Anyone else hate the weakness of the Commonwealth belt.

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  1. Lewisbell

    Lewisbell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    An annoying habit is to basically give away a title, by putting in a no hoper from Ghana just to give them a strap. It would be much more highly regarded if we saw some fighters from Australia and Canada to take away (dare I say it 'Anglo-Dominance' by cowardly promoters.

    Tony Bellew (who I rate massively) is up against a 5'6 tubby Ghanaian who has done nothing to warrant a title shot, they could have had Wane Braithwaite or Troy Ross and a multitude of Australians which are a better class than this guy.

    The last match I remember where the foreign fighter 'won' was Molitor vs. Hunter (Dilks vs. Adamu was a sham).
     
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  2. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    These African fighters are a bit of a mystery, whenever a fight is made between them we usually hear "we don't know much about him".

    As you say we could have our guys fighting Canadians, Australians etc. In fact there are plenty of other countries in Asia that could also be fighting for it.
     
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  3. mugen82

    mugen82 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Just imagine the likes of diaconu/bute/pascal/lucas/green/mundine against Calzaghe/froch/Magee/ before achieving worldwide stardom.
     
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  4. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    The Commonwealth belt used to really mean something.
     
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  5. Davies

    Davies Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It is pretty shocking, Mostly our british fghters that hold and defend against usless fighters from say Africa or Ghana
     
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  6. Round1gymDC

    Round1gymDC Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Africa or Ghana ? Ghana is in Africa buddy.
     
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  7. ApatheticLeader

    ApatheticLeader is bringing ***y back. Full Member

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    I know - it's irreversible decline in stature is rather sad.
     
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  8. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Really? :huh

    In general, if it's not a world title belt, isn't it just a trinket anyway?
     
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  9. Davies

    Davies Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I just got owned by a newbie :-(
     
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  10. Davies

    Davies Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah or another word could be used to describe it

    Steppingstone
     
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  11. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    It used to be worth a lot more than it is today but I think it still has value for African fighters as a way to get noticed without having to move abroad.
     
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  12. truushot

    truushot Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Commonwealth belt should be considered just another regional belt. I don't know.. like the southern illinois boxing belt. :D
     
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  13. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Well in a day when there were less belts and less divisions just being a national champ was truly an honour and you were often the best in your country if you held, which is almost never the case today with the dozens of regionals floating around...To be the champion of the whole British Empire was some achievement IMO on par with holding a trinket today.
     
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  14. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    A title is only as valuable as the person who holds it.
    WBC = owes nothing but thanks to Ali.
     
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  15. Kel1981

    Kel1981 P4P No.1 Full Member

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    Yeah these days the fighter makes the belt what it is, for the one fight they hold it for anyway. As mentioned, the Commonwealth was a legit respected stepping stone but these days all the belts are except 'the ring' belt.
     
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