Comments Thread For: Arum: I Could See WBC Make Fury 'Franchise Champ,' Upgrade Whyte

[Monzon99]

Arum laying the foundation to continue to FREEZE OUT the second best HWT in the world Dillian Whyte.

Lawyer up Dill, Lawyer up.

[Get em up]

Yeah, well it makes the belt part of the equation redundant anyway

Same for Lomachenko/Lopez, we thought we’d get a legit undisputed lightweight champion, but then the WBC sniffed some money again....

That's my point Fury is the man to beat in the division right now but as legacy goes undisputed means something too and without the WBC green belt that would be impossible to achieve if they fight. I dont see Whyte being elevated then fighting anyone for undisputed. I think he will hold onto the belt for dear life if he gets it.

[Unidentified]

Lol, Whyte has been crying himself to sleep for years...

[Oshio]

The WBC with these belts is a problem to boxing. Where do they cook all these belts from?

[ShoulderRoll]

First Lomachenko now Fury. Top Rank is going all in on this Franchise Champion loophole.

[LoadedWraps]

Then fury isn’t the champion anymore, whyte is.

Fury will be elevated to Franchise Champion.

The only status higher is Floyd's champion emeritus.


WAR Fury!
WAR Floyd!

[Bonduu]

When is Arum going to croak? That dinosaur is bad for boxing, there should be a retirement age for promotors really.

[Mister Wolf]

Whyte is an idiot for paying the WBC sanctioning fees.

[OnlytheTruth]

The most prestigious, historic belt but the organisation is ran by morons.

Is it though? Too much goes on with the WBC to really give it any prestige. Only good thing I've seen Sulaiman do is call the Edwards v Martinez a no contest on the spot.

IMO, the real prestige is in titles such as 'Unified' and 'Undisputed' nowadays.