And that’s the real problem isn’t it? How obvious and normal they have become. He knew he'd be dropping it before he fought for it and made a big deal of unification at the same time with the intent of never defending it. The WBA is the one he will most likely drop for sure especially if a Santa Cruz fight is the payout. Cruz has the same Orgs title so he saves face. Of course the IBF most likely goes also unless he plans to come back down. The Orgs are as responsible as anyone because they don’t want unification.
Maybe Selby beats him and maybe not but nobody should expect Frampton to even entertain that now. He's the cash cow. That’s a huge step back. That’s the equivalent of Hatton fighting Witter or Calzaghe stepping back to fight Froch.
He may drop the WBA first and decide to fight his jet lagged mandatory and that’s his right. That would actually be ok but for me but he ought to fight Rigo. People question the legacy of guys like Duran but he would have fought Rigo long ago. "To be the best you have to fight the best" is more than just a quote or paraphrase at least to me. Sound economics does not make for sound pugilism practises. It may be the adopted accepted norm but not for me as an individual. The fact that Quigg and Carl could get it done keeps my hope alive as odd a fight as it was in the end.


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