Shocker indeed.

What's next? Will the WBA award their Franchise Belt to Maestre? (or make a belt up?)

The real shocker is that these corrupt organizations (yes... plural) continue unabated, without oversight... without consequences... with absolute freedom to do whatever they please. Screw the fans who actually pay the bills.

The WBA is run by Venezuelan Gilberto Mendoza Jr., who followed Gilberto Mendoza Sr. after Mendoza Sr. died. Maestre, coincidentally, is Venezuelan.

Does any of this sound familiar?

At least Maestre was thrown in there with a live body right off the bat... and not fed a constant diet of local cab drivers to fatten his record. Then again, he IS 34 and doesn't have that luxury.

But if we're gonna talk about REAL shockers, the granddaddy of them all is that boxing fans continue to follow a sport that refuses to fix itself.