Wlad rematch Vitali (If Vitali wants to) Winner of Wilder-Povetkin
We should stay firm to an extent but not just accept a lineal champ. Wlad's reign is impressive not because he was IBF champ after beating Byrd...
WBA is by far the worst just by having multiple titlists.
It's not supposed to be easy to be a champ then. It's just a paper title @ heavyweight like the WBA regular.
Maybe he'll dump them all and go for the WBC belt. Surely he'd be classed as undisputed then.
It's a shame as I think the IBF are the least ****tiest but there is no common sense in stripping Fury 10 days after winning the title. Wlad is...
WBC heavyweight title IBF heavyweight title WBA regular heavyweight title All meaningless
Starting a new lineage is much harder these days than in the days of 1 title where being lineal was the only way to be world champion so it's...
I disagree, Wlad was #1 after Byrd2 and defended this position 18 times.
Now lineal titles are worth more than the ABCs but the problem with lineal titles with nobody actually forcing the champion to fight anyone is...
The first 5 are worthless paper defences. 18 is the number. :bbb
Tyson was shot by the time Lewis beat him. Holyfield and Vitali are great wins though.
From Byrd 2, Wlad was the champ to beat From Ibragimov, Wlad consolidated his position by unifying From Chagaev, beat the #3 ranked guy to win...
It's tough isn't it. There haven't been any greats since Lewis and he retired. This problem will arise anytime that a champ retires with the belts.
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