Comments Thread For: Arum: With Guys Like Canelo and Lomachenko, WBC Franchise Title Is Justified

[Luilun]

Just make Franchise Champion World Champ and strip the others to contenders . They Made Lomachenko Franchise Champ so that Haney and Tank Davis wouldn't have to fight him . This thing of fighters Cherry picking to keep zero is hurting the sport

[Baba K]

No...it's not justified. It's ******.

[STREET CLEANER]

What does that title do?
Do they have to pay sanctioning fees?
How does a fighter benefit from it?
Do they have mandatory fights?
Is there other champs in the same weight class?
If they loose in the ring, does the other fighter gets it?
What does it actually means?

It seems to me it is like an appointed title that has no value.

[Bronx2245]

What does that title do?
Do they have to pay sanctioning fees?
How does a fighter benefit from it?
Do they have mandatory fights?
Is there other champs in the same weight class?
If they loose in the ring, does the other fighter gets it?
What does it actually means?

It seems to me it is like an appointed title that has no value.

They do not have mandatory fights! That's what Arum wants for Crawford. He does not want the WBO dictating who Crawford fights next, while still maintaining a status of "WBO Champion." Canelo does not have mandatory opponents, but Charlo, GGG, and Andrade do.

[Jab jab boom]

Canelo yeah

Lomo no

neither one is deserving. Nobody in boxing should get that type of entitlement. There were much better and more accomplished middleweights than Canelo is and they never got that type of wbc favoritism. Canelo has had 3 fights at mw, a controversial draw that he should've lost, a controversial win, and a close uneventful decision win. What makes him worthy of this made up middle weight franchise title?

[SOPH~ REP.]

With the likes of this guy their will never be fights like wilder vs fury

[ceylon mooney]

no its not

no its not justified its bull****.

ps PHUKC BOB ARUM

[ceylon mooney]

They do not have mandatory fights! That's what Arum wants for Crawford. He does not want the WBO dictating who Crawford fights next, while still maintaining a status of "WBO Champion." Canelo does not have mandatory opponents, but Charlo, GGG, and Andrade do.

what a nonsense post.

[JuanSkinner]

No no no no no no no

[uniquehump]

What would make this good is if they are mandated to fight a top 5 or maybe even a top 3 opponent every time. That way we get a quality fight. They should lose that Franchise status as soon as they fight a lesser opponent or if they lose a fight. For example, if AJ had this title prior to losing to Ruiz, then he should lose that Franchise Title. And then another Franchise Title shouldn't be appointed until another heavyweight's popularity has risen enough to earn it or if AJ avenge his loss and maintains his popularity status. I could see Mayweather or Pac-Man earning this status while in their primes. But Mayweather wouldn't of wanted to be limited to fighting the top 5 or top 3 opponents if it didn't make sense to him. And although Pac-Man had a lot of great fights, I thonk his ego was also too big for the alphabets to be dictating who he fights.