Mayweather stripped of RING 154-pound title!

[techliam]

Does anyone actually know anymore? Especially with the WBA. They make it up as they go. Yeah, Super Champion Floyd Mayweather wouldn't have to fight mandatories. Super Champion Cesar Rene Cuenca would, though, I'm sure.

I believe super champions have 18 months to defend against a mandatory, which is the regular champion. If the regular champion refuses to take up his mandatory position, he's usually stripped, and it ends up being the choice of the WBA championship committee as to who should be the mandatory for the super belt. In most cases, it just gets extended until a regular champ is crowned again. The Froch/Ward scenario was a good example. The WBA do often enforce 'WBA unifications' though, ie super va regular. Look at Wlad/Povetkin, Donaire/Walters, Sturm/Golovkin

The regular champion has the same mandatory arrangements as the other world titles. Their mandos are the interim champions or highest rated contenders. Its a laughable arrangement

You have to remember the WBA is helplessly corrupt, much like the WBC. Floyd doesnt have to defend anything. The WBA get away with this as they have a rule stating the WBA president and/or the championship committee may change or disregard any of the rules regarding championships at their discretion. The WBC have something very similar

[techliam]

Fair move by Ring. Belt hasn't been defended a 154lb title since the Maidana rematch, and that was a technicality after the fact.

I never thought a boxing fan would be so elated that a titleholder got stripped.

The 154 RING title has never been defended by Floyd. The WBC allowed the 154 title to be defended for some odd (probably corrupt) reason

Put it this way, had Maidana won the rematch, Floyd would still have been the WBA Super/Ring/lineal champion at 154, and Maidana would be the 154 WBC champion

[Santa_]

About time, he hasn't fought at 154 since 2012.

[GoldenGloveLove]

Yeah, and they should. Nobody should be able to hold a division up if they don't intend to fight in it. Injuries and legal trouble is one thing, just actively fighting in another weight is different.

Ofcourse they do! It's most fighters dream to win a world title. Might not matter to you as a fan.

Bingo. They mean everything to the fighters. When fans ask if anyone cares about titles it makes no sense whatsoever. The entire business model of boxing rests on titles FFS. It changes their lives.

[GMAN SUPREME]

Great

Good this f@ggot was never going to defend it.

[The Problem Child]

He didn't want to defend it against Golovkin lol. He ducked Gennady HARD. Disgraceful coward. ****ing piece of ****.

[Hougigo]

Not really a surprise... had one fight at 154, when he got it, and didn't meet the requirements since... WBC WBA and everyone else don't care

[CANELOLUJAH]

good he hasnt fought at 154 since 2012 against the rapist cotto.

[Raonic]

Does anybody still care about titles? Aren't they a dime a dozen?

Floyd cares about them. He was saying the other day how be beat like X world champions and won X titles in his career.

So wonder how he feels about being stripped of one.

[Raonic]

He technically defended his WBA 154 title last year against Maidana.

It was at a catchweight (shocker) of 147 though.