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iamasadlittleboy wrote:

Dbear wrote:What I also don't understand with the stupid WBA is there ruling where if you hold more than one major belt you become a 'super' champion but last time I looked Chris John, Miguel Cotto and Felix Sturm all just held the WBA title but are 'super' champions! They even bend there own rules to milk more sanctioning fees, disgraceful!

Andre Ward is another with that distinction

Oh yeah forgot about Ward, my bad just shows there are to many champions to remember!

Dbear wrote:

iamasadlittleboy wrote:

Dbear wrote:What I also don't understand with the stupid WBA is there ruling where if you hold more than one major belt you become a 'super' champion but last time I looked Chris John, Miguel Cotto and Felix Sturm all just held the WBA title but are 'super' champions! They even bend there own rules to milk more sanctioning fees, disgraceful!

Andre Ward is another with that distinction

Oh yeah forgot about Ward, my bad just shows there are to many champions to remember!

Yeah, Kessler was the Super Champion before he fought Ward - heaven knows why.

the ring champion is the only one that matters. good piece from the mailbag on it from their site:

THE RING CHAMPIONSHIP

Good day to you Nigel! Just wanted to get your thoughts on why you think The Ring belt has not been received universally by fighters, reporters, and fans alike. Thanks. – Fleetwood, St. Louis, MO.

Fleetwood,

The Ring’s championship policy is very popular with fans and fighters. The vast majority of fans like it because they know that if a fighter wears aRing belt, he is the legitimate world champion. In recent months, Nonito Donaire, Carl Froch, Andre Ward, Timothy Bradley, and Ricky Burns have all expressed publicly their desire to win The Ring championship. This makes sense because The Ring charges no sanctioning fee (which can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars) and does not attempt to dictate who they fight by forcing them to fight so-called mandatory challengers. Our philosophy is that the marketplace should make the fights, not alphabet organizations, or The Ring.

Our problems have been with promoters, managers, TV executives, and media outlets. Many (but not all) promoters and managers do not like the fact that The Ring doesn’t play the ratings game. In other words, they can’t maneuver a fighter up the rankings (by methods fair and/or foul) and be guaranteed a title shot. I recall a promoter, whose name will remain private because it was a private conversation, being very enthusiastic about The Ring’s championship policy until I explained that we do not strip champions of their titles or force mandatories. That ended the conversation and he never called me again.

While ESPN and the popular ESPN2 boxing series Friday Night Fights have been totally supportive from Day One, many media outlets have not. I believe jealousy is the number-one reason for this, although I think there is a minority that has a genuine philosophical disagreement.