Could there be an undisputed welterweight champion by years end?

i wish,if clottey can get the berto/collazo winner its a distinct possibility otherwise it wont happen sadly.

 

the welterweight division is my favorite it is allways packed with action, this year a lot of things can happen i hope we get to see great match up's

 

It can happen, but lets do it ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT style, and lets get the Organizations involved. Lets let the WBA and the WBC, IBF, WBO, ect KNOW that we are looking to unify and have one World Champion, not a number of Titleholders. Don was able to do it, in the early Millenium, with Keith Holmes, Joppy, Hops, and Trinidad, Oscar and Sturm. When all was said and done, Hopkins was UNDISPUTED.

 

Most likely no

 

No, the alphabetty's ****ing hate that ****, they do everything they can to stop it. won't happen, and will happen less and less until something drastic changes.

 

yeah it really could happen unless Cotto beats Margarito then expect for that winner fighting the winner of Berto-Clottey there will be Cotto-Margarito III in the fall

 

The orgs have actually made several rule changes over the years to make unification easier. The WBC is even talking about the 4 orgs getting together and creating one super belt(in addition to the other belts of course).

 

Does it really matter? Granted it would be nice to have somone holding the three belts but how long would it actually last? Not long if past experience is anything to go by. As long as good fights get made at 147 then that's all that matters to me.

 

The answer is a clear no, Arum won't let it. There was the chance for Cotto to return vs. Clottey (IBF), for Margarito to fight Williams (WBA+WBO), instead Arum's plan is to go on with the rematch for a single title (or two as luckily for Arum, Williams vacated the WBO, so Cotto can pick up the title in a mismatch), but they'll avoid Clottey and I see Team Berto having an easy 2009. That was the whole point of signing Clottey: having him in his stable, Arum can keep him away from the cash cows a lot more easily. Smart thinking.

 

Didn't know that, sounds encouraging.

 

Another messed up thing is if Mosely upset's Margo he will not get to fight Cotto, we'll have to see Marg/Cotto II which would keep fragmentating the titles instead of unifying them, but would at least provide us with some good fireworks :roll:

 

I doubt it. DiBella's not going to let Berto fight Cotto or Margarito. The only way it happens is if Clottey beats the Cotto-Margarito winner, Williams stays at 154 permanently (which I'm not convinced of) and Berto fights Clottey to become undisputed. That sounds remote, to say the least.

 

I doubt it but it would be cool to see one..