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Richard Straker's avatar

The WBA are creating another mess at 168lb. With no sign of them ordering a title consolidation, Berlanga has somehow leapfrogged Mbilli as mandatory. How will all of this be resolved?

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Dan Rafael's avatar

Mbilli was never the mandatory.

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Richard Straker's avatar

Okay but what was the justification for Berlanga leapfrogging him by beating McCrory? The WBA haven't published their corresponding 'rankings movements' (not that they're very detailed anyway).

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Stephen Sorby's avatar

It's simply a consequence of when an individually competed sport only has one recognised World Champion in a division with close to 2,000 participants

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Stephen Sorby's avatar

The first 13 weeks of 2024 would have featured over 20 World Title fights in our sports 17 weight divisions - a tremendous first quarter to the year that should be acknowledged and celebrated by boxing's fans & followers 👍🏻🥊

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Richard Straker's avatar

Seems like a sign there are too many belts to me.

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Stephen Sorby's avatar

Or that each division needs 4 belts in order to appease each viable contender that climbs the rankings? 😉👍🏻🥊

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David Cape Canaveral's avatar

So as the worlds population increases we can look forward to 5-6-7 or more titles. yay

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