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  • Mammoth
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    #1

    The WBA regular title...

    Is meaningless. It's being discussed because it's on the line in the Tank-Barrios fight and we all know the real Champion at 140 is Josh Taylor. I personally don't have a big problem with it, it's only there to get more sanctioning fees and promotional companies use them to market fights they want in order to to make them appear more important than what they are. It won't make Tank a 3 division champion and it didn't make Golovkin tie Hopkin's record. I don't see why some get up in arms over it but they are worthless trinkets.

    Do you guys have strong feelings about them one way or another? Do you think they should they be eliminated?
    Last edited by Mammoth; 06-23-2021, 02:13 AM.
  • BoxingIsGreat
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    #2
    Originally posted by Mammoth
    Is meaningless. It's being discussed because it's on the line in the Tank-Barrios fight and we all know the real Champion at 140 is Josh Taylor. I personally don't have a big problem with it, it's only there to get more sanctioning fees and promotional companies use them to market fights they want in order to to make them appear more important than what they are. It won't make Tank a 3 division champion and it didn't make Golovkin tie Hopkin's record. I don't see why some get up in arms over it but they are worthless trinkets.

    Do you guys have strong feelings about them one way or another? Do you think they should they be eliminated?
    I value belts next to toilet papers. However, if someone likes them, Davis doesn't, from what I've seen so far. He says nothing about them unless coached to say a word or two about them. Maybe that's why I'm still his fan. I despise all belts equally.

    One thing the WBA regular can do is order Taylor to fight Davis.
    Last edited by BoxingIsGreat; 06-23-2021, 02:39 AM.

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    • pacphobia
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      #3
      Tank-Barrios winner will be promoted to Super champ automatically once Taylor moved up to 147

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      • BoxingIsGreat
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        #4
        Originally posted by pacphobia
        Tank-Barrios winner will be promoted to Super champ automatically once Taylor moved up to 147
        Taylor will be a deer in a headlight against Crawford. Davis would destroy him. I'd rather Taylor stay put at 140.

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        • BoxingIsGreat
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          #5
          Taylor is cornered. Up is Crawford, down is Davis, if Taylor has the balls. In the meantime, he can fight his next UK mandatory bum that I never heard of.
          Last edited by BoxingIsGreat; 06-23-2021, 03:38 AM.

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          • Clegg
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            #6
            WBA regular=PBC belt. The PBC fighters just get a new one made for them whenever they want to avoid a legit threat. It increases the number of cherry pick fights and makes it easier for somebody like Tank to never face the best

            Originally posted by BoxingIsGreat
            Taylor is cornered. Up is Crawford, down is Davis, if Taylor has the balls. In the meantime, he can fight his next UK mandatory bum that I never heard of.
            ^^^ In this guy's head, Taylor is actually ducking Tank

            You can put this in your sig, if Tank tries to enforce the mandatory vs Taylor after this, I'll paypal you $100. It's not even a bet as you don't have to do anything when proven wrong, I'm happy to commit to giving away the money as I know there's 0% chance Tank wants the fight. How the hell is a Tank fan questioning the balls of a undisputed champion? Bizarre. Tank loves the meaningless WBA trinkets but not facing the real champ, didn't even have the balls to face Machado he had to bribe the WBA to give him the belt instead.

            Do you mean like Tank was cornered because of all the talent at 135 so he went down to 130 to fight a featherweight and now is going up to 140 for a guy who won a vacant paper title by robbery? It's bad enough he ran out of the hottest division in boxing, but now he's in a weaker division can he not just fight one of the top guys for once? He young doe lol...

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            • BoxingIsGreat
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              #7
              Originally posted by Clegg
              WBA regular=PBC belt. The PBC fighters just get a new one made for them whenever they want to avoid a legit threat. It increases the number of cherry pick fights and makes it easier for somebody like Tank to never face the best



              ^^^ In this guy's head, Taylor is actually ducking Tank

              You can put this in your sig, if Tank tries to enforce the mandatory vs Taylor after this, I'll paypal you $100. It's not even a bet as you don't have to do anything when proven wrong, I'm happy to commit to giving away the money as I know there's 0% chance Tank wants the fight. How the hell is a Tank fan questioning the balls of a undisputed champion? Bizarre. Tank loves the meaningless WBA trinkets but not facing the real champ, didn't even have the balls to face Machado he had to bribe the WBA to give him the belt instead.

              Do you mean like Tank was cornered because of all the talent at 135 so he went down to 130 to fight a featherweight and now is going up to 140 for a guy who won a vacant paper title by robbery? It's bad enough he ran out of the hottest division in boxing, but now he's in a weaker division can he not just fight one of the top guys for once? He young doe lol...
              It sounds like you are crying. I rate Taylor C+. Nothing to see there honestly. Screw the belts.

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              • BoxingIsGreat
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                #8
                Ryan Garcia bitched out and retired, Lopez is MIA, and Haney is Haney. I don't get the 135 critique. Barrios is a better challenge. Enjoy.

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                • YoungManRumble
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                  #9
                  There are 4 sanctioning bodies so therefore there should only be 4 world titles at most per weight class. Excluding Ring Title of course as it's different obviously. Pearl, gold, silver, diamond, regular etc. Throw them all in the bin.

                  These crooks are scamming the public by purposefully trying to confuse them (Look at the comments in the first All Access Barrios Davis video) and conning fighters out of extra unnecessary sanctioning fees. Does some belt on the line actually make the general public care more about a fight between some guy they've heard of and some unknown tall Hispanic American kid? I'm generally curious as the people setting this all up seem to think so.

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                  • Nash out
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by BoxingIsGreat

                    Taylor will be a deer in a headlight against Crawford. Davis would destroy him. I'd rather Taylor stay put at 140.
                    I agree with you here, but if Taylor moves up and seeks out Crawford straight away, I'd certainly admire that ambition, and willingness to take on the challenge. So many boxers shy away from the hardest fights, Taylor seeks them out.

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