Ring mag got it wrong

charlie075479 · Post by **charlie075479** » 28 Mar 2004, 21:26

Apparantly ring mag has claimed Klit V sanders as the first all white heavyweight title fight since 1955, I heard there has been anouther that was a WBO fight, can anyone tell me who it was bettween??

brett · Post by **brett** » 29 Mar 2004, 00:59

Wlad had fought Botha for the WBO title 03/2002

HOGBEAR · Post by **HOGBEAR** » 29 Mar 2004, 01:05

What about Botha/Shultz?

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 29 Mar 2004, 05:55

What about Damiani v. DuPlooy?

Ali Shill · Post by **Ali Shill** » 29 Mar 2004, 07:44

Does Tommy Morrison against that bloke in the crowd count?

RiddickBowe · Post by **RiddickBowe** » 31 Mar 2004, 13:38

What I think Ring was saying was that this is the only legitimate HW title fight between two white guys. The other all white fights involving Morrison, Klitschko, et al, weren't for the real HW championship, just some fake leather belts from corrupt sanctioning bodies.

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 01 Apr 2004, 04:47

RiddickBowe wrote:just some fake leather belts from corrupt sanctioning bodies.

Ain't they all?

RiddickBowe · Post by **RiddickBowe** » 01 Apr 2004, 10:16

wouter wrote:
RiddickBowe wrote:just some fake leather belts from corrupt sanctioning bodies.
Ain't they all?

To a certain extent, but there is a legitimate line of true heavyweight champions -- Ali, Holmes, Spinks, Tyson, Douglas, Holyfield, Bowe, Holyfield, Moorer, Foreman, Briggs, Lewis, Rahman, and Lewis -- and these guys were the true champions regardless of sanctioning bodies. The HW championship is bigger than any organization.

HOGBEAR · Post by **HOGBEAR** » 01 Apr 2004, 15:48

And Vitali/Sanders is a part of that line...how?

Alister · Post by **Alister** » 04 May 2004, 12:06

Botha vs. Axel Schulz for the IBF title in 1995 was an "all white title fight. However, Botha stripped for the title he won in that fight a couple of days later for testing positive for steroids.
The point is though, that no one was calling that for for a legitimate heavyweight title fight at the time, even though the situastion was very much the same as Vitali vs. Sanders.

Bottom line, the only heavyweight championship that will stand the test of times is the linear one, the one that's won and lost in the ring. As of today there is no heavyweight champion of the world.

Alister

Freedom · Post by **Freedom** » 04 May 2004, 21:41

HOGBEAR wrote:And Vitali/Sanders is a part of that line...how?

A gift, a gift & a gift.

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