It was a title, the same way Haye had a version of the heavyweight title. Was he the best and champion of the division? Obviously not.
He took a shot fighter, and made sure he was drained to oblivion He then guzzled a ton of PEDs, and re-adjusted his wraps The end result was he cost a guy the use out of one eye Yeah. What a peoples champion
He fought a guy not even ranked at 154 and fought him for a vacant title at 150. I'm not gonna give my opinion, but those are facts
Except.. He wasn't on PEDs, and he stopped hitting him hard the last few rounds just so he didn't obliterate his eye any worse. But don't let facts get in the way of a good story. :good
If Pacquiao's title wasn't legit, then neither is Canelo's. after Pacquiao vacated that belt, Canelo won the belt by beating an unranked Welterweight at a catch weight; a catch weight that Alvarez ended up not even making.