3 of our 4 proper world champs now have fights confirmed

Clev is a proper world champ? :huh

 

Clev wins
Ward beats Froch
Broner beats Burns
Khan beats whoever is left available to fight him in late year

 

Hi Lex, wheres Laz?

 

There are only 2 proper world champions listed there. Froch and Khan.

 

Burns beat the world champ fair and square

 

Martinez wasn't a proper world champion though.

 

Yes, a British winner, at British level. I don't care what the WBO say, Clev is not a proper "World" champ, and Bellew is at least a level below him.

 

Fixed.

 

Why wasn't Martinez proper then

 

Burns has as much right as Froch & Khan to call himself a 'world champion' the way boxing currently is. He beat a legitimate belt holder who was probably in the top 3 at the weight to win it. Yes his defences have been shocking but the fact of the matter is Froch has yet to prove he is the linear no.1 at super middle (Khan neither though that was principally due to Bradley refusing a fight). So making a distinction between proper 'world champions' and belt holders in this case isn't fair on burns imo.

If froch beats ward then fair enough, he has every right to declare himslef as the true Supermiddleweight champion of the world. I'm not trying in any way to defend Burns' reign as champion which has been a joke frankly but the Martinez win in my mind gives him the samet to call himself world champion as Froch and Khan

 

He beat Nicky ****ing Cook and no one else.

 

Even calling Khan and Froch world champions is looser than my usual criteria, but considering they have both faced and beat top ranked contenders I let it slip. Burns has one decent win against a fighter I don't rate. There's a difference.