WBC strips Cotto of middleweight title

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  1. QuadrupleG

    QuadrupleG MAZAFAKA Full Member

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    Cotto shouldn't have the belt, as he ducked his mandatory and refused to pay step aside money.
     
    QuadrupleG, Nov 19, 2015
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  2. QuadrupleG

    QuadrupleG MAZAFAKA Full Member

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    Why don't you add Cotto himself to your list. He has never been considered the best at JMW or MW.
     
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  3. Badbot

    Badbot I Am An Actual Pro. Full Member

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    Well, Cotto never beat the best at 154 but he was ranked by some to be the best(back then the division was rather bleak). At 160 he beat the champion.
     
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  4. QuadrupleG

    QuadrupleG MAZAFAKA Full Member

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    "Some" is a key word. Overwhelming majority didn't rank him the best at 154 and certainly doesn't rank him the best at 160.
     
    QuadrupleG, Nov 19, 2015
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  5. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    From Foreman till Mayweather he was number 1 by most publications.

    Now he's number 1 purely on paper.
     
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  6. Badbot

    Badbot I Am An Actual Pro. Full Member

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    Actually i do.
    :roll:
    Why the **** do they need 300k from one fight? Self preservation? :lol:
    All they do is expand, which increases their revenues. (as stated, WBC has more belts than any other org.)
     
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  7. acie2g

    acie2g Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You do realze Foreman was the #1 rated JMW Champ when he fought Cotto & Martinez was the only real MW Champ as well.

    A 10% Martinez was supposed to be able to beat Cotto according to fans, and Manny Pacquiao ducked Foreman due to styles just before Cotto fought him.

    Up until the Mayweather fight everybody rated Cotto as #1 at JMW just like the overwhelming majority consider Cotto to be the true MW Champion even if they dont see him as the head to head best.
     
    acie2g, Nov 19, 2015
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  8. Toker

    Toker Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You make some good points, what I mean about the land of make believe is that things are how they are not how we wish them to be. For there to exist an actual sport you need organizations that will make and enforce rules. And people have to agree to follow said rules. And yes they are bent and broken all the times this is the same thing that happens in business and government. Any man made institution can and will most likely be corrupted. That is life.
     
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  9. SOUTHERMOST

    SOUTHERMOST Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Very stupid from Cotto alienating WBC, Vegas in a close match they will pay him back.
     
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  10. Ol' Bub

    Ol' Bub Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cotto could've just paid the sanctioning fee for this fight like he did for the Martinez and Geale fights.
    He would be defending his title Saturday.
    If he won he would actually have to fight GGG next, so the sanctioning fee is a problem now.
     
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