I love "the title", the belt...but this is also why I hate them...

[Hougigo]

Is this the real Iceman?

I know people online love to pick a alter ego and roll with it.

Are you the real KO.Da.Don?

[The Gambler1981]

It is what it is, at least Ward does not need that belt to get paid or for the status.

Still they don't follow their own rules evenly, but it is kind of surprising they would strip Ward for either of those guys because those guys are certainly not bringing in more money or prestige than Ward.

[Hougigo]

It is what it is, at least Ward does not need that belt to get paid or for the status.

Still they don't follow their own rules evenly, but it is kind of surprising they would strip Ward for either of those guys because those guys are certainly not bringing in more money or prestige than Ward.

Easier to have chavez fight one of them then Ward.... or not Ward at all for protection

[I Love Jesus!]

the whole title seen is a complete joke...

[The Gambler1981]

Easier to have chavez fight one of them then Ward.... or not Ward at all for protection

Indeed, good observation

[RedDevil5]

This will set up Ward vs Chavez ,which is the reason ward dosent care about being stripped its going to be his biggest pay day.

Ward KO5

[Weebler I]

It's also the WBC that's ranked Khan as #2 welterweight without a single fight at the weight and coming off two losses in three fights, iirc.

This kind of **** is exactly why people knocking the IBO is so ******. Just because it's not as old as the other belts doesn't mean it's not at least equally as valid. The IBO should be supported and the crooks pushed into bankruptcy.

Why the faith in the IBO?

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Is this the real Iceman?

I know people online love to pick a alter ego and roll with it.

Yes, I use my own name, been on and off this board quite a while now, many years...and I HATE THIS THING THE SANCTION BODIES are doing! Imagine if they have a fight in Vegas and they say, "OK, folks, right now at intermission we'd like to call up the reigning WBC 168 pound champion..." who are they going to call??

[Phenom]

I wish more of the type fighters didn't pay sanctioning fees they will just get stripped or "promoted" anyway

[elfag]

I have many friends within the WBC, including at least one very good buddy...I trained a WBC Champion...I grew up in boxing with this belt...and I have fighters I train who hope to still win one of them one day BUT, look, this is ridiculous and it is KILLING us, it is ruining the sport, it is ruining the term "CHAMPION"...It makes no sense whatsoever...the fact is that the men in charge of our sport are rarely men who truly LOVE our sport...they can say they do, they love boxing, etc etc..they are committed to the sport, etc etc...but no one who allows these things to happen can say they LOVE the sport...I hold no ill-will towards any fighter who jumps up and siezes an opportunity to win a title and make money but I just cannot accept or appreciate or recognize anyone on earth as a WBC 168 pound champ other than Andre Ward!! This sport needs former boxers/trainers in charge of it so some semblance of the history can be kept in tact.

April 17, 2013 "Marco Antonio Periban and Sakio Bika will fight for the vacant WBC super middleweight belt on June 8th in Carson, California. The two will have this opportunity because the WBC stripped Andre Ward while he was injured and gave him the silly title of emeritus champion. **********, and any other reasonably minded boxing fan will contiue to regard Ward as the true super middleweight champion of the world. In typical WBC racist fashion, Periban, a Mexican is getting the title opportunity despite being ranked lower than Britain's George Groves. Like Periban, the WBC is based in Mexico. According to the WBC's website, Periban said, “I have the chance of becoming world champion, I can’t afford missing this chance, I will train with American sparring partners and with heavyweight Mario Heredia under the supervision of my trainer Manuel Lopez. I will get to the fight in the best shape possible, Bika is a very skillful rival, but he doesn’t have much power, so I believe I can beat him and conquer this title in the name of Mexico."

Bro do you think the WBC President's yacht payments stop coming just because Andre Ward isnt fighting? Stop being such a selfish ****. No title fights equals no revenue equals yacht repossession.


Periban and Bika are going to get him that paper.