Why is the recognized Middleweight Champion fighting contender level opposition?

[BrendanWoodside]

mandatories hmm. well that **** sucks and it's gonna continue to suck if it keeps up like this. you mean to tell me that the WBO and WBC haven't elevated him to super champ status. if not, they (Pavlik's people) need to request it so he can fight some real competition.

Then he would have to fight the regular champ. The alphabet soup belts and organizations blow donkey **** in my book

[Pullcounter]

First Marco Antonio Rubio and now Sergio Mora? Really? Come on, will this crap be on Arum's ****ty PPV too? OK Kelly, we understand that you got beat the hell up by B-Hop, but you're still the recognized Middleweight Champion of the world. And before the B-Hop fight, in which the Middleweight Championship was not at stake, he fought Gary Lockett! Come on man, the fans deserve better than this.

yeah... this is a poor development... but i have to blame arum for making this fight.

[MANGLER]

Nothin else for him if the AA fight ain't happenin, and Pavlik's team don't seem to have really pressed it. Disappointin as hell.

[El Chicano]

Think of it this way, we might finally get the chance to see Mora get KTFO.

Well that's true, look on the bright side I guess.

[El Chicano]

Now that I think about it, the Middleweight division is pretty damn weak, but Mora................, COME ON

[dstew]

Mora ducked Taylor but signed on to fight Pavlik? Hmm...

Either he grew a pair, or Forrest hit him in the head one too many times.

I'm guessing though that Mora sees this as his lost shot at a payday. If he's lucky, he'll live long enough to get the check.

[The Gambler1981]

Because after the top 3 guys maybe 4 the division is Charmin soft?

Pavlik Abraham is the fight for the crown (Sturm is also a solid opponent) but those fights are hard to make, Pavlik has a name in the but Abraham has not much name recognition. Arthur is not going to come to the US for short money (which is in his right) to face Pavlik. I would imagine the same with Sturm. Arum has no interest of sending Pavlik to Germany to fight either, so it is kind of a stalemate currently, so Pavlik has to fight someone until things for a better fight come together.

It takes times for big fights to build and come together.

[Cadillac Man]

Arum is protecting his cash cow...The Mora fight is a joke plain an simple.

[Mr. Fantastic]

First Marco Antonio Rubio and now Sergio Mora? Really? Come on, will this crap be on Arum's ****ty PPV too? OK Kelly, we understand that you got beat the hell up by B-Hop, but you're still the recognized Middleweight Champion of the world. And before the B-Hop fight, in which the Middleweight Championship was not at stake, he fought Gary Lockett! Come on man, the fans deserve better than this.

And people say European fighters are protected lol.