Comments Thread For: Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte - WBC "Union Belt" at Stake

[Bob]

Ffs, a wbcgb belt
Is it signing day tomorrow or 4 times! duck day tomorrow?

[Scopedog]

Had Whyte signed the contract yet? If not maybe they should have waited for that before commissioning the WBC fish and chips belt

[Nash out]

Great Nash knows his ****.

I'm quite interested because I actually researched quite a bit on Peter Maher. He was something like an 1890s Deontay Wilder. Not much for boxing but his contemporaries swore he hit harder than any man who lived. The belt I see in that picture looks rather old. To be honest is has more the look of a 20's belt than an 1800s belt, but, it looks pretty old. So's I scoots over to boxrec to see if this Irish belt is the BUI, it is. Next thing is, does the BUI claim Peter, they do. Getting more solid with whether or not that is Peter Maher's belt will take me sometime, but, I'm on it and thanks for that bud.

Marchegiano, the Great Nash decided to contact the Irish Boxing Union to get some info on this for you. This is their response.

Dear Nash,
In answer to your query, the current Irish title belt has remained more or less the same since the mid-nineteen-eighties.
It was specifically designed to represent the four provinces of Ireland with the centre-piece being the figure of Cu Chulainn/Setanta, which is the emblem of the Boxing Union of Ireland.We recently updated the design a little by having small Celtic designs put onto the green leather.
The reality is that there were so few Irish title bouts pre 1980, that the promoter of the title fight would commission a belt specifically for the occasion.
It is only since 1980, when the Boxing Union of Ireland was formed, that there has been any semblance of organised Irish Professional title bouts with the same belt being presented to the champion.
The rules regarding qualifying to fight for an Irish professional title have changed since Tyson Fury won the belt in Belfast against Martin Rogan. Fury surrendered his licence with the British Boxing Board of Control and took out an Irish licence in order to fight. However, one week later, he surrendered his Irish licence and rejoined the BBBofC. Today, a challenger must be the holder of an Irish licence for a minimum of 6 months prior to the date of the title bout. surrendering the licence while champion will result in the title being declared vacant.
Hopefully, this has gone some way to answering your queris.
Kind regards
Mel Christle SC
Chairman

[Marchegiano]

Jesus mother ****ing Christ…

Any chance of a WBG belt? We Be Griftin’?

I've never seen a comprehensive list. I think the fella I quoted was closest.

Would not be ****ing shocked at all.


we ain't the only ones laughing at this bull

[Marchegiano]

Marchegiano, the Great Nash decided to contact the Irish Boxing Union to get some info on this for you. This is their response.

Dear Nash,
In answer to your query, the current Irish title belt has remained more or less the same since the mid-nineteen-eighties.
It was specifically designed to represent the four provinces of Ireland with the centre-piece being the figure of Cu Chulainn/Setanta, which is the emblem of the Boxing Union of Ireland.We recently updated the design a little by having small Celtic designs put onto the green leather.
The reality is that there were so few Irish title bouts pre 1980, that the promoter of the title fight would commission a belt specifically for the occasion.
It is only since 1980, when the Boxing Union of Ireland was formed, that there has been any semblance of organised Irish Professional title bouts with the same belt being presented to the champion.
The rules regarding qualifying to fight for an Irish professional title have changed since Tyson Fury won the belt in Belfast against Martin Rogan. Fury surrendered his licence with the British Boxing Board of Control and took out an Irish licence in order to fight. However, one week later, he surrendered his Irish licence and rejoined the BBBofC. Today, a challenger must be the holder of an Irish licence for a minimum of 6 months prior to the date of the title bout. surrendering the licence while champion will result in the title being declared vacant.
Hopefully, this has gone some way to answering your queris.
Kind regards
Mel Christle SC
Chairman

Excellent, thanks bud.


I'll be making a thread for it soonish

[Rodtang]

Hahaha. I am a fan of Fury as well, I like all the top guys at heavyweight but this is so true. He just won't defend his belt, last time Wilder had to take him to court.

Im not a fan. But he's a good fighter. Its his antics that frustrate me, which is why I can't be bothered with him. I'd be so frustrated as a fan of his, as I'd be screaming for him to just fight. But to be fair, the heavyweight division is so slow these days, and at times I get so frustrated with the division as a whole.

[Rodtang]

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How did he blow the opportunity with Wladimir? Did he not fight him and beat him too?
Did he not fight Wilder and beat him twice and then a third time?

If Fury ducked Wladimir or Wilder, how is it that he fought both of them and beat them both?
He then destroys Wilder twice and arguably won the 1st fight.

What the heck kinda world are we living in?

Lol the point was in relation to title defences. He beat Wlad as a challenger, but didn't go through with the rematch which would have been his first defence. The first 2 Wilder fights, he was a challenger. And the third, it took for the court's to make happen, and that's his only defence so far. It was just a bit of tongue in cheek going around lol,

[P to the J]

I've never seen a comprehensive list. I think the fella I quoted was closest.

Would not be ****ing shocked at all.


we ain't the only ones laughing at this bull

Lol, right on

[JakeTheBoxer]

F.uck belts. Fury is top guy and Whyte is clearly top 10 guy. It is a good fight even without any belt.

[Ravensfan]

One of the most secure jobs in the world has to be the belt maker for all the adc boxing sanctioning organizations!