Chagaev vs. Oquendo for WBA regular HW belt

Sad. :-(

This is an all time low, even for the WBA.

Chagaev isn't a top ten HW anymore, and Oquendo isn't even top 50.

 

Wow....disgusting.

 

I read that before... seriously :-(

If you look at the WBA title list since 2000, it's a struggle to find an actual concensus champ in there. If there even is any.
But this is the worst fight yet.

Alexander Povetkin TKO3 Andrzej Wawrzyk
Alexander Povetkin TKO2 Hasim Rahman
Alexander Povetkin MD12 Marco Huck
Alexander Povetkin KO8 Cedric Boswell
Alexander Povetkin UD12 Ruslan Chagaev
David Haye TKO3 Audley Harrison
David Haye TKO9 John Ruiz
David Haye MD12 Nikolay Valuev
Ruslan Chagaev TD6 Carl Davis Drumond
Nikolay Valuev MD12 Evander Holyfield
Nikolay Valuev UD12 John Ruiz
Ruslan Chagaev UD12 Matt Skelton
Ruslan Chagaev UD12 Nikolay Valuev
Nikolay Valuev RTD3 Jameel McCline
Nikolay Valuev TKO11 Monte Barrett
Nikolay Valuev TKO3 Owen Beck
Nikolay Valuev MD12 John Ruiz
James Toney NC12 John Ruiz
John Ruiz UD12 Andrew Golota
John Ruiz TKO11 Fres Oquendo
John RuizUD 12 Hasim Rahman
Roy Jones Jr UD12 John Ruiz
John Ruiz DQ10 Kirk Johnson
John Ruiz DRAW12 Evander Holyfield
John Ruiz UD12 Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield UD12 John Ruiz

 

There we go folks...THATS how bad the modern HW division has become.

What is the equivalent of this at WW for example?

Randall Bailey fighting Zab Judah for a title?

 

more like Collazo fighting Zaveck for a WBA regular title with the winner becoming Floyd's mando, Judah at least gave the current 140 lb champion a hard fight, Chagaev and Oquendo have done nothing for years

the WBA must not realise how much of a laughing stock they are

 

I prefer to see that fight rather than suffered from Deonatay vs Malik

 

Kurwa!
:twisted:

 

No, he won't.

The WBA only made that stupid "kiddie" title soas it would allow the SuperChampion to make REAL TITLE FIGHTS.

They will allow Wlad to fight other mandatories or voluntaries for 18 months before the impose this fight.

And who's to say that the winner will want Wlad anyways. They'll have 18 months themselves before they're pushed for the fight.

And ftr........why is Chagaev not a solid fight?
He's beaten Meehan and Walker while they were relevant, Pudar has been a solid top 50 for a long time, and his other wins are just as solid as Wilders resume in the past 3 yrs, add Oquendo to that and he's got a solid case for a fight with Wlad.

Oquendo, while not being a top 20 for a fairly long time, has also maintained a solid LOC since his last title shot. Robbery losses to Holyfield, Toney and McCall who had been very relevant at the time of the fights, a very close fight with former world Champion, Mormeck......and his wins over solid C level competition over and over again have proven he's no less than a Blevel fighter. Beating Chagaev would be a very credible win to earn a fight with Wlad.

That said.......here's why this is actually a solid fight.
-The winner will already have a solid top 30 credible win. More than many can say.
-Guys like Haye, Adamek, and Potvetkin and other solid prospects/contenders will be lining up for their shot at a title, fake as it is.
-This will give Wlad next WBA mandate and even MORE credible resume.
-Chances are whoever wins this false title will do like Potvetkin and milk it....and that's good and bad. Good b/c they'll be forced into decent scraps like Potvetkin was and stop washed up can crushers like Rahman from enforcing their #1, bad b/c they can make other solid voluntaries like Huck and turn away potential big fights from the Champion, Wladimir.

Overall, I gotta like the WBAs line of reasoning for this fight. :think

 

13 UD or MD with 2 DQ/NC's out of those fights. Very few were conclusive wins and the 'opponents' were horrible which makes it even worse :-(

The WBA is awful.

 

David Haye was glimpse of a light in that list. He brought the excitement in WBA.:deal

 

Stinking out the place against Valuev, then fighting old and completely irrelevant Ruiz, and then manages another HW title lowpoint by going 2 full rounds without a single punch landing against FRAUDLEY of all people...
No really one of the WBA HW belt finest hours.

 

You'l have to go lower than that.

More like Ashley Theophane vs Viacheslav Senchenko.