how can margo-manny be for the vacant wbc title??and angulos#1??

[ChampBox@PR]

he also tried to make a special belt for the floyd-mosley fight too, the guy is a snaky bastard.

dude is a corrupt slimey bastard

[jeg77]

Margarito has been ranked #1 by the WBC for a few months. The reason Margarito and Manny are for the vacant title is because the WBC exercised all it's other options and this fight was actually the 4th or 5th option they have tried in order to get a full time champ. These are the facts and the WBC is just following protocol/rules they have had in place for years.

Now if your gonna flame, at least now what the hell you are talking about. I don't blame the WBC one bit and they are actually doing the right thing (according to the rules they have in place).

Yeah , so Margs has #1 in the WBC for a few months without a license to fight in the U.S.

[-Kev-]

It's bull**** politics.

[Nuurzhaelan]

angulo is the #1 ranked contender for the wbc at 154..so how can margo whofought a nobody at 154 and manny who hasnt fought there at all fight for the vacant wbc title??

Hmmm, do you think that's why margachito fought at 154 in Mexico, just to give it the veneer of legitimacy?

[BoxingTech718]

WBC is basically just a belt for Mexicans.

[Spray_resistant]

Just more boxing bull****, I would honestly rather have them just hand Angulo the belt without him even fighting then let Pac and Marg fight for it at 154.

[KickAzz]

angulo is the #1 ranked contender for the wbc at 154..so how can margo whofought a nobody at 154 and manny who hasnt fought there at all fight for the vacant wbc title??

it is quite peculiar.

[Khalid X]

This thread is **** for the simply fact that Angulo is ranked #7 by the WBC and not #1. Not only that is comical that someone said that Arum somehow paid the WBC for Margarito's ranking. Fact is Martinez and Cintron were the two top guys and fought to a draw. Martinez moved on to MW and Cintron was dropped for obvious reasons.

The WBC tries to make a push for Chavez since he is number 3 ranked guy but his team wanted to pursue duddy at 160. Next the push was for 4th ranked guy in Saul Alvarez to face another top ranked guy but his team felt Canelo wasn't ready to be a champ at this stage of his career.

So with that said you have Ryan Rhodes, Antonio Margarito, Joachim Alcine and Vanes Martirosyan filling out the remaining top spots. Margarito wins a continential title so him and Rhodes rise to #1 and two respectfully. They tried to make Rhodes vs Margarito but Warren wanted Rhodes to fight in the UK (which is why he is fighting sept 18) so in and attempt to try as a last option the WBC took the new number 1 guy in Antonio Margartio (and according to their rules) matched him with a belt holder in a lower division ala Manny Pacquaio. This option is actually stated as the 4th option to fill a vacant title as according to WBC rules. These rules have been in place for years so again the WBC, after exhausted all other options, are just folllowing protocol.

[PR Boxer]

It's either this or Cotto vs. Pacquiao II for the WBA Light Middleweight Championship and the WBC Ultra Emerald Ruby Quartz Patinum Golden Diamond Belt. Either way the WBC will not lose sanctioning a Pacquiao involved fight.

[Khalid X]

Yeah , so Margs has #1 in the WBC for a few months without a license to fight in the U.S.

The WBC has him ranked that high due to a combination of him having 1 outta the 4 regional belts and the guys who were ranked higher than him moving out of the division.