Anyone see the little sun article 2day?

if its for a world title,even the WBO,MAB will be even more up 4 it.
i can see khan getting the better of him in the 1st few rounds,then MAB stopping khan middle rounds,i hope.
i would be gutted if khan beats even washed up MAB,it would drive me to drink.

in the 60's 70's , if you were euro champ,you got a world title shot,i pretty sure,if you were brit champ you got a world ranking

 

The EBU title did and, as far as I know, still does give you a top ten ranking with the WBC.

 

There's been bigger travesties in the sport than this but hey ho thats how it is.

 

After the whole Joan Guzman stunt is anyone really surprised?

 

If Buncey doesn't respond to a question about this on Thursday's show with his anecdote about Don King saying 'you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate' I'll eat Tommy Morrison's jockstrap.

 

The WBO, and the WBU for that matter, are responsible for us missing out on so many quality fights. Khan will just make 20 or so defences against no-hopers and we'll never see him step up and fight Murray or Thaxton.

 

The WBU/WBO are responsible for the demise of the traditional domestic route. Lonsdale Commenwealth Europe than World Honours. I mean can you believe a tin pot title like that has a intercontinental/international belt? Honestly what a f`in farce.

 

It's an absolute joke that he jumps ahead of Murray and Thaxton in the pecking order. He has far from proved himsself as the best lightweight at domestic level yet. Good matchmaking will get you so far but the fans aren't stupid. Even the layman that buys his fights on box office must be wondering how he gets a world title shot one win after being ktfo. Forget it Frank, the boxing fans won't stand for it.

 

O but they do! Frank knows this. He guided Ricky and Joe along that same route. Its tried and tested and bottom line it works for his fighters and himself at minimal risk/reward.

 

Frank Warren and the WBO have been waiting for a long time for an excuse to give Khan an easy (I mean even easier than normal) WBO title shot.

What about that guy who knocked Khan out easily? What about the guy who lost a close MD to the previous WBO champ who came in overweight? Surely that would make more sense for the vacant title? Not someone who was absolutely destroyed two fights ago and a washed up fighter who has had no significant fights at the weight.

 

But thats what the WBO is all about. There rankings are a sham. FW did the same with Alex Arthur and waited for Guzman to vacate. Conveniently as always his fighter then gets promoted to regular champ. Its utterly shambolic and definitive proof of the con-artist that FW is. Hence why i have very little time for SN fighters. I mean where is Gary Lockett? Thats right sitting comfortably on his nest egg after a pathetic performance and worst of all a completely unworthy number 1 ranking with the WBO.

 

Kind of following on from that, it's about time Pavlik started creating some sort of legacy as middleweight champion. He'll demolish this Rubio guy, I saw him on the Hopkins/Pavlik undercard. His team, apparently, are already looking at John Duddy after Rubio. I will be most dissapointed if we don't get Pavlik/Abraham soon.

 

Remember Pavlik was protected VERY well in his earlier career. The guy got to 30-0 and fought no one of any note. The world only took note when he smashed up Miranda. Right now 160 is a bit of a wasteland.

 

Perhaps, but it's a wasteland with one very good match up that needs to happen.

 

Abrahams Pavlik is the only fight that matters at 160. If Pavlik had any sense he`d move to 68/75 and search for big money bouts.