Quote Originally Posted by amat
Quote Originally Posted by The Rookie Fan
And what the hell is up with this hole Super Champion crap?
Bilbo informed me of this a while ago. I think it was when Mundine was champion and Kessler the "super champion", I could be totally off but I think that was the case.

I rue the day when boxing has digressed so far that instead of "unification" fights digress so far from the days of the welterweight and middleweight titles being unified to the day there is a WBA unification bout, to see who is the REAL WBA champion. It's absolutely shameful, can't believe they got away with that.
Actually Mundine is a two-time WBA champ, without ever beeing WBA top guy - he won it fiirst time round, when Ottke held the Super Champion title (!). Funnily enough this was actually the title later won by Kessler (Ottke retiring, Mundine fighting Siaca for the 'real' WBA belt, Kessler defeating Siaca).

Also the WBA have had Super Champions in other divisions for a while now. Collazo for example won his title, while Judah was Super Champion. Worst of all though - Firat Arslan just won the Cruiserweight Interim title, giving him the right to fight Virgin Hill for the WBA title (that he somehow didnt lose to Maske), while Jean Marc Mormeck is WBA super champion. Now that should be enough to turn any casual fan off ever respecting boxing belts...

However, while the belt situation is screwed up, I am not so much against this as most people here - in the end it could make the top end of the rankings much more explicit, obvious and understandable. Mundine is the official #2 WBA SMW, having explicitly won that title (and the status of official mandatory for Kessler) against Soliman. Arslan-Brudov fought for being #3 WBA Cruiserweight, Arslan now being mandatory for #2 Virgin Hill. Whoever wins that fight gains the right to meet #1 Mormeck. Mormeck on the other hand is given a better chance (18 months instead of 12) of defending his other title aganist his mandatory there - thus keeping the belts unified - while also having leeway to pursue a voluntary mandatory or a shot at further unification.

If used and explained right, I actually believe this could be beneficial for boxing - at least it makes it more obvious for the fans who the mandatory is, how he has won that right, and why the champion should actually fight him. Now the things are now that is not always the case... (IBF anyone?)