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一个星期前,我们剥夺了史蒂文森的前重量级拳王头衔,给了科瓦列夫。几乎是一样的性质,现在因为库托在155磅对阵阿瓦雷兹,这已经是他的第二次低于160磅打的拳王卫冕战,上一战是对吉勒,我们也要删除库托的拳王。
简单点说,我们不能让库托迫使对手和他在155磅争夺中量级世界冠军头衔,这是我们的原则。在我们的Google+社区的一项民意调查中,我们要求拳迷投票决定是否应该剥夺库托的头衔,多数拳迷同意,接下来将由戈洛夫金与列米欧之间将争夺空缺的冠军头衔。
现在的中量级分区冠军空置;排名分别是
1.戈洛夫金 2.库托 3.列米欧 4.奎林 5.阿瓦雷兹 6.安迪-李 7.吉勒 8.马丁穆雷 9.比利·乔·桑德斯 10.哈桑
楼主;库托在WBC的拳王头衔还在,这个网站倒是挺有名的,但俺不知道这新闻是啥意思。应该是代表民意吧
Sigh. Now We’re Stripping Miguel Cotto, Too:
It was barely a week ago that we stripped Adonis Stevenson of his Light Heavyweight Championship, installing Sergey Kovalev in his place. Now, we’re removing Miguel Cotto as our Middleweight Champion.
The reasoning is similar in nature, although specifically it’s due to a different reason. In this case, it’s because the Cotto vs. Canelo fight is being fought at a catchweight of 155 lbs. This marks Cotto’s second Middleweight Championship defense, and they have both been fought at a mandatory catchweight beneath the division’s limit of 160 lbs.
Simply put — we cannot abide by the “Middleweight World Champion” forcing his challengers to fight at a different weight than the regulated limit of the division. If he wanted to come in at 155 lbs, that would be fine. But he cannot continue to force opponents to make a catchweight while then defending his crown. He was the Champion of the 160-pound division, not the no man’s land between 154 lbs and 160 lbs. The catchweight champ has been nixed. Sorry, Cotto.
Again, it comes down to our ratings policies and stance on “rigidity vs. common sense”. We’re not here to blindly stick to rules that don’t hold up to examination. We’re here to actually showcase what’s happening in the sport.
When we stripped Stevenson of his crown at LightHeavyweight, we declared Kovalev as the division’s champ, because he was so clearly the true dominant force in the division. While the same could largely be said for Gennady Golovkin, we’re not ** him the champ just yet. Instead, we’re declaring his fight against David Lemieux to be for our vacant Middleweight World Championship.
Top 10 Middleweight Contenders
Gennady Golovkin – Who doesn’t love GGG? The undefeated Kazakh has made quite the name for himself with his fantastic power, diverse offensive attack, crowd-pleasing style, humble personality, and busy schedule. Matthew Macklin. Daniel Geale. Martin Murray. Just the highlights in his dominant stretch. His fight against David Lemeieux has now been made for our vacant Middleweight World Championship.
Miguel Cotto – The win against Sergio Martinez will go down as perhaps the pinnacle of his Hall of Fame career. After a year on the shelf, he followed that up with a strong showing against Daniel Geale. The fight against Canelo Alvarez finally materialized, but when it was announced at a catchweight, like his fight with Geale was, we had enough, and were forced to remove him as our champion.
David Lemieux -All of the former heavily hyped only to crash and burn middleweight prospects are returning to the forefront, and none moreso than David Lemieux. Lost two straight, including a stoppage to Marco Antonio Rubio, but has reeled off nine wins, improving his record to 34-2 with 31 KOs. Most recently and impressively, pummeled Gabriel Rosado in his American debut, and then knocked down Hassan N’Dam four times en route to a vacant title strap win by decision.
Peter Quillin – Quillin is loaded with talent and athleticism, but let’s say a “failure to launch” has stalled his climb, turning down big money and hoping for bigger fights while simply sitting on the shelf. Didn’t look great against Gabriel Rosado — and could have been headed towards a loss if that fight didn’t get stopped, and the judges didn’t have such ridiculous scores. Knocked Lee down twice, but got himself sent to the canvas too, which helped end that fight with a fairly just draw.
Canelo Alvarez -Canelo is moving up to the middleweight division. Although he’s technically only moving up 1 pound, to meet Cotto at a catchweight fight. We haven’t yet seen Canelo’s form against fighters at 160, so for the time being, we’ll slot him in at the middle of the division.
Andy Lee – What a 2014 it was for Andy Lee! Was looking like he was on the brink of retirement in June, losing badly to John Jackson, and then boom, a brutal one-punch KO gets him the win. It landed him a shot against Matt Korobov for a vacant title strap, which he was losing, and then boom, a picture-perfect counter right hook gets him the win. While there were rumors of Lee defending his strap against Billy Joe Saunders in Dublin, instead he faced Peter Quillin. He escaped with a draw and his belt, so he’ll still likely get that UK showdown against Saunders.
Daniel Jacobs- The once highly touted prospect has not only rebounded from his stunning loss to Dmitry Pirog, he’s also rebounded from a much tougher struggle, his battle with cancer. He’s strung together a series of wins and picked up a vacant, more or less worthless, title strap. Well, I should say it would be worthless, if not for the fact that it signifies his journey towards becoming the first ever cancer survivor to win a major boxing title. Sergio Mora next.
Martin Murray – Murray got jobbed against Felix Sturm, coming away with a Draw when he should have come away with a belt. Got back moving in the right direction with two wins, and then received the tough assignment of going up against Sergio Martinez in Argentina. It was a close fight, surely, but the cries of robbery aren’t just either. Proved himself worthy of more big fights though, and did it again albeit in a losing effort to the force that is Gennady Golovkin. Showed a true warrior’s spirit in that fight, hopefully he recovers and makes another run towards the top.
Billy Joe Saunders – Saunders vowed to retire if he lost to Chris Eubank Jr, and now he won’t have to. Earned a decision against his much-hated domestic rival. Oh, by the way, the records of his last four opponents when he fought them: a combined 71-0. In line for a title shot against Andy Lee.
Hassan N’Dam – Lost the two biggest fights of his career, against Quillin and Lemieux, being sent down a collective 10 times in those fights. Down, but not out. Has showed he will clearly give anybody a difficult outing, even if it’s a spirited, losing effort.
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