WBC Creates New Championship Belt for "Catch-weights"!

by Johpin on Aug 7, 2009 12:45 AM EDT Comment 8 comments

Jose Sulaiman, President of the WBC, is announcing the institution of a new WBC green and gold belt to be called WBC Diamond Championship, a honorary championship exclusively for fights between elite boxers.

This new implementation has been voted in favor by the WBC Board of Governors based in an absolute unanimous voting, and will actively participate to keep boxing as great as ever with new and exciting formats for the fans.

Boxing is changing; it has a heavy influence from television and promoters are looking for highly interesting and passionate battles for the benefit of the boxing fans of the world.

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IS this actually a wind-up or not?

Boxing is the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight. (Omar Epps)

by Chaos100 on Aug 7, 2009 6:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Completely a...

Crappy idea. Boxing needs more belts like I do a bullet in the head. Here’s a great idea: How about 1 freakin’ belt per division!!!

by SmittytheCutman on Aug 7, 2009 8:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And Boxingscene.com is reporting that Pacquaio is reported to want to fight for the great strap against Cotto. Man this is going to be so exciting… I sure hope the WBC makes a strap for boxers whom are 2-0 as well. Excuse me, while I vomit.

"Penelosa is not human." -Max Kellerman on Gerry Penelosa during the Juan Manuel Lopes-Gerry Penelosa bout.

by Sickle on Aug 7, 2009 2:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sulaiman

Has finally gone completely mad. The scary thing is the rest of the WBC thinks it’s a good idea too!

by Drunken cutman on Aug 7, 2009 5:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."

by Zocalo on Aug 7, 2009 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Must be the Money!

WBC: Hey that looks like a huge fight at a catchweight, dang we can’t get our sanctioning fees. Wait, let’s create a BS to completely milk these cash-cow fights, we are geniuses.

Fans: What about these belts meaning something? What about the integrity of the Champion?

WBC: The creation of these belts mean we don’t have any integrity…

by waldo47 on Aug 8, 2009 4:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This just in...

Gilberto Mendoza of the WBA has just announced the creation of a new title to accommodate the overwhelming global demand for more divisions, belts and sanctioning fees. The new title is to be called “The WBA Rainbow Dream Belt”, and will be awarded to commemorate fixed fights between the most irrelevant and overrated boxers in their respective divisions.