Dereck Chisora banned by the WBC

The behaviour of Dereck prior to the first bell, and during the post fight press conference of his fight with Klitschko was shameful. No doubt about it. He deserves to punished and this should involve some form of fine, ban or suspended ban. With regards to David Haye, he does have to accept some responsibilty for the altercation, but unless the law enforcement agencies choose to take action there is nothing that can be done, he is not a licensed boxer, so no governing bodies can impose sanctions.

Whilst the argument that previous transgressions by fighters have not been so harshly punished is true, this can not be used as a reason to not punish Dereck. Times change, public opinions change, and at some point a stand has to be made to set an example to prevent future problems.

My main gripe with this punishment concerns Floyd Mayweather. He has been found guilty of assault on his ex-partner and will be going to prison. He has broken the law, will have a criminal record and has used violence outside of the licensed ring, yet he is allowed to represent the WBC as their champion. This after the 'ban' has been imposed on Dereck! Please tell me how this is right? I really can see no reasonable explanation for this double standard, and I would argue that if Dereck chose to he could take potential legal action against the WBC for discrimination. I have no problems with strict rules, and harsh enforcable punishments for transgressions, but please be fair and treat all involved with equality!

 

He was underweight for the belt. It should of been a non title fight according to their rules. Not that it happened either but the excuses would of been about the weight if Manny lost too and they would of made it a non title fight if it was someone else.

 

damn straight.

a bit of common sense spoken that is




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Is that one of their rules? I don't agree with that TBH, if a fighter wants to weight under 147 for a 154 title fight then it should be his choice. What was wrong was all the ****ing about trying to drag his opponent down as well (was it the Cotto fight?)

 

yes...and i times like this i normally give sugar ray leonard v donny lalonde as a prime example....he won a light heavy title as well as super middle on the same night.....so, winning a 175 title weighing less than 168

 

The Cotto fight was a blatant attempt to weaken Miguel.

Anyway, there's no rule to say you must be 154 to fight for the 154 title.

 

or...no rule to say between over 147 and 154....that what you mean ?

 

In that example theres no problem with Leonard weighing less than 168 and winning the 175lb title. The problem was he also forced Lalonde to weigh in under 168.

Same as Cotto-Pac. Weigh what you want but don't try and drag your opponent down with you in a title fight.

 

Yeah. As long as you are under or on the weight, you can fight for any title you want.

 

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Boohoo for Chisora. He'd have been demolished by Wlad, he's lucky he got the older, less good brother. Chisora had no right to a fight with Wlad or Vitali, he should be grateful for any of the shots he got after losing to Fury.

Instead he's been a disgrace.

 

maybe.

true.

wrong.

 

you people need to get off your high horse, I don't know why people are trying to apply football and tennis etiquette to boxing, boxing is one of the most violent sports there is the object is to knock the **** out of your opponent destroy them, if they have scuffles at press conferences, slap each other, kick, bite, spit so what it’s to be expected.
Chisora is not the first fighter to do it and will not be the last. Personally i enjoyed every minute and if you don't like it go and find another sport (maybe ice skating) because it will happen again it’s the nature of the beast.

 

Where did I mention other sports? The only person on their high horse is you.

 

Everything I said is true. Spitting in a man's face isn't disgraceful? Some ****ed up logic going on there.