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Is Wlad the only "Ring" guy never to win the WBC or WBA championship belts?
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Originally posted by JoeyZagz View PostIt still doesnt explain why he chose to go after beltless-bums with inflated records. When you look at the big picture, there is an enormous void from 2000-2010 where the #1 HW never touched a WBC or WBA belt.
And that he didn't go after the WBC belt is because
- in the early 2000s Vitali lost against Byrd (WBO world title)
- so Wladimir went after Byrd (WBO)
- Vitali decided to go after the WBA belt
- Why not after the WBC belt? Because at the same time Lennox lost the WBC belt to Rahman, wanted the rematch and then the fight against Tyson. Neither Klitschko was on the radar for Lennox.
- Then Wlad lost to Sanders (WBO), Sanders refused to rematch Wlad and hence was stripped of the WBO belt
- Since the plan was always "Two brothers two belts" they decided the following: Wlad matches Brewster for the WBO belt and Vit matches Sanders for the WBC belt.
- Then Wlad loses to Brewster and Vitali retires
So the whole mess is an unfortunate sequence of losses for Lennox (Rahman), Vitali (Byrd + retirement) and Wlad (Sanders, Brewster).
After the Sanders loss it took them approx. 5.5 years to realize their plan "Two bros two belts"Last edited by knn; 07-09-2010, 09:12 PM.
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