Another belt being added..

[markb018]

An honorary belt being added for the elite catchweight fights. I am sorry but this is a bit silly.

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[antimoron]

we have a new WBC catchweight champion blah blah blah..

what the hell..

[Lance Uppercut]

I love to watch the alphabet gangs destroy themselves with their own greed.

I bet the WBA out does them with "the interim regular catchweight championship"

[DAWGSWIN]

My knee jerk reaction is to not like it because I'm not a fan of "catch weights." However, these fights have provided some good match-ups that may not have been made otherwise.

I don't have a huge problem, assuming this is not a defendable belt. Its a frickin trophy!

[Kel]

Just what we needed!

[Kel]

There is no need for catchweights in boxing anymore there are far too many divisions. This is absolutely pathetic IMO

[killersheep]

What is anyone gonna defend this? Just give them a plaque or a trophy...........

[killersheep]

There is no need for catchweights in boxing anymore there are far too many divisions. This is absolutely pathetic IMO

I disagree we should have a weightclasses at 1 lb. increments between 105 and 300 lbs.

[Montezuma]

Sshhh Killersheep, don't say that too loudly you might give them the idea.

Seriously this is one of the major things hurting boxing right now. It is bad enough with all the interim champion, super champion and champion in recess nonsense. I consider myself quite an avid follower of boxing but I do not have a clue who many of these minor champions are? It is disgraceful, they are diluting their titles to the point that they will end up utterly worthless.

[amat]

I kinda like this honestly, just hand them out for super fights and make them a big deal, like bracelets in poker. Plus, this has a chance to be the coolest looking boxing belt ever.

[porkypara]

I have never known of any sport to do such damage to its self as boxing.



Dana White(UFC bloke) is right,ufc is not killing boxing,boxing is killing its self.

All in the name of greed.

[TheMacMagician]

I've never heard such crap in all my boxing time. The WBC should pick up their catchweight bullshit and drag its ass back off to the room they sat in to think it up.

Hell, I guess with so much emphasis on Pound 4 Pound these days maybe they should just scrap weight divisions altogether and just let it be a damn free for all and fight it out for P4P king title and rankings......

This catchweight shit is for people who are not willing to clean up their own division and seek out a purely money orientated bout. What happened to boxing being classed as a sport, rather than simply a business.

[superheavyrhun]

I don't think it's such a bad thing to be honest, mainly it sounds like it's going to be used as a trophy when one of their champions fights someone from a higher division who can't meet the weight limit.

I think it has to be used carefully, for existing champions only and catchweight fights where no other belts are applicable.

[Majesty]

Kinda funny how people were complaining about Cotto's title being on the line or anything and saying "well there's no belt for 145 pounds!" Well now there is

[robinswe01]

The belt sounds good, but the the idea is s**t.