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Re: Canelo No.1 Middleweight in the world By Boxrec
Posted: 28 Nov 2015, 10:37
by koolkc107
sharpei_louis wrote:Gets me angry reading this.
If you hold the MW Championship of the World, you should be obliged to defend it against challengers weighing under 160. To get the belt then re-define the weight limit is a f*ckin' joke.
You can discuss the semantics of what is or isn't a MW fight, but for my money a MW championship should be contested by anyone weighing below the MW limit of 160.
It totally devalues the belt to have Cotto or Canelo fighting around the 154lbs mark for a MW strap, when there's a legitimate SWW belt at 154lbrs. There's a MW World Champ out there weighing within the MW limit who they won't fight cause he's too big.
This here is everything that's wrong with boxing. There are too many weight classes, too many alphabets and too many politicians. It's laughable. You wanna be MW champion of the world? You should be prepared to fight against guys 160 and below.
It wasn't a joke when lil g wanted Ward to come down to 164 with his super middle belt on the line, so why is it one now?
Re: Canelo No.1 Middleweight in the world By Boxrec
Posted: 28 Nov 2015, 11:36
by sharpei_louis
Look I'm not totally disagreeing with catchweights - if GGG had held the SMW belt I would have felt exactly the same.
It's the principle of the champ not wanting to fight at the weight he holds the belt at. I thought I made that pretty plain. If Ward was dictating the 164 catchweight then it's a problem, but he's not, he's fighting at his championship weight so that's ok.
Re: Canelo No.1 Middleweight in the world By Boxrec
Posted: 28 Nov 2015, 12:34
by Lennox
sharpei_louis wrote:Gets me angry reading this.
If you hold the MW Championship of the World, you should be obliged to defend it against challengers weighing under 160. To get the belt then re-define the weight limit is a f*ckin' joke.
You can discuss the semantics of what is or isn't a MW fight, but for my money a MW championship should be contested by anyone weighing below the MW limit of 160.
It totally devalues the belt to have Cotto or Canelo fighting around the 154lbs mark for a MW strap, when there's a legitimate SWW belt at 154lbrs. There's a MW World Champ out there weighing within the MW limit who they won't fight cause he's too big.
This here is everything that's wrong with boxing. There are too many weight classes, too many alphabets and too many politicians. It's laughable. You wanna be MW champion of the world? You should be prepared to fight against guys 160 and below.
100% agree. I think those that have him at number 1 at middleweight are wrong. Cotto is obviously a super-welterweight, the fight was one pound over. It was a catchweight fight as the fight was not made at the correct weight. The fact that it was sanctioned for the WBC title makes no difference it was just another fight.
Two wrongs don't make a right.