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I think the title will be vacant as of Saturday night. Haye is the #1 contender, so will he fight for it?

Is it possible the WBA would have the February fight for the title? Or would they want it filled as soon as to make money? Maybe Fury fight for it and if he won defend against Haye in February??

This is August's WBA rankings.

1. DAVID HAYE (WBA I/C) GBR
2. LUIS ORTIZ (INTER) CUB
3. DENIS BOYTSOV RUS
4. SETH MITCHEL USA
5. FRES OQUENDO (LAC/NABA) PUR
6. DEONTAY WILDER USA
7. JOVO PUDAR (PABA) BIH
8. RUSLAN CHAGAEV UZB
9. CHRIS ARREOLA USA
10. MAGOMED ABDUSALAMOV RUS
11. ALEXANDER USTINOV RUS
12. ANDY RUIZ JR MEX
13. TRAVIS KAUFMAN USA
14. MARK DE MORI AUS
15. TYSON FURY GBR

I could see it being sanctioned haye is the number one on that list im sure it will be fiddled with so that fury is ranked in the wba top 10.

Finn wrote:I could see it being sanctioned haye is the number one on that list im sure it will be fiddled with so that fury is ranked in the wba top 10.

Looks like they have already fiddled with it, judging by the four fighters ranked above Fury!!

Well, the sham that is the WBA regular title is now vacant.

It is good in a way, because if you win it and defend it a couple of times, your fight with Wlad goes to purse bids and you don't have to accept his terms.

So.....

Who's gonna fight for it? Chageav had a canny win last night. Arreola beat Mitchell. Haye is #1.

I can't see them waiting until Haye-Fury for the vacant title.

keithmoonhangover wrote:Well, the sham that is the WBA regular title is now vacant.

Agreed, this Super World Champion thing is the biggest disgrace out.

keithmoonhangover wrote:Who's gonna fight for it? Chageav had a canny win last night. Arreola beat Mitchell. Haye is #1.

I'm glad to see Chagaev back. It will certainly spice up the Heavyweight division a bit. Hopefully Ibragimov and Valuev come back as well - they are probably better than this current crop that we are stuck with today.

keithmoonhangover wrote:I can't see them waiting until Haye-Fury for the vacant title.

Maybe the WBA could sanction an eight-0man tournament, that would certainly capture the boxing public's imagination.

And you could choose eight from:

Haye, Fury, Price, Chisora - just getting the four Brits out of the way.

Pulev, Adamek, Solis, Arreola, Thompson, Wilder, Helenius, Dimitrenko, Boytsov.

Just as a follow-up to that - Haye probably won't do it because it's a high-risk strategy.
And neither would Pulev - why would he risk his high ranking for this tournament?

How much longer can the WBA continue with two world heavyweight titles?

It's an absolute embarrassment. Shameful that fighters willingly go along with it.

Why not divvy it up some more and have three WBA titles? People could fight just to become the undisputed WBA champion?

keithmoonhangover wrote:This is August's WBA rankings.

1. DAVID HAYE (WBA I/C) GBR
2. LUIS ORTIZ (INTER) CUB
3. DENIS BOYTSOV RUS
4. SETH MITCHEL USA
5. FRES OQUENDO (LAC/NABA) PUR
6. DEONTAY WILDER USA
7. JOVO PUDAR (PABA) BIH
8. RUSLAN CHAGAEV UZB
9. CHRIS ARREOLA USA
10. MAGOMED ABDUSALAMOV RUS
11. ALEXANDER USTINOV RUS
12. ANDY RUIZ JR MEX
13. TRAVIS KAUFMAN USA
14. MARK DE MORI AUS
15. TYSON FURY GBR

Haha at least 10 of those names above fury are a joke. Haye hasn't fought so should be ranked