Comments Thread For: Sulaiman: Lomachenko Is The WBC Lightweight Champion

[ToMeKeMoT]

WBC should've kept Lomachenko WBC titleholder and kept Haney WBC interim titleholder, and after THIS fight saturday then give Haney a mandatory titleshot in like 6 months.

agree but Top Rank did not want a purse bud with Haney for sure

[ShoulderRoll]

the WBC franchise is the same as the WBA super so I call it the WBC super and no he never changed anything at light it can be lost but if Loma moves up or down franchise cannot be lost

It doesn't matter what YOU call it.

No one who is official is calling it the super.

[ToMeKeMoT]

It doesn't matter what YOU call it.

No one who is official is calling it the super.

okay well they are calling it the real belt title regular or super

[Cool Scant]

Haney needs to throw the WBC belt he has in the trash. How much abuse is the kid gonna take from the WBC?

[Jab jab boom]

wrong Loma still has the belt got upgraded to super and Haney got upgraded to regular

there is no super wbc belt. Stop making stuff up. Loma was given a fake franchise belt that was just invented barely over a year ago and haney was named full wbc lightweight champion as of April.

[Afi23]

Either Canelo and Lomachenko are still real champions and Haney and Charlo aren't champions, or Canelo and Lomachenko vacated and Charlo and Haney are the real champions. You can't have it both ways.

So pick one.

Well said!

[-Kev-]

Devin Haney beat the WBC #3 and became Lomachenko's mandatory. He then tried to win the title by fighting Lomachenko for it.

But Team Lomachenko chose to request Franchise Champion status instead and vacated the belt. That in no way is Haney's fault.

"Devin Haney beat the WBC #3".

You just proved my point, the guy has such an unknown name, that you gave him a number in the WBC rankings, instead of saying his name. You did that subconsciously because "#3" sounds better than saying his actual name. Because you know in the back of your mind that he was a nobody then and is still a nobody now. Just a number. Collateral damage for WBC to market who they want.

I discuss that in the post you replied to, how WBC ranks random dudes with 3-4 good fighters in the rankings, so we get Devin Haney vs "The #3 ranked guy at WBC, whatever his name is, Haney beat him!".

There was absolutely nothing wrong with Lomachenko not fighting Haney, who still to this date has no wins over real top 10 contenders. Haney also cried about getting his paper title. He cried about it through email. So he definitely plays apart in this.

The point of my post, anyway you put it, still stands. Titles can be won by fighters who aren't the best in the division. Lomachenko did Haney a favor by not fighting him, Haney would have lost. His power is below average and I would say even Adrien Broner appears to have better boxing skills than him.

[ToMeKeMoT]

Devin Haney beat the WBC #3 and became Lomachenko's mandatory. He then tried to win the title by fighting Lomachenko for it.

But Team Lomachenko chose to request Franchise Champion status instead and vacated the belt. That in no way is Haney's fault.

#3 in the WBC but number 35 at 135 while Loma fought #1 in the WBC and number 5 at 135 sorry

[ToMeKeMoT]

Devin Haney beat the WBC #3 and became Lomachenko's mandatory. He then tried to win the title by fighting Lomachenko for it.

But Team Lomachenko chose to request Franchise Champion status instead and vacated the belt. That in no way is Haney's fault.

also Haney was never officially made the mandatory Loma got upgraded to franchise before he became mandatory sorry casual

[ToMeKeMoT]

there is no super wbc belt. Stop making stuff up. Loma was given a fake franchise belt that was just invented barely over a year ago and haney was named full wbc lightweight champion as of April.

Loma won the belt in the ring never lost it and still has it now he is the real WBC champion