Best news I've read in a while...

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  1. ipswich express

    ipswich express Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    From the WBC convention...

    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A summit is proposed for the 2009 WBC convention in Jeju Island, South Korea concerning a proposed Universal champion. Under the idea of José Sulaimán, the organizations of the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF would enter their respective champions into competition (semi-finals and finals) with one Universal champion rising to the top of the heap. The winner will be administered to by the sanctioning organization who's title he originally held. The losers will still retain their own original titles. Another plan for the 2009 convention is to invite broadcasters like HBO, Showtime, ESPN, Sky Sports and so on to create a dialog and thaw the frost between the sanctioning bodies and the networks.[/FONT]
     
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  2. TheDuke

    TheDuke Let me marry Boxed Ears Full Member

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    Fingers crossed
     
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  3. ipswich express

    ipswich express Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree, it'd boost boxing back towards where it should be.
     
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  4. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Thats awesome but I can see it going down in flames.
     
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  5. ipswich express

    ipswich express Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It'd depend on HBO and Showtime spending big bucks on the idea. It's exactly what's needed.
     
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  6. mundinechamp

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    Hopefully this goes ahead unlike that Superfighter competition in 2006.
     
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  7. JOSEY WALES

    JOSEY WALES Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    One World , One champ each weight . However a unified Champ only lasts as long as a strawberry season for finacial reasons , I didn't see Calzaghe or Haye hang onto their respective Unified Titles for too long as these ABC's are usually far to quick to strip in order to get their greedy little paws on the double sanctioning fees the fighters fighting for their vacant Trinket usually brings ..One world , One Title , One Champ each weightclass ...
     
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  8. Hmmm

    Hmmm :P Full Member

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    Money will get in the way of things like this.
     
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  9. ipswich express

    ipswich express Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It'll either get in the way, or it'll be the reason it happens.
     
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  10. pecks

    pecks ***** Full Member

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    Yeah, I tend to agree.

    It sounds great though.
     
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  11. Phil Austin

    Phil Austin Keep on Kronkin on! Full Member

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    Yep Jose also said that the Rocchigiani fiasco was a set-up of which they were completely innocent! LOL!
    "The winner will be administered to by the sanctioning organization who's title he originally held. The losers will still retain their own original titles" So basically nothing is going to change: they lose, they keep their belts and just add to the confusion as they will be engaging in title fights after losing to whoever
     
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  12. ipswich express

    ipswich express Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Regardless, it'd be the best fighting the best. That's all I'm interested in. Alphabet soup titles mean nothing to me.
     
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  13. Marcus

    Marcus Boxing Junkie banned

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    Its a great idea, lets hope it happens soon.

    Pavlik, Vazquez, Margarito....cough..Geale

    ALL UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONS!!!

    Then they can take on the winner of these guys....

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  14. pecks

    pecks ***** Full Member

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    Bruton was the ****ing ****!

    That episode made me sad back in the day.
     
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  15. Kegsy

    Kegsy Lights Out Full Member

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    Great news lets hope it eventuates.

    Interesting sidenote was the Top Rank fighters...Humberto Soto, Manny Pacquiao & Kelly Pavlik have not been paying their sanctioning fees to the WBC.
     
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