Mayweather Mosely NOT a World Title Bout

[Snakey]

Yeah I'm in two minds about this also. On the one hand I think it's a cheek of Floyd to not pay them so that Shane can't win the title.

On the other hand I think it would be great for boxing if every fighter just refused to pay and got rid of all the belt organisations.

We could just create one organisation, a conglomerate of all within boxing to issue a single belt per weight class and fuck the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO right off.

But im pretty sure Mosely is the WBA champ, isnt that what he won off margarito?

[skel1983]

Yeah I'm in two minds about this also. On the one hand I think it's a cheek of Floyd to not pay them so that Shane can't win the title.

On the other hand I think it would be great for boxing if every fighter just refused to pay and got rid of all the belt organisations.

We could just create one organisation, a conglomerate of all within boxing to issue a single belt per weight class and fuck the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO right off.

But im pretty sure Mosely is the WBA champ, isnt that what he won off margarito?

The WBA is a joke no he is not the champ that is Vyacheslav Senchenko.

[GAME]

Yeah I'm in two minds about this also. On the one hand I think it's a cheek of Floyd to not pay them so that Shane can't win the title.

On the other hand I think it would be great for boxing if every fighter just refused to pay and got rid of all the belt organisations.

We could just create one organisation, a conglomerate of all within boxing to issue a single belt per weight class and fuck the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO right off.

But im pretty sure Mosely is the WBA champ, isnt that what he won off margarito?

The WBA is a joke no he is not the champ that is Vyacheslav Senchenko.

According to this months BM Mosley is the WBA welterweight champ. When did he get stripped?

[skel1983]

But im pretty sure Mosely is the WBA champ, isnt that what he won off margarito?

The WBA is a joke no he is not the champ that is Vyacheslav Senchenko.

According to this months BM Mosley is the WBA welterweight champ. When did he get stripped?

He is probably the super duper wooper Champ or some other meaningless title the WBA have.

[Conrad]

Everyone is giving props to Floyd for not paying the fees but you can guarantee his motives were $$$ orientated. Certainly not for the best interests of the sport...

Just like the whole 'I wanna clean up Boxing from PED's' bull shit...

[Fenster]

Everyone is giving props to Floyd for not paying the fees but you can guarantee his motives were $$$ orientated. Certainly not for the best interests of the sport...

Just like the whole 'I wanna clean up Boxing from PED's' bull shit...

You're talking about a couple/few hundred thousand dollars. Why should he pay that? Might as well put the money down a drain.

[Kel]

Everyone is giving props to Floyd for not paying the fees but you can guarantee his motives were $$$ orientated. Certainly not for the best interests of the sport...

Just like the whole 'I wanna clean up Boxing from PED's' bull shit...

Yeah the PED's stuff is bullshit he just wants nothing of Pac.....

He gets zero benefit for fighting for any belt though, he is bigger than any belt out there, why credit one of the sanctioning bodies with his name and popularity?

[Kirkland Laing]

Sanctioning fees can be up to 4% of the purse if I remember correctly. I would guess at least a couple of percent for a fight like this. Up to 4% of a twenty or thirty million dollar purse isn't a bad night's work for the WBA. I don't know why Mosley is paying it either. I'm going to stop now before I get into a rant about sanctioning bodies. What the fuck are RICO laws for if not for cunts like these people?

[Fenster]

This is good news (as most have said). The fight doesn't need a shitty alphabet.

It's especially good news for Mosley. By showing his loyalty to the WBA he will get an immediate shot at the vacant title or "real" title, so basically can't lose it even if he loses.

They probably worked all this out with Floyd beforehand.

[Lance Uppercut]

Yeah I'm in two minds about this also. On the one hand I think it's a cheek of Floyd to not pay them so that Shane can't win the title.

On the other hand I think it would be great for boxing if every fighter just refused to pay and got rid of all the belt organisations.

We could just create one organisation, a conglomerate of all within boxing to issue a single belt per weight class and fuck the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO right off.

But im pretty sure Mosely is the WBA champ, isnt that what he won off margarito?

The WBA is a joke no he is not the champ that is Vyacheslav Senchenko.

Exactly, the WBA has two welterweight champions. Why would Floyd want to be co-cahmpion with Vyacheslav Senchenko.

Way to go Floyd, you finally made me proud.

Screw the WBA and their multiple paper titles in ever weight class.

[Kel]

It's not needed. It would make absolutely NO DIFFERENCE to the PPV figures or the amount of interest in the fight. The belts don't mean shit anymore so why pay money to fight for one?

For once I'm giving Floyd praise for this. Still a cunt though.

[rjj tszyu]

It's a shame it's not for a belt. Will it be for the Ring title though? I think if it's 2 of the top 3 in their rankings fighting each other then they will award the winner the title providing it is vacant which it is at the moment.

The Ring belt means waaaayyy more than any of the alphabet straps now anyway.

[Lance Uppercut]

It's a shame it's not for a belt. Will it be for the Ring title though? I think if it's 2 of the top 3 in their rankings fighting each other then they will award the winner the title providing it is vacant which it is at the moment.

The Ring belt means waaaayyy more than any of the alphabet straps now anyway.

It is not for The Ring belt. The Ring Belt is only when #1 fights #2, and in rare circumstances where #1 fights #3. However in this case Manny Pacquiao is ranked #1, so there is no way to crown a welterweight champion without his involvement.

It should be noted that when Margarito and Mosely fought each other (Marg then #1 and Mosely then #3), many people felt it should have been for the welterweight tile and criticized The Ring for not recognizing it. Those people continue to consider Mosely at THE welterweight champion, and I sort of agree.

[JazMerkin]

How is this anything but good? If the bastards wanted him to pay $50 I'd be just as glad he told them to fuck off. Mosley has paid the fees so he will still hold on to the belt.

If any other fighter had done this we'd be applauding them for standing up to the sanctioning bodies... well maybe not Amir Khan

The WBA are the worst of a bad bunch, they don't deserve to be associated with this fight, which should be for the Ring title, but as usual they've fucked up their rankings, dropping Shane to 2nd