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.
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