Comments Thread For: DeGale Says Blackwell Should Be Allowed To keep British Title

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JAMES DEGALE has urged the British Boxing Board of Control to let good friend Nick Blackwell keep the British title outright. The IBF super-middleweight champion counts Blackwell as a close pal after sparring over 200 rounds with the stricken 25-year-old.
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[k1llu]

donkey of the day goes to degale uk fighters say the dumbest things smh

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donkey of the day goes to degale uk fighters say the dumbest things smh

Read the thread ******. Chunky said that Blackwell should be allowed to keep the belt, not the title.


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[kavi521]

I think you have to defend the belt 3 times to outright keep the belt. Which Degale is asking them to let him keep the belt but Eubank still be the champion.

[FlatLine]

donkey of the day goes to degale uk fighters say the dumbest things smh

It's a tradition that if the belt is defended 3 times, then the fighter gets to keep it as a memento forever, regardless of whether he loses his 4th defence or any future defence.

Degale is just saying that Blackwell should get to keep the belt without having 3 successful defences, which goes against the regular 3-defences tradition.

[k1llu]

why would Blackwell want something he didn't earn that's an insult to any professional fighter this is not kindergarten were everyone get a trophy

[Mick Higgs]

Charlie Magri got to keep his due to lack of competition, so what's the difference here?

[Eff Pandas]

Damn UK boxing gotta repo title belts from people sometimes with how keeping titles works over there I bet. Gotta go chase down cats who retire after their 2nd defense & **** lol.

[Eff Pandas]

Charlie Magri got to keep his due to lack of competition, so what's the difference here?

It would seem like this guy lost before he defended the title a 3rd time would be the issue. Blackwell seems like a competitive cat & typically competitive guys don't want charity which is what this would be if we are being honest.

They can always give him some honorary belt or something can't they?

[diarraisagod]

It would seem like this guy lost before he defended the title a 3rd time would be the issue. Blackwell seems like a competitive cat & typically competitive guys don't want charity which is what this would be if we are being honest.

They can always give him some honorary belt or something can't they?

Well it's very likely Blackwell will never fight again after an injury like that. Yes he clearly lost to Eubank jr. But there is a good chance he would have gone on to reclaim the British title and win it outright after Jr vacates it. Something he probably won't have the chance to do now.

We're talking about somebody who won and defended the title twice and showed incredible toughness and courage in his tragic third defence. We're not talking about any old Joe here who didn't even hold the title. If that's not enough for an exception to the rule, I don't know what is.