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  1. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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  2. Berlenbach

    Berlenbach Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Which he won whilst weighing nearer the welterweight limit. So no, not really.
     
  3. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Werent his first 2 titles WBO's? And this is during a time when the WBO wasn't really counted?

    I'll say one thing that certain fighters get special treatment with belts

    When Gamboa had the WBA regular title and fought Salido it was a unification fight

    When someone like Povetkin had the WBA regular it was trinket made up title

    Rios had the WBA regular and it was considered a legit title

    it makes no sense some guys have the same belts and one guys is real when anothers is a fraud
     
  4. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I don't know if I'd credit him for having that WBO title itself so much as I would for the actual comp he was beating. He was beating decent guys like Troy Dorsey, Jeff Mayweather and a few other respectable men with less than a dozen pro fights and doing it emphatically.
     
  5. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If Roman Gonzalez winning the vacant interim WBA Light Flyweight belt counts as one of his division titles, then yes.

    The WBO belt may have been a lesser title back in the day, but NOTHING means less these days than a vacant interim WBA title, at light flyweight no less.