The LINEAL welterweight championship

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I don't think I being harsh at all, as I still recognize him as p4p # 1 but I think a ranking system has to have merit as well as what sells fights, a ranking system is what makes pro sports. By virtue of what you are saying being ranked in the top 10 of the welterweight class is meaningless ultimately because if the champ chooses not to fight anyone there, there is no consequence.

By virtue of what your saying being the champion is worthless unless they fight who you want them to fight. You sure your a part of one of the alphabet groups?

Because thats precisely what we have today, belt holders having to defend against undeserving mandatories in fights that no one wants to see.

I too want to see Mayweather/ Cotto but not at the expense of throwing the sport I love into turmoil by recognizing another fighter as champion who hasn't even won that honor in the ring. To do that would be to continue the chaos that the alphabet jokers have created.

Cheers mate I always enjoy debating you. I suppose I should clarify by top 10 I mean THE RING'S top 10, which is what I recognize as the foremost authority. I mean that's really what we're talking about here right.

His options to keep his title would be at this point
1) Miguel Cotto
2) Shane Mosley
3) Carlos Quintana
4) Paul Williams
5) Antonio Margarito
6) Zab Judah
7) Josh Clottey
Luis Collazo
9) Jackson Bonsu
10) Kermit Cintron

Look at those options, there are fights there that would make good money, fights that would make great money, fights that would be easy, fights that would be more competitive. I don't think it's asking too much for a divisional champ to defend his title again the top 10 list. Now if we are talking lineal champ, well how does that work if PBF has 1 alphabet and Cotto or Margarito has two straps?

I enjoy debating with you too.

You say his options to keep his title, does that mean you agree with stripping?

Out of all those fighters listed the winner of Cotto/ Margarito is the fight people will want to see & the one which make most sense.

By what I assume your insinuating is that if Floyd fights DLH next you'll recogize the Cotto/ Margarito winner as champ? Or you may already recognize Cotto.

But doesn't that leave us in the same predicament? Where we will have questions about who is better Cotto or Mayweather? Mayweather will still be the linear champion belt or no belts, Cotto will hold alphabet trinkets.

Isn't it much easier to recognize a champion until he is beaten in the ring. If that champion doesn't defend against who the fans what the we need to put pressure on him until the fights we want are made. The answer is not just to recognize someone else. You mentioned before about what makes pro sports. All other sports have one champion, that is what pro sports is all about!

If Cotto dismantles Margarito there will be no other opponent for Floyd to face.

I'm sure we will get Cotto/ Mayweather in early '09 but if we don't Mayweather will still be champion @ 147 until he is has his championship taken from him (in the ring)