Dan Rafael: Povetkin - Chagaev "silliest, fakest title bout in years"

[ChopperRead]

It is silly that they burned Wlad by turning his WBA title into a "super championship," but on the other hand, Dan's pissing all over a decent matchup.

If they weren't fighting he'd be b*tching that the HW division never has any decent fights.

[Barry Halls]

sillier than haye - audley?

[ChopperRead]

sillier than haye - audley?

Right on, very good example.

[Kagami Taiga]

its a really good fight in today's heavyweight division. with that said, it should not at all be a title bout. it should be a bout for #1 contendership tho.

[Chuckguy]

Sillier than PAC vs margs?

[Cotto's Father]

this fight is dumb as ****

[Cotto's Father]

sillier than haye - audley?

atleast it wasnt for a fake ass title

[Barry Halls]

this fight is dumb as ****

what is dumb about it?

Povetkin is top5, and chagaev was top5 before he became inactive. Granted he hasn't looked great lately, but still.

WBA does this. So who should fight for that title?

Heres the wba rankings.

1. RUSLAN CHAGAEV (OC) UZB
2. ALEXANDER POVETKIN RUS
3. DENNIS BOYTSOV RUS
4. HASIM RAHMAN USA
5. DAVID HAYE U.K.
6. ALEXANDER USTINOV (EBA) RUS
7. ALEXANDER DIMITRENKO UKR
8. JEAN MARC MORMECK (WBA INT) FRA
9. ROBERT HELENIUS (WBA I/C) FIN
10. CHRIS ARREOLA USA
11. KALI MEEHAN AUS
12. MANUEL CHARR LEB
13. NICOLAY VALUEV RUS
14. CEDRIC BOSWELL (NABA) USA
15. LUIS ORTIZ (LAC) CUB

[Barry Halls]

atleast it wasnt for a fake ass title

That is debatable.

What is the lineage of the wba title. Why was Valuev - haye a fight for the title at all?

[Barry Halls]

IT's stupid to have a supertitle, but this has been done by the wba for maaaany years. Nothing new at all.