Sanctioning Bodies and Stripping of Titles?

[vallejoarmy]

We all know that Amir Khan wants to fight Juan Manuel Marquez if he wins tonight aganist Diaz. If JMM does win and makes a fight with Khan, why dosen't the WBA strip Khan of his title for not facing his mandatory Marcos Maidana? My real question is, what are the rules aganist title defenses, unifications, and stripping of titles for any sanctioning body? He already had a voluntary defense aganist Paulie Malingnaggi and its time for him to either unifiy with the other champions or defend aganist his mandatory, right? Thank you.

[Canelo Phresh]

I completely agree. Khan is a hack job. He needs to fight a legit welter weight and stop calling out light weights.

[Spray_resistant]

We all know that Amir Khan wants to fight Juan Manuel Marquez if he wins tonight aganist Diaz. If JMM does win and makes a fight with Khan, why dosen't the WBA strip Khan of his title for not facing his mandatory Marcos Maidana? My real question is, what are the rules aganist title defenses, unifications, and stripping of titles for any sanctioning body? He already had a voluntary defense aganist Paulie Malingnaggi and its time for him to either unifiy with the other champions or defend aganist his mandatory, right? Thank you.

They have rules but then just make up new ones for "special cases" to keep the belts on whoever they want. Having a belt doesn't mean as much these days and it is shameful how Khan is able to keep ducking Maidana and hold on to his..

[Mutchie6g]

What are the rules ?

We all know that Amir Khan wants to fight Juan Manuel Marquez if he wins tonight aganist Diaz. If JMM does win and makes a fight with Khan, why dosen't the WBA strip Khan of his title for not facing his mandatory Marcos Maidana? My real question is, what are the rules aganist title defenses, unifications, and stripping of titles for any sanctioning body? He already had a voluntary defense aganist Paulie Malingnaggi and its time for him to either unifiy with the other champions or defend aganist his mandatory, right? Thank you.

WHAT ARE THE RULES ?

HOW LONG IS IT BEFORE KHAN HAS TO FIGHT HIS MANDATORY ?

I KNOW KHAN HAS PAID HIM ONCE"maidana" TO LET HIM FIGHT MALIGNAGGI

but someone on here must know the rules ......HELP

[PittyPat]

One could ask the same about the WBA, IBF and IBO - Marquez hasn't defended those belts in 1.5 years. :laff2:

[purecyse]

and the ring title that manny pacquiao won from ricky hatton at 140! there are no more "rules." the sanctioning bodies seem to have a commission that decides what its champion should do next after reviewing his position in the sport, what fights are there for him and what fee money is there for them.

[MurderDeathKill]

We all know that Amir Khan wants to fight Juan Manuel Marquez if he wins tonight aganist Diaz. If JMM does win and makes a fight with Khan, why dosen't the WBA strip Khan of his title for not facing his mandatory Marcos Maidana? My real question is, what are the rules aganist title defenses, unifications, and stripping of titles for any sanctioning body? He already had a voluntary defense aganist Paulie Malingnaggi and its time for him to either unifiy with the other champions or defend aganist his mandatory, right? Thank you.

If the WBA is getting money, they might be content to let Khan do what the hell he wants. Sense don't always matter with the governing bodies. If Maidana is cleared to fight then Khan should definitely fight him, or at least somebody else at his weight class. Diaz or JMM would be fine if both hadn't flopped above 135, but they did flop, so Khan is gonna lose some credibility over this. I wouldn't mind seeing him get stripped, but no guarantee he does.

[-PANDA-]

One could ask the same about the WBA, IBF and IBO - Marquez hasn't defended those belts in 1.5 years. :laff2:

marquez never had the ibf and ibo titles

hes the wba/wbo/lineal champ

[vallejoarmy]

Yeah, belts don't mean much as they did in the past, though I still enjoy watching title fights. So in the end, there are no rule enforcement aganist title defenses and getting stripped. It's a damn shame.

[Real King Kong]

]If the WBA is getting money,[/B] they might be content to let Khan do what the hell he wants. Sense don't always matter with the governing bodies. If Maidana is cleared to fight then Khan should definitely fight him, or at least somebody else at his weight class. Diaz or JMM would be fine if both hadn't flopped above 135, but they did flop, so Khan is gonna lose some credibility over this. I wouldn't mind seeing him get stripped, but no guarantee he does.

i'm pretty sure the sanctioning fees they collect are a percentage of the purse. for them it makes more sense to have the title with a bigger money fighter...which seems to be the direction khan is headed.