Marquez vs. Morales deal reached for April 9th, WBC Diamond Belt at stake as well

[bzkfn]

Erik Morales Signs Contract To Close Marquez Deal - Boxing News

The reason this is for the WBC diamond belt is that the fight is at 140. So Khan vs. Maidana and Bradley vs. Alexander are not diamond belt material fights, but the diamond belt is on the line for 2 fighters who have never had a top fight within the weightclass. What a fucking joke the WBC are. This is a stupid way to crown the 1st mexican 4 division champion, and quite frankly shouldn't count in any record book.

[TheMacMagician]

Erik Morales Signs Contract To Close Marquez Deal - Boxing News

The reason this is for the WBC diamond belt is that the fight is at 140. So Khan vs. Maidana and Bradley vs. Alexander are not diamond belt material fights, but the diamond belt is on the line for 2 fighters who have never had a top fight within the weightclass. What a fucking joke the WBC are. This is a stupid way to crown the 1st mexican 4 division champion, and quite frankly shouldn't count in any record book.

Complete and utter joke man, can't stand this shit. The fight, i'm sure, is at 140 because Morales can't make weight at 135 anymore. This fight absolutely stinks IMHO.

[InTheNeutralCorner]

Erik Morales Signs Contract To Close Marquez Deal - Boxing News

The reason this is for the WBC diamond belt is that the fight is at 140. So Khan vs. Maidana and Bradley vs. Alexander are not diamond belt material fights, but the diamond belt is on the line for 2 fighters who have never had a top fight within the weightclass. What a fucking joke the WBC are. This is a stupid way to crown the 1st mexican 4 division champion, and quite frankly shouldn't count in any record book.

But the WBC daimond belt would probably fetch a good price on ebay.

[fan johnny]

Why do people continually call the Diamond Belt a Joke? It is not a Title Belt and not meant to be one. It is honorary recognition of two great fighters by the WBC.

It cost $50K to make and will probably carries more tangible value than that. And that is no Joke!

I think too many writers write negative things about this belt and incorrectly label it a "joke title"

[No Contest]

My question is: Does the Diamond belt count as the 4th title in a different division? If not I don't know why Morales wants this fight. Unless he's really confident, because he should just wait for one of the other titles which he would have a better chance at IMO.

[bzkfn]

Why do people continually call the Diamond Belt a Joke? It is not a Title Belt and not meant to be one. It is honorary recognition of two great fighters by the WBC.

It cost $50K to make and will probably carries more tangible value than that. And that is no Joke!

I think too many writers write negative things about this belt and incorrectly label it a "joke title"

You're kidding right? The reason everyone is mocking it is because if the WBC gave any credence to their regular title, then there would be no need for a diamond belt. This is a shameless PR exercise and nothing more. For gods sake, does boxing really require any more distortion with its friggin champions?

To say this fight deserves diamond status when the best 4 fighters at 140 just fought each other is a joke and has only been awarded because both these guys are Mexican. I'm a huge Marquez fan, but really this is not the way for him to go, and he is much better than this. I can only assume he's gone down this 140 diamond route to have a diamond unification fight with Pacquiao.

Diamond unification...how ridiculous does that sound? How about they have the fight at Welter for the interim diamond championship? What a load of shit.