Comments Thread For: WBA's Insistence on Having 3 Featherweight Champs is Ridiculous

[Ray*]

To be honest all of the belts have one or two thing wrong with them, they have turned into jokes. The only question is which one is the bigger joke.

[Shadoww702]

To be honest all of the belts have one or two thing wrong with them, they have turned into jokes. The only question is which one is the bigger joke.

IBF best rules and following them but weak rankings and some champs

WBC best rankings but make up belts left and right and caters specifically to the A-side

WBA ranks dead ppl and has a bazillion champions.

WBO ranks dead ppl also but doesnt even do PED testing.

[N/A]

I hear you brother! Drop the WBA, IBF, and WBO. Reconize only the WBC and IBO. At least the IBO uses a non-bias computer ranking system.

I stopped recognizing the IBF after the bribery scandal, but started recognizing them again after all of the changes that were made. The IBF has the most fair system.

I never recognized the IBO and see no reason to. The last thing we need is more belts. Yes, they have computer rankings, but it's just the Boxrec rankings with other champions removed. They don't have mandatories and half their titles are vacant most of the time. It's simply not a title the boxing world takes seriously.

[N/A]

you simply cannot point to one ABC body as being better than any of the others

You say this all the time, but it's simply not true. The WBC championship is more credible and respected than the UBF championship.

The WBC championship is recognized as a world title by every TV network on Earth. The UBF championship isn't recognized as a world title by any TV network on Earth.

The WBC championship is recognized as a world title by every major promoter on Earth. The UBF championship isn't recognized as a world title by any major promoter on Earth.

The vast majority of the greatest heavyweights who ever lived have held the WBC championship or the championships that were merged to create it (NYSAC/IBU/etc). None of the greatest heavyweights who ever lived have held the UBF championship.

[N/A]

but..... they are wrong

which makes being " fair "..... irrelevant

Has nothing to do with right or wrong. This is show business. Boxing exists to make money. The WBC chooses to cater to the biggest stars. The IBF chooses to cater to nobody and treat all equal. Neither is right or wrong. Just different philosophies.

[N/A]

That's true and you have to respect that but it does make gaining undisputed harder, stripping Fury when he had no real way of retaining that belt felt harsh but I do respect them for sticking to there rules.

Yes the IBF's strict enforcement of mandatories has made undisputed champions less common.

But in the case of Fury, he had nobody to blame but himself. Fury was the WBA & WBO mandatory and had no obligation whatsoever to give Klitschko a rematch clause. Fury sold Klitschko a rematch because it's easy money in your pocket even if you lose. If he was confident that he'd win, you never sell that rematch clause because you'd make way more money in the rematch if you didn't sell the clause.

Had Fury simply won the titles as mandatory without voluntarily selling a rematch clause, he would have been able to defend against Glazkov, beaten him easily, and then given Klitschko a rematch with far more favorable terms than he was locked into from the rematch clause.

[N/A]

This kid stopped recognizing the WBA in 2001 but made a Boxing Scene account including the WBA in his username in 2017. The more you know.

I created this account with two of my friends because each of us had a close relationship with the president of one of the big 3 sanctioning bodies and we're able to offer some insight into how they operate.

Doesn't mean I personally recognize the WBA as a world title. Their world title isn't their top title, and the super title can't be a world title when they themselves say it isn't. So it's difficult to justify recognizing either one as a world title.

[Pigeons]

I created this account with two of my friends because each of us had a close relationship with the president of one of the big 3 sanctioning bodies and we're able to offer some insight into how they operate.

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All belts/organizations are trash and corrupt. I thought we all knew this in 2018? They're just pretty background furniture in today's boxing picture.

[JJRod]

I don't understand why Rojas needs to continue to win in order to get a shot at Cruz. Shouldn't he be his mandatory since he's the champ and so is Cruz?