And this is the reason why I say it is a overrated concept.
That's not true. He wanted to fight Lewis much earlier in his career but the IBF insisted he had to fight Moorer instead. HBO tried to cut a deal...
The linear championship is a concept which doesn't really work very well in practice. Jones vs Dariusz Jones proved he was the better fighter by...
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Erdei became the man after beating Gonzalez. Personally I think the whole linear championship concept is overrated. It's a nice concept, but it...
Calzaghe did the same thing. His last defense was against Veit back in mid 05 and he didn't vacate the belt until he fought Jones around late 08....
I think the last time a wbo ww champion made a mandatory defense might have been when Margarito fought Paul Williams back in 2007?:huh
When was the last time the WBO ww champion faced his no 1 mandatory?
I'm sure Jackson hit a lot harder than some smw-lhw's
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True. The Ring belt is an award at best
That's one way of looking at it: Hopkins just too old - Calzaghe http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7349616.stm
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He did have Stanley Levin and others to advise him. He also tended to fight no name fighters who basically had no leverage in the negotiations.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1193016/index.htm
