Open letter to Rocchigiani from current WBC champs

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 14 Jun 2004, 08:46

WBC champions petition Rocky!
OPEN LETTER TO ROCCHIGIANI FROM WBC CHAMPS

Dear Mr. Graciano Rocchigiani,

We are the two current WBC world champions from Japan, both of whom are scheduled to defend our belts here on this coming June 28. We are greatly shocked to know that the WBC has declared bankruptcy. As world champions of the WBC we have found an opportunity to become famous, make money and proudly represent our country in this great sport of boxing. It is our honor and privilege to hold the WBC world belts and keep on defending our belts. We boxers put our lives for the sport, for the fans, for our families, as you perfectly know what it is. As world champions, as you were, we sincerely wish you to settle with the WBC, and let us fight to defend our WBC belts. Please don't make our WBC belts meaningless. How will we explain to our fans that are ready to see our title defenses on June 28? How will we explain to our children that we are no longer world champions? We have worked many years to become world champions, and that cannot be finished in one day. We beg for your warmest consideration from our bottom of hearts. With our very best personal wishes,

Respectfully yours,

WBC superflyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama
WBC minimumweight champion Eagle Kyowa

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 14 Jun 2004, 08:48

Tough shit, sorry, but if the WBC does end, in the long run everyone will be better off.

Chris the fighter · Post by **Chris the fighter** » 14 Jun 2004, 08:51

I feel sorry for these guys its not their fault that the WBC was corrupt think it from their point of view no title= loss of money, prestige etc
Don't be such as hard bastard

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 14 Jun 2004, 08:53

Blimey Tokuyama has been champ for ages now. You do sympathise with these two but I hope Graciano doesn't.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 14 Jun 2004, 09:08

I am sure the WBC will re-emerge as soon as the bankruptcy procedure has finished...

It is still a staggering amount of compensation for Rocky, at best he missed a few $500,000 pay days....

If you think of all the other fighters who have suffered due to WBC's incompetence and alleged corruption Rocky should share some of the money

Glen Catley and the loaded gloves for example!!!!

Of course he will never see the $31m....... would be interesting to know how much he was offered

tolstoy · Post by **tolstoy** » 14 Jun 2004, 09:28

knockout wrote:I am sure the WBC will re-emerge as soon as the bankruptcy procedure has finished...

I don't doubt that they will. New offices, new management structure, new letterheads and another permutation of any three letters (one of which must be a "B") and they'll be back in business.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 14 Jun 2004, 09:34

tolstoy wrote:
knockout wrote:I am sure the WBC will re-emerge as soon as the bankruptcy procedure has finished...
I don't doubt that they will. New offices, new management structure, new letterheads and another permutation of any three letters (one of which must be a "B") and they'll be back in business.

we are rapidly running out of three letter acronyms though......

AlexY2K4 · Post by **AlexY2K4** » 14 Jun 2004, 09:51

I personally wish it was the WBO that were bankrupt.

Goz · Post by **Goz** » 14 Jun 2004, 10:24

knockout wrote:
tolstoy wrote:
knockout wrote:I am sure the WBC will re-emerge as soon as the bankruptcy procedure has finished...
I don't doubt that they will. New offices, new management structure, new letterheads and another permutation of any three letters (one of which must be a "B") and they'll be back in business.
we are rapidly running out of three letter acronyms though......

There's always four letters Matt

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 14 Jun 2004, 11:05

Goz wrote:
knockout wrote:
tolstoy wrote: I don't doubt that they will. New offices, new management structure, new letterheads and another permutation of any three letters (one of which must be a "B") and they'll be back in business.
we are rapidly running out of three letter acronyms though......
There's always four letters Matt

and we can all think of a few of them!!!!

Dutch Windmill · Post by **Dutch Windmill** » 15 Jun 2004, 09:41

Rocchigiani is a mean mf , he'll collect every cent.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 15 Jun 2004, 10:04

You know, I've always liked Rocky.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 15 Jun 2004, 10:36

i liked him after he knocked Michalecweski out!!!

looks about 50 now though

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 15 Jun 2004, 12:26

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/3800721.stm

according to the BBC rocky should of been champ for 1988-2000

Eric the Viking · Post by **Eric the Viking** » 15 Jun 2004, 12:34

REAL_DEAL wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/3800721.stm

according to the BBC rocky should of been champ for 1988-2000

Kinda cool, being retroactively named 13-year-long reigning champ without having to make a single title defense, isn't it?

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 15 Jun 2004, 12:49

Eric the Viking wrote:
REAL_DEAL wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/3800721.stm

according to the BBC rocky should of been champ for 1988-2000
Kinda cool, being retroactively named 13-year-long reigning champ without having to make a single title defense, isn't it?

so who is going to tell Dennis Andries, Jeff Harding, michael mccallum and fabrice tiozzo that they werent really world champions????