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Why are people keep saying Ward cleaned out his division?Did i somehow miss Ward vs Bute?Bute was the IBF 168 pound champ.Ward never fought Bute.Just because Ward beat Froch and Froch beat Bute,that does not mean Ward should be given credit for something that Froch did,which was beat Bute,nor does it mean Ward cleaned out his division.The only fighter Bradley needed to fight at 140 to clean out 140 was Khan.Bradley never fought Khan but Bradley beat Lamont Peterson who went on to beat Khan,does that mean Bradley cleaned out 140?I don`t hear anybody saying:"oh man,Bradley clean out 140,he takes on all comers".
Let me give ya`ll an example of what`s cleaning out a division:When Tyson won all three major titles in the 80`s by beating Trevor Berbick;James "Bone Crusher" Smith and Tony Tucker,Hopkins winning all three major titles at middleweight by beating Segundo Mercado;Keith Holmes and Trinidad(And Hopkins also went on to beat former champion Joppy and "WBO champion" Oscar Dela hoya which was a bonus),Winky Wright;because he beat Angel Hernandez for the IBF belt and Shane Mosley for the WBA and WBC belts.
Let me give ya`ll an example of what`s cleaning out a division:When Tyson won all three major titles in the 80`s by beating Trevor Berbick;James "Bone Crusher" Smith and Tony Tucker,Hopkins winning all three major titles at middleweight by beating Segundo Mercado;Keith Holmes and Trinidad(And Hopkins also went on to beat former champion Joppy and "WBO champion" Oscar Dela hoya which was a bonus),Winky Wright;because he beat Angel Hernandez for the IBF belt and Shane Mosley for the WBA and WBC belts.
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