Do you consider pacquiao's 8th belt legitimate?

[treason1]

yes it is a legitamtae 8th title !!!

[supRa]

we all b!tch about it, its a ****** question.

[LMFAO]

Floyd will have to fight Roy Jones Jr, Bernard Hopkins, and pull Joe Calzaghe and Tito Trinidad from retirement, then weight drain them, dictate his terms to them, pump himself full of special ****tails and once he beats them then he can be as good as a Manny Pacquiao.

It would be "entertaining". The media would love it and be behind him 100%.

[Bushbaby]

Floyd will have to fight Roy Jones Jr, Bernard Hopkins, and pull Joe Calzaghe and Tito Trinidad from retirement, then weight drain them, dictate his terms to them, pump himself full of special ****tails and once he beats them then he can be as good as a Manny Pacquiao.

It would be "entertaining". The media would love it and be behind him 100%.

Everybody gotta admit that this made them LOL!!

[jrosales13]

Yes it has except the catchweight thing

Then it means it has never been done.

Pac is the first one to ever win a title that way.

[Dempsey-Roll]

meh. the 8th belt will only be legitimate to me if he defends it against a jmw

[pistol whip]

Then it means it has never been done.

Pac is the first one to ever win a title that way.

Why do you keep leaving at the part where I say that the catchweight is completely irrelevent and had no negative effect on the fight. For *** sake!

[jrosales13]

Why do you keep leaving at the part where I say that the catchweight is completely irrelevent and had no negative effect on the fight. For *** sake!

Because, he still didn't win it at the limit if it didn't hold any irrelevancy than fight him at the limit for fuck sakes.

[BlowMe!]

If so, why? was margarito a legitimate contender? does a catchweight of 150 give merit to it?

if not, do you think he should forfeit his belt?

the belt can't get any realer in terms of the weight class, the fight was held above 147, but 4 pounds short of the limit. But do I care? I can't say he didn't get the belt in the weight class, but I can dispute how he got it, ya dig it man? as far the contender, nah Margarito was not a contender at 154, but then again pac wasn't a contender above 135 when he fought oscar or Marquez wasn't a contender above 135 when he fought Mayweather, its just the way it was set up, atleast he didn't pull a 140lber to challenge for the 154 strap.

[paulf]

It doesn't really matter what we think about such issues, the sanctioning bodies give them to and take them from who they want.

Just look at the way the WBC forced Bradley to pick a title to defend and get stripped of the other. Why? Because they wanted Don Kings guy, Devon Alexander, to have the belt.

And look at Chavez jr. The reason they stripped Martinez in the first place was to try to give Chavez the 160lb title and have Martinez be the 154 champ. Martinez pulled the checkmate and chose to vacate the 154 and keep the 160 title, knowing that Chavez cant make 154.

That would mean if Chavez wants a WBC title, he'd have to fight Martinez for his strap, right?

Wrong. Instead, the WBC is going to "promote" Martinez to a "super champion" status, give him the WBC Super Champion 160lb belt, and give Chavez Jr the "regular" WBC 160 belt that belongs to Martinez.

Gotta love the **** these guys make up. Remember the Diamond Belt?

As for Pac, I would give him the respect of an 8-division champ if he had defended the title against Sergio Martinez, who is the real owner of that belt.

But I've come to expect very little from most boxers.