period of time.

David Diaz, awarded the WBC lightweight interim title when Casamayor was inactive. It went on long enough that they upgraded Diaz to full champion and downgraded Casamayor to interim champion. Go to boxrec and check their last matches if you want proof. David's fight against Morales was for the WBC lightweight title. Joel's fight against Santa Cruz was for the WBC lightweight interim title.

In the heavyweight division, Sam Peter was given a WBC interim title because Maskaev has taken too long. He now can defend that, and will eventually get upgraded to full champion if Oleg does not fight him. Oleg is still the champion, but Sam holds a share of the championship.

So... that is proof that the WBC DOES force a fighter to fight his mandatories.

Case closed.

oh ok, cool man. So the Interim Champ is on stand by then? I always saw the word Interim as "In between", or a "pause" in something.

So tell me my brother,,,How come Floyd Mayweather is exempt from that then? >>> WBC Forces a fighter to fight his mandatories.

[Fox McCloud]

oh ok, cool man. So the Interim Champ is on stand by then? I always saw the word Interim as "In between", or a "pause" in something.

So tell me my brother,,,How come Floyd Mayweather is exempt from that then? >>> WBC Forces a fighter to fight his mandatories.

... because he hasn't had his title long enough that they would strip him for not facing his mandatories.

Just like Margarito waited almost two years (Floyd hasn't had his title for two years) to fight Williams, Floyd will be in the same boat when his time runs out to fight Berto.

You don't have to fight mandatories immediately.

This is why Hopkins had the IBF, WBA and WBC belts, and still found time to fight Oscar De La Hoya for his WBO belt (champions of rival organizations cannot be ranked in another organization's rankings).

[NeXt In Line]

Way I see it: Oscar and Cotto fight in May. The winner of that fight will fight Floyd, hopefully the fight is at 147, cause Oscar said he's moving down, then hopefully whoever wins will unify the belts with Floyd.