PBF no longer WW king (Never was IMO) Vacats belt like I said he would.

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I told people a long time ago that Floyd would indeed vacat that nasty barf looking belt before defending it against Tony or Miguel.

Guess what?

Prophecy again my friends.

Read it and weep.

Look who is fighting for this mickey mouse trinket now?

Floyd has tainted this belt and it has now become the belt of jokes.


By Mark Vester

According to a recent interview with trainer Tony Morgan, the June 21 WBC eliminator between his fighter, undefeated Andre Berto, and Miguel "Mikki" Angel Rodriguez of Mexico, will now be for the vacant WBC welterweight title.

Morgan says that Mayweather will be vacating the title because he is not planning on defending it within the WBC's time limit. Mayweather defended the belt last December against Ricky Hatton, who was moving up in weight and unranked by the WBC at 147-pounds.

Since winning the title from Carlos Baldomir in 2006, Mayweather has not defended the belt against a ranked welterweight. He will possibly return to action in September in a possible rematch with Oscar De La Hoya, at a catch-weight of 150-pounds.

Berto is the number-one ranked welterweight under the WBC, and Rodriguez is ranked at number-two. The fight takes place at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. HBO will televise.

Morgan tells Duward Buck of The Ledger that his fighter is currently training at the Phantom Boxing Gym in South Beach near Miami, and also tells the writer that if Berto beats Rodriguez, they will target the other champions and Mayweather in 2009.

"He's had some tremendous boxers to spar against," Morgan said. "He still hasn't learned how to back up yet. I expect him to fight again in the fall. Would we fight Mayweather? That is something we are looking at for next year."