WBA continues to devalue its own titles

[Enlightened-One]

"WBA continues to devalue its own titles"



On Saturday at the Dignity Health Sports Park, in Carson, California, the WBA will create yet another confusing title when Eduardo Ramirez and Isaac Avelar compete for the WBA interim featherweight belt.

The WBA already corruptly recognizes Leo Santa Cruz as super champion even though Santa Cruz's last two fights have been at a higher weight class, and he was knocked out in his last fight by Gervonta Davis.

The WBA also recognizes Can Xu as the regular champion. Xu has not fought since 2019 and is not injured, so why not order Xu to make a mandatory defense instead of creating a third title?

Ramirez is 24-2-3 and has stopped his last two opponents. He lost to Lee Selby in a previoust title shot.

Avelar is 17-2 and is further down the ratings, begging the question of why the higher-rated boxers were left out?

The 23 year-old Avelar defeated Namibia’s previously undefeated Sakaria Lukas in his most recent bout.

Thoughts?

[Ruthless-RKO]

I've noticed PBC have been oushing hard for these WBA interim belt.

[Enlightened-One]

I've noticed PBC have been oushing hard for these WBA interim belt.

To be fair, if you review the various WBA secondary titles (i.e. gold, interim & regular), they're generally held by guys affiliated with a variety of promoters (i.e. fighters televised by DAZN & ESPN).

The WBC seem to strongly favour the PBC.

The WBO seem to strongly favour Top Rank.

The WBA titles, there doesn't seem to be that many PBC fighters holding secondary straps.

I personally dislike governing bodies favouring certain networks/promoters. They should be impartial. But it is what it is.

It's too easy for people to place the entire blame on the WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF etc.

But the reality is that supply and demand is the reason for so many belts.

The fans are drawn to fight cards with titles on the line, so the promoters ask the governing bodies to create them. For them, "something" is better than nothing.

Fighters wouldn't agree to paying sanctioning fees or agree to facing opposition dictated by the governing bodies, if the titles they held failed to reward them financially (i.e. they're earning more with the belt than without it).

[gilgamesh]

You can't devalue them any further beyond the point of worthless. They hit worthless a while back.

[KiwiRider]

Good fight though, while it lasted. I really thought Ramirez was gonna take it.
Stupid non title, good fight.

[Boxing Prospect]

I've noticed PBC have been oushing hard for these WBA interim belt.

To be fair, if you review the various WBA secondary titles (i.e. gold, interim & regular), they're generally held by guys affiliated with a variety of promoters (i.e. fighters televised by DAZN & ESPN).

The WBC seem to strongly favour the PBC.

The WBO seem to strongly favour Top Rank.

The WBA titles, there doesn't seem to be that many PBC fighters holding secondary straps.

I might be wrong but I think the following are PBC promoted secondary champions:
Rigo 118
Figueroa 122
Ramirez 126(okay tertiary title as the WBA have some how let Santa Cruz keep the primary title despite not fighting at 126 in a good while)
Davis 135 (the 130 picture has seen the WBA bend over backwards to make sure that the primary title is as illegitimate as possible)
Barrios - 140
James - 147
Lara- 160
Morrell - 168
Pascal - 175

That's quite a few in fairness

[margaret thatcher]

9 divisions there !