WBA champion by boxrec WTF
Posted: 26 Aug 2018, 07:49
Ok, I don't understand why boxrec don't display the WBA SUPER world champion in priority on his champion's page.
http://boxrec.com/en/champions
That has no sense.
Boxrec's administrators are you crazy ?
For example in heavyweight that is Trevor Bryan (WBA iterim world champion) that is displayed instead of Joshua (WBA super world champion).
For the cruiserweight that is Schumenov (WBA regular world champion) that is displayed instead of Usyk (WBA super world champion)
As I understand boxrec prefer to show the WBA regular or iterim champion instead of the WBA super world champion.
But we all know how the WBA works.
A WBA champion that do 5 defenses or do a unification with another federation (IBF, WBO, WBC) becomes WBA super champion and the WBA regular belt is disputed between 2 others boxers.
This is why WBA estimates that the best boxer is the WBA super champion not the other champions.
So boxrec, explain me why you don't display WBA super champion.
Are you really considering that Bryan is better than Joshua, Shumenov better than Usyk ?
For other champions that's very problematic. For example in the champion page we don't see Lomachenko or Grooves as the champion. It's like they are not recognized by any official organization. Casual fans can really believe that they don't have official belt and the champion's page becomes very weird.
Moreother with the current system we will never see an undisputed champion (that the case with Usyk that is the undisputed champion but not in boxrec apparently
)
Here is the true list of the TRUE WBA champion:
heavyweight: Joshua (not Bryan)
cruiserweight: Usyk (not Shumenov)
light heavyweight: Bivol (that is the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
super middleweight: Grooves (not Fielding)
middleweight: Golovkin (not Murata)
super welterweight: Hurd (not Castano)
welterweight: Thurman (not Pacquiao, even if Thurman has been stripped to his WBC title, he is still the WBA super champion).
light welterweight: Relikh (that is the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
lightweight: Lomachenko (not vacant
I don't understand why boxrec display vacant, as I know Lomachenko doesn't vacate the title and moreother he is the only WBA world champion)
Super featherweight: Davis (not Machado)
Featherweight: Santa Cruz (not vacant. Please I don't understand why vacant is displayed. There are 3 WBA world champions in this weight division: super, regular and interim).
Super bantamweight: Daniel Roman (that the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
Batamweight: Burnett (not Inoue even if I'm a big fan of Inoue he is only the regular champion. And even if I think that Inoue is better boxrec should display the correct champion. Hopefully the WBSS will decide who will be the true champion. But I imagine that boxrec will display the new WBA regular champion when Inoue or the guy who will beat him will vacate his regular title to unify or fight the WBA super champion
).
Super flyweight: Yafai (that is the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
Flyweight: Dalakian (that is the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
Light flyweight: Buddler (not Canizales)
Minimumweight: Niyomtrong (that is the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
SOURCE: http://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-ranking
Please boxrec correct the champion's page.
http://boxrec.com/en/champions
That has no sense.
Boxrec's administrators are you crazy ?
For example in heavyweight that is Trevor Bryan (WBA iterim world champion) that is displayed instead of Joshua (WBA super world champion).
For the cruiserweight that is Schumenov (WBA regular world champion) that is displayed instead of Usyk (WBA super world champion)
As I understand boxrec prefer to show the WBA regular or iterim champion instead of the WBA super world champion.
But we all know how the WBA works.
A WBA champion that do 5 defenses or do a unification with another federation (IBF, WBO, WBC) becomes WBA super champion and the WBA regular belt is disputed between 2 others boxers.
This is why WBA estimates that the best boxer is the WBA super champion not the other champions.
So boxrec, explain me why you don't display WBA super champion.
Are you really considering that Bryan is better than Joshua, Shumenov better than Usyk ?
For other champions that's very problematic. For example in the champion page we don't see Lomachenko or Grooves as the champion. It's like they are not recognized by any official organization. Casual fans can really believe that they don't have official belt and the champion's page becomes very weird.
Moreother with the current system we will never see an undisputed champion (that the case with Usyk that is the undisputed champion but not in boxrec apparently
Here is the true list of the TRUE WBA champion:
heavyweight: Joshua (not Bryan)
cruiserweight: Usyk (not Shumenov)
light heavyweight: Bivol (that is the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
super middleweight: Grooves (not Fielding)
middleweight: Golovkin (not Murata)
super welterweight: Hurd (not Castano)
welterweight: Thurman (not Pacquiao, even if Thurman has been stripped to his WBC title, he is still the WBA super champion).
light welterweight: Relikh (that is the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
lightweight: Lomachenko (not vacant
Super featherweight: Davis (not Machado)
Featherweight: Santa Cruz (not vacant. Please I don't understand why vacant is displayed. There are 3 WBA world champions in this weight division: super, regular and interim).
Super bantamweight: Daniel Roman (that the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
Batamweight: Burnett (not Inoue even if I'm a big fan of Inoue he is only the regular champion. And even if I think that Inoue is better boxrec should display the correct champion. Hopefully the WBSS will decide who will be the true champion. But I imagine that boxrec will display the new WBA regular champion when Inoue or the guy who will beat him will vacate his regular title to unify or fight the WBA super champion
Super flyweight: Yafai (that is the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
Flyweight: Dalakian (that is the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
Light flyweight: Buddler (not Canizales)
Minimumweight: Niyomtrong (that is the only WBA champion so boxrec is right)
SOURCE: http://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-ranking
Please boxrec correct the champion's page.