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Agreed. He should vacate and fight at his weight.
That said, GGG becomes "great" NOT by getting his hands on a shiny object, but rather by FIGHTING. So unlike some, I never get caught up in the shiny things like belts and the politics. I like to see competetive fights... I'd sooner watch GGG fight a guy ranked at #6 who is a legit threat, over a "middleweight champion," who we KNOW does not belong at middleweight.
My position is simple: GGG VS Cotto is not really a fight most true fans need to see play out. And yet, so many are acting like THIS is the fight GGG needs to make a REAL mark in his career.
The double standard: Cotto's win over Sergio is not acknowledged because Sergio was "handicapped...." and yet, GGG's win over Cotto, would be celebrated by peasants as the greatest thing ever even though, we all know Cotto is TOO SMALL for Middleweight.
It's comedy around here doe.
That said, GGG becomes "great" NOT by getting his hands on a shiny object, but rather by FIGHTING. So unlike some, I never get caught up in the shiny things like belts and the politics. I like to see competetive fights... I'd sooner watch GGG fight a guy ranked at #6 who is a legit threat, over a "middleweight champion," who we KNOW does not belong at middleweight.
My position is simple: GGG VS Cotto is not really a fight most true fans need to see play out. And yet, so many are acting like THIS is the fight GGG needs to make a REAL mark in his career.
The double standard: Cotto's win over Sergio is not acknowledged because Sergio was "handicapped...." and yet, GGG's win over Cotto, would be celebrated by peasants as the greatest thing ever even though, we all know Cotto is TOO SMALL for Middleweight.
It's comedy around here doe.
No one cares about Kneeguel Clucko. Only the belt he holds. If he won't defend it, vacate it. Holding on to it and not defending it against the best makes him look like a coward. Whether he really is or not is not relevant, the fact is that it makes him look like one. Vacate the title if it means so little today. Why hold on to it?
The WBC title alone means little, but combined with the WBA, WBO and IBF it does mean something. Becoming the UNDISPUTED MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION does mean something to a fighter's legacy and it will live on in memory. How many undisputed champions are there in the sport today? Not one that I am aware of. That would be quite an achievement for any fighter in any weight class. That is why Kovalev wants to fight Stevenson.
But Cotto is standing in the way and either he gets out of the way on his own, or his title will be stripped or if he somehow grows the spine to get in the ring with GGG, it will be taken off his prone body in the ring.
Instead of people praising Al Haymon for trying to subvert the long history of the sport by creating yet another title, how about supporting fighters like GGG and Kovalev who actually try to create one champion per weight division the old fashioned way, by winning the titles in the ring!!!!
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He becomes lineal and unified champion, stop being such a blind nuthugger. 
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