Comments Thread For: Tomoki Kameda Vacates WBO Belt, Focused on McDonnell

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Two days ago, a letter was issued by the World Boxing Organization to the management of WBO bantamweight champion Tomoki Kameda - rejecting the boxer's request to have a unification with Jamie McDonnell, because he is only the WBA "regular" champion - which they (and many experts) consider a secondary world title because the recognized WBA champion of the division is Juan Carlos Payano, who unseated longtime champion Chemito Moreno.

The WBO advised Kameda that he risked the possibility of getting stripped if he insisted on going forward with the McDonnell fight.

The unbeaten Japanese fighter has made up mind, and vacated his title to go forward with the upcoming showdown. Kameda vs. McDonnell is scheduled to take place on May 9th as part of a CBS televised Premier Boxing Champions card in Texas.
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[Build That Wall]

Good. F**k the WBO

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

im sure he can get that belt back

[anonymous2.0]

WBO is going to look ******, I believe that fighters will opt to drop the WBO belt to fight for other belts.

[Mick Higgs]

Good on Tomo! Hopefully the winner gets Payano or Yamanaka!!!!................

[tiliheels]

al haymon deciding he wont be bothered with the WBO..i dont blame him, but kameda gets major props for this his win vs mcdonnell i no guarantee so to drop your title only to fight a reg champion is big ****...THANK YOU AL HAYMON..

[Dirk Diggler UK]

al haymon deciding he wont be bothered with the WBO..i dont blame him, but kameda gets major props for this his win vs mcdonnell i no guarantee so to drop your title only to fight a reg champion is big ****...THANK YOU AL HAYMON..

Why? McDonnell is ****.

[diarraisagod]

Big respect. I wish more fighters would drop belts from organisations that interfere with making the best fights rather than an use them as an excuse for avoiding risks.

[Humean]

Surely the WBO title is of more value than WBA regular? Then again it opens up opportunity to fight WBA Super champion down the road and also it is still to be seen how Haymon will deal with instituting his own belts and possibily circumventing the various sanctioning bodies.

[chico malo ali]

Good move by kameda in dropping the wbo garbage belt.now kameda can go make that money!