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WBA "regular" champions are NOT world champions
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Yep, guys like Murata, Pacquiao, Rojas should not be considered "World Champions". Inoue, even if he's the best at 118 is not a real champion either.
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Originally posted by pillowfists98 View PostYep, guys like Murata, Pacquiao, Rojas should not be considered "World Champions". Inoue, even if he's the best at 118 is not a real champion either.
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Originally posted by ShoulderRoll View PostI have all the respect in the world for Pacquiao's skills and career. But he's not a real world champion right now, the true WBA champ is Keith Thurman and we all know it.
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Originally posted by ShoulderRoll View PostNot when there is a so called "super" champion who ranks above them at the same weight.
Boxing writers and fans need to take a hard line and stop giving this farce any credibility or legitimacy. Maybe then the WBA will keep their word and get rid of this bogus title like they promised.
All these guys are mostly just running around with straps
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Originally posted by deanrw View PostUnless a guy holds all the belts, should they be considered a "world champ?" Only Usyk holds that distinction right now. Previously it was Bud.
All these guys are mostly just running around with straps
In an ideal world there would only be one belt.
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Originally posted by ShoulderRoll View PostNot when there is a so called "super" champion who ranks above them at the same weight.
But it's not as simple as simply ignoring the world champion when there is also a super champion. Look at what happened to Machado. He's the WBA world champion. He was the world champion before there was a super champion. Because Mayweather is politically connected, he was able to have Gervonta Davis crowned super champion.
When that happens, does Machado stop being a world champion? Hardly seems fair. He wasn't stripped. He's still the WBA world champion.
The answer to the WBA problem isn't to ignore the WBA world champions in favor of the WBA super champions. That's been tried for 17 years. It hasn't worked. The only answer is to revoke the WBA's recognition entirely. And those of us wise enough to have never given the WBO recognition have been back to only having two world champions since 2001, and it's been pretty nice to be honest. The WBC is the most prestigious, the IBF is the most fair. The WBO should never have been recognized to begin with and the WBA's recognition should be withheld until every super title has been eliminated.
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trying to introduce boxing to new people can be confusing.
On paper, Dillian Whyte is a champion. There's like 60 something "champions" in boxing.
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Originally posted by WhatDisButtonDo View Posttrying to introduce boxing to new people can be confusing.
On paper, Dillian Whyte is a champion. There's like 60 something "champions" in boxing.
But there are four "world" champions, boxing's equivalent of the four grand slams in tennis or the majors in golf. Just explain it like that if somebody isn't familiar with boxing and is confused by there being four major titles.
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