Comments Thread For: Rigondeaux Will Lose WBA Title if Defeated By Lomachenko

[Pigeons]

Precident: Lamont Peterson stripped of JWW title for losing two fights at WW catchweights (Matthysse 141 lbs, Garcia 143 lbs).

[kafkod]

He was ordered to make a mandatory defense and instead will move up by two weight divisions to fight Lomachenko. In most cases the boxer would have been stripped once he made the move.

The WBA could have just refused to give him permission to delay his mando or told him he has to fight it next, whether he wins or loses against Loma.

[Tom Cruise]

The WBA is the most ******ed of the major sanctioning bodies.

They should honestly be demoted and made irrelevant by the boxing fraternity. WBC, IBF and, to a lesser extent, the WBO have their faults but they at least have some logic to their actions. Take the best qualities of each and you would have a half decent belt.

I know the WBA are, a long with the WBC, one of the most historic belts. But here and now they cant stop doing dumb ****.

They are basically like the IBO, WBU or WBF belts to me.

[Tom Cruise]

Precident: Lamont Peterson stripped of JWW title for losing two fights at WW catchweights (Matthysse 141 lbs, Garcia 143 lbs).

He was stripped before those fights though wasnt he?

[kafkod]

Precident: Lamont Peterson stripped of JWW title for losing two fights at WW catchweights (Matthysse 141 lbs, Garcia 143 lbs).

Were there any other factors involved there that you know of ... not getting permission, whatever?

[Tom Cruise]

Were there any other factors involved there that you know of ... not getting permission, whatever?

Im open to being proved wrong here, but I thought Lamont was stripped after the Khan fight. Wasnt it something to do with the drug scandal? Or all the other controversy around the fight? (The 'man in the hat' scandal)

Edit: From Wiki-

A rematch was due to take place on 19 May.[16] It was later found that Peterson had tested positive for PEDs and was stripped of the WBA title. He admitted to the use of steroids shortly after. Khan was then reinstated as the WBA champion.[17]

[Robbie Barrett]

Precident: Lamont Peterson stripped of JWW title for losing two fights at WW catchweights (Matthysse 141 lbs, Garcia 143 lbs).

That was because Garcia was supposed to be a unification. But they made it above 140.

[Pigeons]

He was stripped before those fights though wasnt he?

No he was stripped because he lost to Garcia at 143 lbs.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2015/4/13/8401385/ibf-strips-lamont-peterson

[Tom Cruise]

No he was stripped because he lost to Garcia at 143 lbs.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2015/4/1...amont-peterson

I assumed we were talking about WBA

A rematch was due to take place on 19 May.[16] It was later found that Peterson had tested positive for PEDs and was stripped of the WBA title. He admitted to the use of steroids shortly after. Khan was then reinstated as the WBA champion.[17]

[Robbie Barrett]

No he was stripped because he lost to Garcia at 143 lbs.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2015/4/1...amont-peterson

People explained that Peterson was due for a mandatory defense and had requested an exemption. The three options he gave were two ranked IBF contenders and a unification bout (which wouldn't need an exemption). Peterson was paired with Garcia but once that fight was made above the 140-pound limit, it ceased to become a unification bout.

http://www.boxingscene.com/ibf-lamont-peterson-stripped-if-garcia-wins--89447

He kind of fooled the IBF.