Quote Originally Posted by fan johnny View Post
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.