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So today, Jose Sulliman is removing Heavyweight Ray Austin from his position of number one contender as punishment for leaving Don King.
Not that Austin deserves to be number 1 contender, but its funny that the WBC does not even follow its own rules. And they want to replace him with a Don King fighter, Valuev.
Boxing: Austin threatens to sue WBC
According to WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman, who confirmed that the Filipino boxing legend will fight for the green and gold belt.
“At this time, Mario Barrios is going to fight Manny Pacquiao in July,” he said.
“That’s a tremendous fight. Manny Pacquiao’s first [world] title was at flyweight, with the WBC.
"And [now] he wants to retire as the WBC champion, so he’s fighting in the welterweight division.”
https://talksport.com/boxing/3175527...amon-cardenas/
so the wbc has ranked manny at number five at welterweight even though he hasn't fought since august twenty twenty one
just as bad, conor benn is number three having not fought at the weight in roughly three years
Bunch of fucking jokers.
Horrible look, Manny must be broke, I can't see Conor fight at welterweight again and it will not be too long before Jake Paul gets a world title shot.
Sulaiman now defending it with Leonard-Hagler 'criticism' comparisons ;D. Still and obviously an alphabet soup body who does not take itself seriously and legit rankings are merely an option. Determined of course by faded name value and wishful thinking marketability. Boxing...what are we doing ???. Imagine being Boots Ennis off his long awaited career championship performance and breakout and now watching Rolly Romero, Devin Haney and a long ago mothballed Manny shoot right into title contention within weeks. This isn't Leonard-Hagler but it could definitely pass for Leonard-Camacho.
Boxing is unique in this regard. Other sports don't go out of their way to push fans away like boxing does. Think about it. Yeah, other sports have reffing issues, judging issues, rules issues, and other issues that don't come to mind at the moment. But damn it... they by and large strive to produce a good product for the fans. Team sports, individual sports... doesn't matter. They (at least appear to) make honest efforts to please their fanbase.
Boxing seems to just find new ways to alienate fans, or ratchet up the intensity on the shit that already alienates us. It's like we're fans of boxing IN SPITE of boxing's shit show. As long as someone who wants to save the sport doesn't get their "cojones" on straight, and do meaningful reform to a lot of this shit... boxing will keep losing fans to MMA and other things.