Jeff Fenech awarded belt from WBC for "victory" over Azumah Nelson?!!

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  1. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    This is a symbolic gesture, much like when the WBC awarded Rubin Carter an honorary world title years after he was imprisoned or calling Adrien Broner a ‘world champion’. I don’t actually think it’s going to show up anywhere in the record books or that people will start calling Fenech a four-division world champion.

    It makes no actual sense, but when did that ever stop the WBC from doing anything?
     
  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wait til tomorrow, when the WBC announces they have retroactively counted Buster Douglas out and Mike Tyson is somehow still champ to this day.

    Also, Buster and Evander and everyone else in that lineage is stripped and will be wiped from history.
     
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  3. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    Have no clue if the Belt awarded to Fenech is honorary or not, but I think its stupid to take a bout that was truly close and ruled a draw and have it
    re-scored.
    Did the WBC ever stop to think their dumb actions is a slap in the face of a true great of the sport, Azumah Nelson?
     
  4. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    News alert this just in from WBC headquarters. The WBC has just reversed Manny Pacquiao's loss to Tim Bradley and Pacquiao gets to keep his title.

    Wait a minute another news alert, the WBC has reversed their decision to change the outcome of Pacquiao-Bradley, turns out that Juan Manuel Marquez upon hearing Pacquiao was re-awarded the belt, petitioned the WBC to award him that same belt since he then took that title from Pacquiao by way of KTFO 6.

    LOL, this is what the WBC is all about, they play to their favorites that play with them.

    WOW, we were so close to having two retroactive 5 division world champions.
     
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  5. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Just when I thought modern day boxing couldn’t get any worse they come up with this crap.
    I weep for the sport.
     
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  6. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This reminds me of the NBA correcting a vital call after the game.
     
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  7. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    More news just in, from the Vatican, in light of new DNA evidence proving that Abel “started it” therefore making it ALL his fault, the Pope has just granted Cain an Apostolic Retroactive Reversal of Judgement along with a compensatory Gold Star. Cain’s slate has been adjusted to a clean 1-0, no DQ.
     
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  8. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Oi, oi, oi!!!!!!!
     
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  9. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Is the WBA going to retroactively make Eder Gonzalez the champion for the time he beat Juan Coggi 3 times in the bout but still managed to officially lose?
     
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  10. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    If they keep this up we’ll have no dodgy decisions to b*tch and moan about - though I guess we can still then b*tch and moan about the dodgy decisions being reversed.

    All I wish for is that one of Mayweather’s more contentions wins be flipped over to a loss - I mean, really, is that too much to ask for?
     
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  11. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I would’ve thought the IOC overturning Roy Jones Jnr’s silver medal would have been more appropriate. That was admitted to blatant corruption.
     
  12. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Donald Trump will no doubt have been reading about this and thinking "Oh yeah,I'm gonna get the WBC to get me back into the White House"
     
  13. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Me too.
     
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  14. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Bugger me, bloody Aussies are such a raucous lot!! Can we get self imploding Nick Kyrgios’ Wimbledon loss reversed too? It’s not like the Joker doesn’t already have his fair share.
     
  15. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You’re just salty that Margaret Court >>Serena.
     
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