Comments Thread For: WBA Declines To Sanction Golovkin-Brook Middleweight Bout

[Larry the boss]

Not in this case obviously cause Canelo is athe worst fraud of a Mw champ.Besides Hopkins is considered record holder for number of defenses, and most of those weren't lineal

true..they were counting his IBF title defenses which IMO is bull****..Monzon defended the LINEAL title 14 times and that is the most impressive

[aboutfkntime]

Even if that's the case. Geale was the first time he fought for it. He has 5-6 defenses.

that is correct !

For the record, you are more correct than the boxingscene editor LMAO

It is disgraceful the way supposed knowledgeable insiders are buying into Golovkin defending the WBA interim title.

[aboutfkntime]

GGG seems like a cool guy but stop trying to bend rules to make him seem greater then what he is please...none of these rules applied to any other fighter in the history of boxing....since when do "regular" title defenses count?? and since when do title defenses count when the title he gets credit for defending is not on the line?

amen brother, preach !

what's next, defending your ESPY " title "..... ?

[Jewish-Reptile]

Sturm's promoters paid the WBA to reintroduce the super title at MW and allow Sturm to fight for it against a no-hoper instead of fulfulling his mandatory obligation to defend against GGG.

They then told GGG the title for which he had been number 1 contender for nearly 2 years had been downgraded to regular. That was corrupt as **** and totally unfair.

Corruption in the sanctioning organisations was rife in boxing back then, even more so than now, and that was one of the most blatent examples of it. As I said, in my eyes, Sturm was a paper champion after that happened, and Golovkin was the real WBA MW champ.

In your eyes. You don't have to preach to me about corruption and I did not say I disagreed with what happened but the fact remains Sturm was champ just because it suits an agenda does not make it right. What you're saying is bizarre and when applied to other boxers you'll no doubt believe it is as absurd as it sounds.

[Eastcoast]

and that means what?? the title defenses they are counting are for the WBA..just like they were only counting the IBF for Hopkins and the WBO for Calzaghe.....

His previous post said that there were no titles on the line. Calm down Larry.

If Hopkins had ever fought one of the other title holders during his run before Holmes and had a similar situation where his IBF title hadn't been on the line, then you bet your ass he would've added it to his defense count.

But it's all moot, all this bickering. Golovkin still isn't considered the undisputed b/c of Saunders, or the lineal b/c of Alvarez. So his defense tally isn't adding towards the records held by Monzon or Hagler. Hopkins defenses of the true MW crown only added up to 6 (after he beat Tito). All this arguing here is about trinket defenses.

[Eastcoast]

true..they were counting his IBF title defenses which IMO is bull****..Monzon defended the LINEAL title 14 times and that is the most impressive

Ah, just read this after my last post. Only defense tally worth counting is the absolute one.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Yeah right. GGG didn't ask to be made super champ, he was promoted automatically when Daniel Geale was stripped for refusing to fight his mandatory.

Can you guess who Geale's mando was?

Perspective has to be used here, a huge PPV was fought by Geale against Mundine. Don't play dumb shyt, this is no different from Fluff Furry ducking Pulev in a final eliminator to line up a PPV versus Haye, one you claim was absolutely OK to do. Don't pretend it's one rule for Fluff and another for Danny regarding GGG, he came back around and optionally fought him to give him the most credible win of his career, you should be thankful to Geale other wise GGG's best win on his resume would be Rubio !! Ain't no joke either.

[bluebeam]

Damn??? Who was he suppose to fight from the WBA???

Jacobs didn't want it
Eubank either!

Alfonso Blanco??? With only TWELVE fights???

How the HELL is he RANKED #1???

The WORST Belts.

#1 IBF
#2 WBA

IBF is the best organization. They actually enforce mandatories
wbc shows favoritism
wbo let pacquiao be the champion for 3 years without ever making him fight a mandatory, so they have no credibility.
wba is the worst of them all. They have 2000 champions per divison.

[bluebeam]

Nah it doesn't end the streak. He is still the wba champion, this is just a non wba title fight.

The streak stands until he loses

[Larry the boss]

Ah, just read this after my last post. Only defense tally worth counting is the absolute one.

and i agree with you boxing is getting more and more watered down