If Mayweather is the best why are there 4 Welterweight champions?

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  • vze2hhvj
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    #1

    If Mayweather is the best why are there 4 Welterweight champions?

    Carlos Quintana -WBO
    Floyd Mayweather Jr - WBC
    Kermit Cintron - IBF
    Miguel Angel Cotto - WBA
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    #2
    OK let's start this off. Zab had 3 of the 4 world championship belts. Lost to Baldomir who only payed sanctioning fees for the WBC belt. Fought Zab who only had the IBF belt and than vacated. So Floyd kept the WBC while the other two were vacated and Marg was left out of the mix. Something tells me you know this and have a hidden agenda though.

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    • Jim Jeffries
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      #3
      As I remember Floyd threw the IBF belt away (after beating Judah), rather than defend it.

      Also, if it don't make money, it don't make sense, and there's more money in fighting DLH again, just like there was more money in fighting Hatton than any of the 3 other WW belt holders.
      Last edited by Jim Jeffries; 02-18-2008, 09:03 PM.

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      • Fox McCloud
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        #4
        I'm guessing it is because there are four sanctioning bodies.

        You also forgot The Ring belt, which Floyd has.

        And, if he is not the best, who is better than him?

        Pacquiao? Because he represents 0/5 of the championship slots in the 130 division.

        I'll tell you a quick secret though... belts usually don't define greatness.

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        • JL FightFan
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          #5
          Ring don't compile list of alphabet titleholders. Nobody really cares.

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          • smifnwessun
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            #6
            who cares about a belt many bumshave gotten there hands on belts means nothing greatness is defined by a higher mark.

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            • deliveryman
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              #7
              Because boxing is the only sport where you can have more than "1 champion" because Title orgs need to milk fighters and collect all the sanctioning fees amongst other things they possibly can.

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              • niceguy45
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                #8
                all i know is floyd should be stripped from the WBC belt,
                is there any mandatory for floyd, wtf he seems to do what ever he wants,
                if he is gonna be active the WBC should make him fight his mandatory

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                • Mozza
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                  #9
                  How many of those punks have floored a 7 foot 2, 500 pound behemoth?

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                  • My Name Is...
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                    #10
                    IT SEEMS AS IF WE HAVE A FLOYD HATER!!

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