Let's Get This Right, The WBA Regular Isn't A Legit World Title...

The Golovkin fan has stayed well away from this aspect of the fight cos they know half of GGGs defense count is made of of the same belt.

If you take away Canelo's clain to being a champ for holding the regular version of the title , then you have to do the same for Golovkin.

Don't expect this thread to get much replies.

 

The WBA regular "belt" is just a trinket of the same value as something you'd get from a pound shop. It is in no way a credible world title and boxers who say they are a world champion after winning the trinket come across as a bit desperate.

 

It’s one of the biggest scams in boxing, really does my head in.

And I’m a GGG fan, Dino.

WBA regular title is a poison to boxing.

 

OP, you are exactly right. No world title. Canelo is no 3 division champ.

 

Nothing by the WBA has any value, and you can add the WBC and IBF. Somehow, the WBO became the most legit of the organizations, though none of them are all that credible.

 

We know that, casual fans never will. Had people over to watch the fight last night and explained the belt, they couldn't understand why it would be allowed.

 

WBA is shameful, and by far the worst organization. The regular belt doesn't count, at least not when there is a super belt being held. The worst thing about the ****ing WBA is that they muddy up everything.

One of my pet peeves is how it theoretically impacts "lineal" status. When the last true lineal champ is retired without a loss, like HW, lineal can only really be fully reclaimed by unifying all the belts. When a weight is fully unified, it will basically make a lineal belt holder. But then there is the technical and legalistic argument that that is impossible, because there are other world "title" belts that can never be held by the same person in the WBA. **** the WBA.

 

Itis pretty stupid concept but it gets contenders fighting each other instead of just waiting their turn to fight champ so im ok with it

 

It's about as legit as the WBC Baltic & WBC Mediterranean heavyweight titles.

 

It's more like an interim title.

 

Everybody knows its nothing. I would even argue the WBA should not be recognised anymore

 

Maybe it's like ordering an Ice cream, Do you want the Regular or the Special ?
And the only difference is the Price

 

You're right to a point.

It is ridiculous to have all of these belts, but the issue you touch on regarding lineal and ring champions is precisely BECAUSE people are fed up with having several champions.

WBA, WBO, WBC and IBF. How do we decide which is worth more?

 

This all started with Holyfied Ruiz in 2000. In reality that was for the regular belt. WBA gave Lewis permission to fight Grant but Don king sued over a contract clause. According to the WBA website the WBA super belt was born of a suggestion by lennox regarding this situation to which they agreed thereby creating the super belt and the regulator belt. They should have presented him an honoury super belt after the fact and acknowledge that Ruiz and Holyfield, Jones etc were mere regular titleholders.