Comments Thread For: Alexander Povetkin-Luis Ortiz Ordered - Vacant WBA Belt

[joe strong]

how has ortiz earned a high ramking?

here are some fights...

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=597908

[Mighty Rubble]

Great fight, but farce

I'm all for ordering match-ups between top ranked fighters so they actually face each other so I'm glad this is happening. But what a farce! Povetkin has already held the "regular" belt and then lost the unification fight with the "super" belt. So if he wins this, he'll get the regular belt again and have to fight Klitschko to unify the belts again. What a waste of time! Plus, please put Povetkin in the ring with Pulev and/or Fury.

[Loque-san]

Ortiz vs Romanchuk was a slugfest, but the scoring was a joke.

[andrewa1]

That's disgraceful. WBA is the worst sanctioning body in the sport. Ortiz isn't even a top 50 HW, he has no business fighting for the vacant non title best or whatever it is. And Povetkin should be fighting someone good. The Chisora fight would have been awesome. Now he can just ease his way into the regular belt again and wait it out, not facing anyone until Wlad has retired. This is the frustrating thing about modern boxing.

[andrewa1]

Neither deserve a shot at the belt right now.

Ortiz has fought very soft opposition, and Povetkin should need to have a win or two before fighting for the WBA belt he just lost.

The WBA should have a four-fighter eliminator instead.

Exactly my thought.

[Papaleo]

It's not a real belt, and they don't deserve a shot (even at this fake belt), but at least they're putting in someone good enough to beat Povetkin.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Fcuk the belt.this is a solid match up,I expect to see Povetkin win and re establish himself as a top contender.he will have a couple of mandatory defences in the 18 months the victor holds the belt before having to face the super champion.I'd like to see Povetkin face one of Perez or Jennings.