Comments Thread For: WBC Prez: If Lopez Beats Lomachenko, He Has Merits To Be Recognized As Franchise Champ

[skinnystev]

when he loses he will be consigned to the dustbin of history

[Kannabis Kid]

There is only one authentic WBC lightweight title, the one that is fought for. Vasily Lomachenko surrendered said title, and Devin competed for it and won the championship honorably.

Regardless of what critics feel about Zaur Abdullaev ( who was suppose to fight for the WBC lightweight title instead of Lomachenko ), Abdullaev, like Devin Haney, honored the rules in fighting the highest ranked contender, to earn the opportunity to fight for the WBC lightweight title.

The World Boxing Council understands that championships must be fought for and defended to make a case for the validity of a title, this is the reason why they are making the 'Franchise' title up for grabs in Lomachenko vs. Lopez.

Mauricio Sulaiman and the World Boxing Council are screwing Devin Haney, how is it possible that Teofimo Lopez is worthy of this honor, but the man that has been following your rules and protocols cant face your 'Franchise' champion?

There is a clear bias and unfair agenda that is catering to interested parties and Vasily Bumchenko is the agent of this chaos.

You can't be serious dude at least make sense in what you are trying to say Lomachenko won the WBC vacant belt against Campbell just a few weeks before Devin Email Haney fought Abdullaev for the "interim" belt so what do you mean the WBC champ is the one that is fought for.

It is just a cash grab by the WBC and it's pretty bull**** because it ruins the chance at an undisputed 135 champion on paper even though everyone who was a fan during this generation knows whoever wins this fight is the undisputed king at 135 Loma never lost his belt that he won just a few weeks before Haney meanwhile I think Devin Haney is the only fighter to become a 2 time champ via email must be nice to be politically tied when you haven't even fought a former world champion yet.

Don't act like Haney would have been ready for Lomachenko and Teo bypassed him somehow. Lopez earned his shot by demolishing a world champion in 2 rounds not fighting 12-0 Santiago and looking like garbage just like the Ndongeni and Burgos fights he has one good win in Abdullaev who was untested himself and that's about it how is he more deserving.

People forget they gave Santiago like 12 days notice to fight Haney meanwhile Devin knew he was fighting that day and had a full camp lol classic tactics. Haney messed up his shoulder he wouldn't have been ready to fight by May when the fight was originally scheduled so you are just reaching on some ho **** he got lucky with the Covid-19 so he was able to heal up and not get left behind as everybody was in the same situation but now you act like he can just jump in front of the line na how about he fights someone with a pulse first and then we can talk.

[Thuglife Nelo]

Citizen Koba

See. Been telling everyone that if the WBC chooses to do these nonsensical and inconsistent rules for the “Franchise belt” means that Sulaiman can’t be trusted. As I said from the beginning, the WBC had setup Canelo with the Clenbuterol finding. What’s unfortunate is that VADA couldn’t take sides or even be objective because K2 would attack any objectivity in that WADA hadn’t established a threshold yet...

The WBC likes to impose belts on whomever. When the WBC kept on seeing that Canelo wasnt accepting these indigenous belts or REFUSING the REGULAR BELT, they decided to do the hit piece on Canelo. Isn’t it obvious?

Now look at this new Franchise fiasco for Lopez should he win?

Sulaiman can’t be trusted. It’s even said about the WBA and WBO. IBF only plays “nice” because they were dealt with before at the Federal level...

[tokon]

And this is the “most prestigious” belt Lmfao you can’t make this **** up. These guys just making up rules as they go along.

These sanctioning organisations are becoming bigger embarrassments with each passing year.

[1hourRun]

You can't be serious dude at least make sense in what you are trying to say Lomachenko won the WBC vacant belt against Campbell just a few weeks before Devin Email Haney fought Abdullaev for the "interim" belt so what do you mean the WBC champ is the one that is fought for.

When you vacate a championship you are no longer its owner, do you understand? I never said that Vasily Lomachenko did not compete for the WBC lightweight championship. Devin Haney and Zaur Abdullaev were the highest ranked contenders in line according to the WBC rankings. If Vasily Lomachenko would of made his intentions clear ( that he was never going to fight Devin Haney or Zaur Abdullaev) then the WBC would of stripped Vasily and declared Haney vs. Abdullaev for WBC lightweight title.

I do not penalize Devin Haney for Lomachenko's dirty political scheming and neither should you, why blame a man that actually wanted to fight Lomachenko and was rightfully in line for the opportunity ahead of Teofimo, by the very rules of the WBC?

It is just a cash grab by the WBC and it's pretty bull**** because it ruins the chance at an undisputed 135 champion on paper even though everyone who was a fan during this generation knows whoever wins this fight is the undisputed king at 135 Loma never lost his belt that he won just a few weeks before Haney meanwhile I think Devin Haney is the only fighter to become a 2 time champ via email must be nice to be politically tied when you haven't even fought a former world champion yet.

I strongly disagree, the winner of Lopez vs. Lomachenko will be lineal, sure, but undisputed means possessing all the world titles ; the 'Franchise' title is not a genuine world championship -- Devin Haney still holds a portion of the crown.

Don't act like Haney would have been ready for Lomachenko and Teo bypassed him somehow. Lopez earned his shot by demolishing a world champion in 2 rounds not fighting 12-0 Santiago and looking like garbage just like the Ndongeni and Burgos fights he has one good win in Abdullaev who was untested himself and that's about it how is he more deserving.

Devin Haney has nearly twice the amount of professional fights than Teofimo Lopez, how can you say that the actual WBC champion is not ready for the 'Franchise' champion?

People forget they gave Santiago like 12 days notice to fight Haney meanwhile Devin knew he was fighting that day and had a full camp lol classic tactics. Haney messed up his shoulder he wouldn't have been ready to fight by May when the fight was originally scheduled so you are just reaching on some ho **** he got lucky with the Covid-19 so he was able to heal up and not get left behind as everybody was in the same situation but now you act like he can just jump in front of the line na how about he fights someone with a pulse first and then we can talk.

Vasily fought Luke Campbell a month before Devin Haney beat Zaur Abdullaev for the WBC 'Interim' Lightweight title, about a month later Lomachenko was declared 'Franchise' champ ; and Loma also suffered injury during his fight with Luke, by the way.

Team Lomachenko was never going to go through with the fight and you know it.



I conclude this post with a fantastic clip of the 'REAL' WBC champ, in his first successful title defense against the undefeated Alfredo Santiago. A reminder, the scores reflect a masterful performance by Devin 'The Dream' Haney, all judges | Karen Holderfield 107-120 | Alejandro Rochin 107-120 | Zachary Young 107-120.



107-120 across the board.

[Jab jab boom]

We all know the franchise belt was created as a direct result of the wbc not wanting Canelo to throw another hissy fit over them enforcing a mandatory. They had to give Loma one also in order to not make it seem so blatant. Now they've painted themselves into a corner where they said you can't lose the belt (because they knew canelo would bounce to different weight classes) , but now maybe Loma can lose it to Lopez. It's all a joke and that title has asnkitrkw value as a wba regular title of not less.

[GBP4LIFE]

Devin Haney is a joke.. now he is seeking a washed up Gamboa.. he has not fought one credible opponent..

TEO WINS & HE WILL BE THE UNDISPUTED UNIFIED CHAMP

[nino brown21]

wait a minute this doesn't make sense? so if teo beats loma then does he get a wbc belt or he is only recognized as franchise champion? is loma gonna walk out with the wbc belt or what? this almost getting comical?

[Ajvar]

The win of WBC belt over Campbell came with the condition that the Ukrainian southpaw next face Devin Haney (24-0, 15KOs), who claimed the WBC “interim” title two weeks later in a 4th round stoppage of unbeaten Zaur Abdullaev last September in New York City.

You claim BuІІ Shіt, jake donovan! No condition, nobody cared about nobody haney.

[Kannabis Kid]

When you vacate a championship you are no longer its owner, do you understand? I never said that Vasily Lomachenko did not compete for the WBC lightweight championship. Devin Haney and Zaur Abdullaev were the highest ranked contenders in line according to the WBC rankings. If Vasily Lomachenko would of made his intentions clear ( that he was never going to fight Devin Haney or Zaur Abdullaev) then the WBC would of stripped Vasily and declared Haney vs. Abdullaev for WBC lightweight title.

I do not penalize Devin Haney for Lomachenko's dirty political scheming and neither should you, why blame a man that actually wanted to fight Lomachenko and was rightfully in line for the opportunity ahead of Teofimo, by the very rules of the WBC?


I strongly disagree, the winner of Lopez vs. Lomachenko will be lineal, sure, but undisputed means possessing all the world titles ; the 'Franchise' title is not a genuine world championship -- Devin Haney still holds a portion of the crown.


Devin Haney has nearly twice the amount of professional fights than Teofimo Lopez, how can you say that the actual WBC champion is not ready for the 'Franchise' champion?



Vasily fought Luke Campbell a month before Devin Haney beat Zaur Abdullaev for the WBC 'Interim' Lightweight title, about a month later Lomachenko was declared 'Franchise' champ ; and Loma also suffered injury during his fight with Luke, by the way.

Team Lomachenko was never going to go through with the fight and you know it.



I conclude this post with a fantastic clip of the 'REAL' WBC champ, in his first successful title defense against the undefeated Alfredo Santiago. A reminder, the scores reflect a masterful performance by Devin 'The Dream' Haney, all judges | Karen Holderfield 107-120 | Alejandro Rochin 107-120 | Zachary Young 107-120.



107-120 across the board.

Lmao im not going to respond to all that you said it best yourself Haney has almost twice the professional fights as Teo yet no former world champions on his record and didn't beat an actual world champion for his belt he got it gift wrapped and sent via USPS so how is he more deserving. Everyone knows Loma and Teo have been on a collision course and it's finally happening you are just reaching on some bull****. By the way Devin Haney got hurt just like Loma how is it that he was able to get his belt handed back to him?