Comments Thread For: WBA's Farce Titles Tarnish The True Champions

[jjbj2]

Cotto has the World Boxing Board title aswell duh

Holy CRAP! I don't know what belt that is. Should a minor belt even worth considering in the same level as an official recognized belt?

[BostonGuy]

As boxing fans we should try to somehow combat this problem. We have a huge community of boxing fans, writers, fighters, et al here at Boxingscene and we should think of ways to leverage our numbers. Maybe we can start calling the WBA offices, or petition them, send emails, etc. These jokers need to be held accountable and we can at least put them on the spot and make them a little uncomfortable.

Here's their contact info:

Contact Us

CONTACT ADDRESSES WBA

PANAMA OFFICE

AV. AQUILINO DE LA GUARDIA & CALLE 47 OCEAN BUSINESS PLAZA, 14TH FLOOR, OFFICE 14-05
MARBELLA, PANAMA, PANAMA

PHONES: +507 340-6425 / 340-6426 / 340-6427 / 340-6428

E.mail: info@wbanews.com

Executive Vice President
Gilberto Mendoza, Jr.
gjmendoza@wbanews.com

Mobile +507 6480-5005

Rankings Chariman
Jose Oliver Gomez
joliverg@wbanews.com

Mobile +507 6614-0333

Operations
Julio Thyme
jthyme@wbanews.com

Mobile +507 6670-8545

VENEZUELA OFFICE

Centro Comercial Ciudad Turmero, Local 21, Piso 2, Calle Petión c/c Urdaneta -
Turmero 2115, Estado Aragua -Venezuela -
P.O. BOX 377 - Maracay 2101-Estado Aragua -Venezuela -
Phone: (0244) 663.15.84 / 663.33.47 - Fax: (0244) 663.31.77


Operations
Noryoli Gil
norygil@wbanews.com
norygil@cantv.net

Mobile +58 414 3441148

Treasury
Alberto Sarmiento
asarmiento@wbanews.com

Webmaster
webmaster@wbanews.com

[Medved]

As boxing fans we should try to somehow combat this problem. We have a huge community of boxing fans, writers, fighters, et al here at Boxingscene and we should think of ways to leverage our numbers. Maybe we can start calling the WBA offices, or petition them, send emails, etc. These jokers need to be held accountable and we can at least put them on the spot and make them a little uncomfortable.

Here's their contact info:

Contact Us

CONTACT ADDRESSES WBA

PANAMA OFFICE

AV. AQUILINO DE LA GUARDIA & CALLE 47 OCEAN BUSINESS PLAZA, 14TH FLOOR, OFFICE 14-05
MARBELLA, PANAMA, PANAMA

PHONES: +507 340-6425 / 340-6426 / 340-6427 / 340-6428

E.mail: info@wbanews.com

Executive Vice President
Gilberto Mendoza, Jr.
gjmendoza@wbanews.com

Mobile +507 6480-5005

Rankings Chariman
Jose Oliver Gomez
joliverg@wbanews.com

Mobile +507 6614-0333

Operations
Julio Thyme
jthyme@wbanews.com

Mobile +507 6670-8545

VENEZUELA OFFICE

Centro Comercial Ciudad Turmero, Local 21, Piso 2, Calle Petión c/c Urdaneta -
Turmero 2115, Estado Aragua -Venezuela -
P.O. BOX 377 - Maracay 2101-Estado Aragua -Venezuela -
Phone: (0244) 663.15.84 / 663.33.47 - Fax: (0244) 663.31.77


Operations
Noryoli Gil
norygil@wbanews.com
norygil@cantv.net

Mobile +58 414 3441148

Treasury
Alberto Sarmiento
asarmiento@wbanews.com

Webmaster
webmaster@wbanews.com

Isnt edgard living in Panama? We should start a BoxingScene collection and have him hire some south americans to give kisses in the WBA offices

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[Medved]

Look at this joke from its website:

[BostonGuy]

Isnt edgard living in Panama? We should start a BoxingScene collection and have him hire some south american soldiers to go blow* the WBA offices up.

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Reported for anarchy/ violence...

[Medved]

Reported for anarchy/ violence...

I wouldnt hurt a butterfly!
I was just joking

but seriously, WBA needs to be renamed Sauderland Boxing Authority.

[paulf]

This is why we need a national boxing commission. They could easily ban sanctioning bodies that declare more than one belt per weight class. The sanctioning bodies would get rid of the 2nd and 3rd class belts overnight.

[ShoulderRoll]

This is why we need a national boxing commission. They could easily ban sanctioning bodies that declare more than one belt per weight class. The sanctioning bodies would get rid of the 2nd and 3rd class belts overnight.

A national boxing commission is badly needed. Until then the Ring belt is the only one we should give respect and credence to, I guess.

[Steven Adams]

well.. once the media stops hyping these crap sanctioning bodies.

[edgarg]

You already do dude, just look for the lineal champions in each division. The lineal champ, is THE man in the division. It isn't a bout belts and politics, it's only about the best fighting the best.

If a division doesn't have a lineal champion, then for what ever reason the best fighters aren't fighters each other.

The following divisions don't have lineal champions, so no one fighter should be able to say that they are outright the best in the division:
Cruiserweight
Super middleweight
Junior middleweight
Junior welterweight
Junior Lightweight
Featherweight
Junior Featherweight
Bantamweight
Junior Bantamweight

It isn't a coincidence that in each of these divisions there is more than one fighter claiming they are the best in the division.

Welterweight and Heavyweight are the only divisions whereby an arguement could be made that the lineal champion are at least equals with the number one challenger. We all know Wlad and Vit won't fight (justifiably), and we all know Floyd and Manny should (a disgrace if they don't).

So I guess my point is, a lineal champion (who earns the right to be called by that name) will give a far clearer understanding of a singular "Champion" than a world champion, who gives up fees in order to be ranked, fight for and "own" a belt.

It isn't perfect, but it is a damn sight better than the alphabet soup nonsense.

The problem with this is that the BEST fighter in a division need NOT be the Lineal Champ. There have been dozens of examples of this.

As for being the RING Champion, I don't regard it as much more than "Oscar's Choice". The days when RING Magazine was the voice of world wide boxing are LONG GONE. Now it's just a business addition to the Golden Balls budding conglomerate. There aren't any boxing writers who are sufficiently expert, as there were when RING really meant something other than "news releases" and poorly compiled superficial facts.. Where are the Dan Daniels, the Nat Loubets etc?? Nat Fleischer is gone and is not coming back, even as another expert.