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It's hard to keep up these days. As far as i know, a fighter becomes a super champion if he has defended his WBA title 5 times, or if he holds 2 or more of the available titles: WBO,WBA,WBC,IBF.
When a fighter becomes a super champion, the title he originally held becomes a 'regular' title..which is then made vacant for two other available/highest ranked guys to fight over.
So you have a super champion, and a regular champion. The super champ is seen as the 'real' champ. Some ranking systems like Ring don't recognize the regular champion as a champion.
I think the idea was supposed to be that the burden of mandatories became lighter on the super champ, who held titles from different governing bodies. But really, it was probably just so the WBA can charge sanctioning fees to both the super and regular champ.
I think it's something close to those lines. There is that many titles these days that they tend to become somewhat confusing after time.
When a fighter becomes a super champion, the title he originally held becomes a 'regular' title..which is then made vacant for two other available/highest ranked guys to fight over.
So you have a super champion, and a regular champion. The super champ is seen as the 'real' champ. Some ranking systems like Ring don't recognize the regular champion as a champion.
I think the idea was supposed to be that the burden of mandatories became lighter on the super champ, who held titles from different governing bodies. But really, it was probably just so the WBA can charge sanctioning fees to both the super and regular champ.
I think it's something close to those lines. There is that many titles these days that they tend to become somewhat confusing after time.
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