I've had a look at the WBC top40 list, and it probably means Chris is a lock. But something else came to my attention, mainly who's missing from that list. And I don't mean the usual suspects Haye and Chisora, cause we all know why they're missing, but someone else.... 1 Chris Arreola (US) USNBC 2 Denis Boytsov (Russia) 3 Bermane Stiverne (Canada) SILVER 4 Mariusz Wach (Poland) INTL 5 Chauncy Welliver (US) AMERICA/ABCO 6 Tyson Fury (GB) COMM 7 Manuel Charr (Lebanon/Syria) SILVER INTL 8 Seth Mitchell (US) 9 Luis Ortiz (Cuba) LATINO/FECARBOX 10 Odlanier Solis (Cuba) 11 Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) EBU 12 Andrew Wawrzyk (Poland) BALTIC/CISBB 13 Tomasz Adamek (Poland) 14 Alexander Dimitrenko (Germany) 15 Franklin Lawrence (US) Johnathon Banks (US) David Rodriguez (US) FECOMBOX Francesco Pianeta (Italy) David Price (GB) BBB C Kevin Johnson (US) Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) Johann Duhaupas (France) Tony Grano (US) Artur Szpilka (Poland) Fres Oquendo (US) Joe Hanks (US) Andriy Rudenko (Ukraine) Mike Perez (Cuba/Ireland) Magomed Abdusalamov (Russia) Michael Grant (US) Travis Walker (US) Eric Molina (US) Bryant Jennings (US) Bowie Tupuo (US) Edmund Gerber (Germany) Erkan Teper (Germany) MEDITERRANEAN Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) Alexander Flores (US) YOUTH Herve Hubeaux (Belgium) YOUTH Inter :think:huh This content is protected :blood
Yep. It will be Arreola vs someone and I would not be shocked if it is the easiest person in the top 10 guaranteeing him a win. The WBC makes their rules up as they go along.
Maybe because he's severely injured, no longer technically active, and possibly will never fight again? I believe he was stripped of his title (whatever exactly it was) because he couldn't fight his mandatory defense vs Dimitrenko. He should retain his ranking, IMO, but I can see why he's not on the above list.
Where the **** is Wlad on that list, is a better question??? How can the best HW in the world not be ranked in the WBC's top 40?