How long will the winner hold both the IBF and WBO titles....and will it matter ?

I don't think the sanctioning bodies will come to an agreement on the mandatory requirements for the winner of the big Feb. 23 showdown, and this poor guy won't be able to keep both belts for very long.

I think for a unified champion to be able to maintain more than one title, the respective sanctioning bodies have to be in agreement and come together to get the mandatory requirements doable for the fighter to be able to meet, seeing as how its only one fighter. They sort of have to act as if they were one sanctioning body, to so speak.

But if the WBO and IBF don't want to act in unison regarding who the winner fights, and in what timeframe, does it matter? I think once, say, Wladimir, wins both titles, it won't matter if the WBO strips him, cause to the boxing fans, he'll still be the WBO champion, regardless of it he has the physical title, or not. Right?

Thoughts?

 

Cause he'll already have won the WBO title in the ring, and will BE the WBO champion, regardless of if they strip him, or not.

As I see it, the unification fights are merely a process to go through in order to find which fighter can beat the others, then after he's done that, it don't matter if he is stripped or not, cause we'll then have a proven champion who beat the other titleholders.

Possession of the titles, or not, he's still the man.

Right?

 

Proving, in the ring, that he's better than the WBO titleholder is.......its all about proving dominance, and showing that you can beat the other titleholders, regardless of how good they are, or are not.

As I said, let them dump the belt right after the fight. Cuase then, the physical belt is really meaningless, after one fighter has unified it with his.

 

But others can dispute that he is the champion, cause you have Chagaev and Maskaev, each with titles of their own, and claims of being champions, in their own right.

To be undisputed, and unquestioned as champion, he has to physically beat the others in the ring. And until he does, saying he is the champion, now, is merely an opinion. Right?

To be undisputed champion, he must face and beat the other three titleholders, thereby omitting their claim of being champions.

He can't merely say he's better, and show his more impressive resume, as that is all speculative, as to which resume is better.

He has to physically TAKE their titles away. :good That is what undisputed means...... proven, so as noone can dispute it.

 

I don't care to see him beat Peter again, unless Peter beats Maskaev and Vitali. Otherwise, I don't see a Peter rematch as being too crutial to Wlad's dominance procliamation.

I do agree on Chag, though. Wlad vs. Chag is the best heavyweight fight to be made, bar none. Chag is indefeated, is fast, aggressive, and holds a world title.......So as I see it, noone can claim to be the heavyweight champion of the world, tll they beat Chagaev.

But anyone with a title will do. As brining the fractured title together agian, is the first priority.