Thurman now regular WBA champ?

[emre belozoglu]

there going to start giving out complimentary belts as soon as you register

[Canvas]

Just ignore the alphabet soup belts, they mean nothing.

Transnational Boxing Ratings Board <----- that's all you need to pay attention to.

[Baltimore]

Just ignore the alphabet soup belts, they mean nothing.

Transnational Boxing Ratings Board <----- that's all you need to pay attention to.

Yep. Transnational is what I go by.

Maybe they made Thurman champ so it sounds more appealing to casuals who are gonna be watching boxing for the first time? This is going to be the headlining bout of the first big NBC card right?

[bluebeam]

Exactly this should be precedent on the way forward.

No more two of the same God damn belt.

I'm not considering Thurman a champion.

why not?

Thurman has been the mandatory for the wba belt since 2013. and still hasn't gotten his mandatory shot.

when a guy refuses too fight his mandatory, the belt becomes vacant. Floyd isn't gonna give Thurman his mandatory shot. but the wba don't wanna strip Floyd. so they just elevated Thurman so they don't have too strip Floyd.

same thing at 154 with lara.

Floyd is never gonna fight his mandatories, so he should be stripped of the wba belts at 147 and 154.

Thurman vs guerrero should be for the full wba title

[Dirk Diggler UK]

why not?

Thurman has been the mandatory for the wba belt since 2013. and still hasn't gotten his mandatory shot.

when a guy refuses too fight his mandatory, the belt becomes vacant. Floyd isn't gonna give Thurman his mandatory shot. but the wba don't wanna strip Floyd. so they just elevated Thurman so they don't have too strip Floyd.

same thing at 154 with lara.

Floyd is never gonna fight his mandatories, so he should be stripped of the wba belts at 147 and 154.

Thurman vs guerrero should be for the full wba title

Unifications supersede mandatories.

Maidana won the WBA belt off Broner then lost it to Mayweather in a unification.

[bluebeam]

Unifications supersede mandatories.

Maidana won the WBA belt off Broner then lost it to Mayweather in a unification.

Thurman has been the mandatory since july 2013.

maidana shouldn't have even got the fight against broner in December 2013 over Thurman who was the mandatory.

and Floyd beat maidana for the wba in may 2014. you are right that was a unification.

the fight in September wasn't a unification though. Floyd should be stripped.

mandatories should be enforced.

its the only way too ensure that fighters who are ducked or just don't have big fan bases get their shot at the title.

[removed]

Floyd is never gonna fight his mandatories, so he should be stripped of the wba belts at 147 and 154.

Thurman vs guerrero should be for the full wba title

Agreed. It'll never happen though. Money talks.

[Pigeons]

Regular champions are only recognized if they have big fanbases. Carl Froch, Gennady Golovkin, and Saul Alvarez were all recognized as WBA champions when they were regular champions. It is not a coincidence that all 3 had big fanbases to permeate the myth.

[Cut Man]

Mayweather is the WBA Welterweight Champion. Whatever belt Thurman has means nothing until he beats Floyd. or Floyd vacates

[bojangles1987]

why not?

Thurman has been the mandatory for the wba belt since 2013. and still hasn't gotten his mandatory shot.

when a guy refuses too fight his mandatory, the belt becomes vacant. Floyd isn't gonna give Thurman his mandatory shot. but the wba don't wanna strip Floyd. so they just elevated Thurman so they don't have too strip Floyd.

same thing at 154 with lara.

Floyd is never gonna fight his mandatories, so he should be stripped of the wba belts at 147 and 154.

Thurman vs guerrero should be for the full wba title

The WBA should find a set of testicles and strip Floyd. That's half the problem, that some fighters can go years without defending and never fighting mandatories, while others get stripped two months after winning the belt.

More belts doesn't help anything, it just makes boxing look worse.