Barthelemy-Relikh WBA Eliminator set

[Ruthless-RKO]

http://www.boxingtalk.com/pag/article.php?aid=31581

A WBA elimination bout is set between undefeated former lightweight champion Rances Barthelemy and former junior welterweight title challenger Kiryl Relikh. The bout will take place in April or May on a PBC broadcast, no network, venue or exact date have been booked as this goes to print.

[RScarf1]

Barthelemy vacates his IBF lightweight title to avoid fighting Richard Commey and now he is getting an eliminator for another belt against Relikh who is not world-class and has not beaten anyone good. What a joke.

[T.M.K]

Barthelemy vacates his IBF lightweight title to avoid fighting Richard Commey and now he is getting an eliminator for another belt against Relikh who is not world-class and has not beaten anyone good. What a joke.

But as the eliminator is at 10st - and he vacated his title at 9st 9lbs........... it's not really a joke. That would only be applicable if he was doing it within the same division.

:-)

[Tanzio]

Good match.

[jujigatame]

This is what is so frustrating about the PBC. They have Barthelemy and Easter in their stable, both top 135ers. Instead of matching them up, they put Easter in a showcase fight against a cab driver while Barthelemy moves up to 140 to fight some undeserving nobody for a vacant title.

This kind of crap matchmaking kills me.

[Tanzio]

This is what is so frustrating about the PBC. They have Barthelemy and Easter in their stable, both top 135ers. Instead of matching them up, they put Easter in a showcase fight against a cab driver while Barthelemy moves up to 140 to fight some undeserving nobody for a vacant title.

This kind of crap matchmaking kills me.

Really? What is wrong with it as a first fight for Barthelemy moving up? Relikh has one close loss to Burns (definitely closer than the scores).

[jujigatame]

Well firstly, I wish he wouldn't move up. There are lots of good matchups for him at 135.

Considering he's already established himself as a world-class fighter, I'm not really interested in seeing him fight a nobody who has never beaten anyone remotely decent, regardless of the weight class.