(1) According to this list: http://boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=WBC&division=Welterweight&SUBMIT=Go&pageID=3 ...... Emile Griffith fought Jorge Jose Fernandez for the WBC welterweight title on 1962-12-08. I do not understand how this is possible because the WBC did not form until 19...

Wasn't it Valuev's promoter (Kalle Sauerland)? I doubt Chagaev's team would admit that Chagaev is only in a challeger position. He's even crossed out the addition of "in recess" in "WBA heavyweight champion in recess" on his name plate at a press conference. Apologies, that was ...

Steve Bunce, the boxing pundit on Setanta, doesn't even know the full situation in regards to the WBA heavyweight championship belt and what he doesn't know about boxing isn't worth knowing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWBmrz4exQ He discusses the situation in this youtube clip! On Steve Bunce's ...

Hello Claudevsq, Right, if Drumond would have won, he would now be the co-champion to Valuev, and would also have earned the right to fight Valuev, because this was a voluntary defense by Chagaev. He risked his title though he didn't have to... But it's academic, as you say, because he won... He's n...

You mean the "vacant WBO junior heavyweight title"... that's how the WBO officially calls it. :D Indeed, you are quite right. :TU: Adding to what I said yesterday, the Light Welterweight division (I guess that's Junior Welterweight :D) had a bit of a history of having an interim champion ...

Thanks for that Emaster. Sounds like a complicated scenario. The title was vacant from when De La Hoya vacated it in early 1997 (some time between January 18, 1997 and April 12, 1997) right the way through to August 21, 1999 - that is an awful long time for such a prestigious belt to have no owner! ...

Hi. Thanks for the information! :TU: :TU: :TU: There was a very similar scenario to this in the WBC Light Welterweight division just over a decade ago if I'm not mistaken. Oscar De La Hoya vacated his WBC Light Welterweight following his victory over Miguel Angel Gonzalez on January 18, 1997 so he c...

Hello again. Thanks very much to claudevsq and Asterix for answering my questions. Victor Emilio Ramirez must be the only fighter in boxing history to win a world title by refusing a fight! I find this extraordinary! Poor old Enzo Maccarinelli......the WBO give him the first right of refusal, if you...

Thanks very much to claudevsq and Emaster for answering all my questions with such clarity! The press reporting of the fight was so inconsistent because so many different media outlets didn't know what was at stake! Many referred to Ruslan Chagaev as "Champion In Recess" post-fight, whilst...

I was wondering if somebody could explain to me the situation as far as the WBO cruiserweight championship is concerned. Here is a bit of background for you: On May 12, 2008, David Haye vacated his titles of WBC Cruiserweight champion and WBA Cruiserweight Super champion when he announced that he wa...

Thank you very much for that information, Claudevsq. I suppose it would not make any sense for Chagaev to hold the title of "Champion In Recess" anymore (whether he had won or lost on Saturday) as he is no longer in a period of recess. However Claudevsq, do you know what the official WBA l...

I think the issue is further complicated by the fact that Ruslan Chagaev decided to fight Carl Davis Drumond in his first comeback fight and not the WBA world heavyweight title holder (Nikolay Valuev) for the world heavyweight title. If Carl Davis Drumond had won the fight last night, would he (Drum...

Hello. As I am new to this forum, I apologise if this issue has been discussed in the past. However, I have noticed that Boxrec.com is suggesting that the fight between Ruslan Chagaev-Carl Davis Drumond is for the WBA heavyweight title. As I understand it, Nikolay Valuev's fight against John Ruiz in...