Great recap! Thanks Carcharias
World Titles held by White Boxers
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No offense to any IBO champions but Wlad aside this belt needs to be scrapped. 4 mainstream belts is madness enough as the so called "Champions" can duck each other to easily. I hope this organization doesn't rise above it's station. But then again about 15 years ago the WBO was in the same position and once European fighters fought for the belt and defended it became as legitimate as the "Big 3".
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I agree, but I just wanted the list to be complete.
Despite the growing success not only of white but also of Asian and Hispanic boxers, there are still a lot of self-loathing wiggers who deeply believe negroes are the superior race in boxing.
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Carlos Cuadras won the WBC Superflyweight world belt on Saturday he looks like a full blooded Spaniard or pretty close to one for a Mexican boxer. Here are photos of his win....http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/cuadras-dethrones-rungvisai-248115
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Although there's a couple of mistakes on this page, especially where the WBA is concerned, it's a good way to see at a glance how many white titleholders there are:
http://boxrec.com/title/champions
http://boxrec.com/title/champions
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Yes it looks like the "regular" WBA champions are shown but the "super" champions who are the real champions are not shown so GGG is not a champion???, Wlad isn't a champion but Chagaev is one. Well I was always ready to drop the WBA anyway with their super, regular and if the champion has a hangnail interim champion. In theory there can be 3 champions sanctioned by the WBA. Just total madness.
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I agree. BoxRec should show the photos of the real WBA champions on that page (for example Wlad instead of Chagaev).
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It looks like Canelo's "Mini Me" retained his title last in Mexico.....http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/cuadras-retains-wbc-super-flyweight-belt-2-301890
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Last week Ryan Burnett unified the WBA championship and IBF championship. It seemed like a few posters were asleep at the wheel when it came to this fight(Initially I wondered if Burnett was another Tony Bellew). He is now the lineal champion at bantamweight.......http://fightnews.com/rankings-2
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Lucas Matthysse won the WBA regular belt over a huge Thai boxer in a spectacular knock out. On the same card Jorge Linares retained his unified world lightweight title and there is a story that he will sign a fight with Loma for an early spring matchup......http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/22260074/talks-underway-jorge-linares-face-vasiliy-lomachenko
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I have been on the fence on Sergey Lipinets, but during the press tour lead up on the fight Sergey looks much Whiter than he does when he is at fighting weight. Anyway he is in tough against Mikey Garcia in 2 and half weeks. If he pulls off the upset against Garcia many lucrative fights could be around the corner for him. https://fightnews.com/garcia-lipinets-poised-march-10-clash/14734
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Updating White champions in boxing at flyweight WBA champion Artem Dalakian is based out of Ukraine but is ethnic Azeri, Charlie Edwards is the WBC champion.
At featherweight Josh Warrington is the IBF champion.
We all know about Loma as WBA and WBO lightweight champion but he is negotiations to fight Luke Campbell for the WBC belt too.
At junior welterweight Josh Taylor won a world belt and has a tough defense against talented Mulatto Regis Prograis, the winner will become a a big star as they will also be the WBSS tournament champion.
At middleweight Alvarez holds 3 of the 4 belts and has no scheduled opponent for his September date but its rumored he is negotiation to fight talented boxer Andrade for his WBO belt.
At super middleweight Callum Smith is the WBA champion, Caleb Plant is the IBF champion and Billie Jo Saunders is the WBO champion. Saunders white washed a no name German based Turk this past weekend less a moment in the middle of the fight where the Turk wobbled him.
At light heavyweight Oleksander Govozdyk is the WBC champion, Bertebiev is the IBF champion and Kovalev is the WBO.
Cruiserweight is a division that is in flux as Usyk is campaigning at heavyweight and should be stripped of all 4 belts he currently holds. He is line to fight Joshua at some point in late 2019 or early 2020 if his heavyweight campaign is successful.
At heavyweight while there are no champions, Ruiz has a title shot against Joshua on June 1st and has at least a puncher's chance.
Note I didn't include any of the bogus WBA regular or interim belts or a few borderline Whites like Ramirez as champions.
At featherweight Josh Warrington is the IBF champion.
We all know about Loma as WBA and WBO lightweight champion but he is negotiations to fight Luke Campbell for the WBC belt too.
At junior welterweight Josh Taylor won a world belt and has a tough defense against talented Mulatto Regis Prograis, the winner will become a a big star as they will also be the WBSS tournament champion.
At middleweight Alvarez holds 3 of the 4 belts and has no scheduled opponent for his September date but its rumored he is negotiation to fight talented boxer Andrade for his WBO belt.
At super middleweight Callum Smith is the WBA champion, Caleb Plant is the IBF champion and Billie Jo Saunders is the WBO champion. Saunders white washed a no name German based Turk this past weekend less a moment in the middle of the fight where the Turk wobbled him.
At light heavyweight Oleksander Govozdyk is the WBC champion, Bertebiev is the IBF champion and Kovalev is the WBO.
Cruiserweight is a division that is in flux as Usyk is campaigning at heavyweight and should be stripped of all 4 belts he currently holds. He is line to fight Joshua at some point in late 2019 or early 2020 if his heavyweight campaign is successful.
At heavyweight while there are no champions, Ruiz has a title shot against Joshua on June 1st and has at least a puncher's chance.
Note I didn't include any of the bogus WBA regular or interim belts or a few borderline Whites like Ramirez as champions.
Thanks for the Update. I Miss the Wlad days. Usyk is great, unfortunately injured at the moment. Any good fights you can recommend? I like to watch some Classics like Morrison vs Williams on youtube every now and again. Also Wlad vs Anyone basically.
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You could watch an "unknown" classic in the White Wolf vs Lamon Brewster. It has action and both fighters giving lead to get lead and the White fighter winning a decision while being the underdog. The fight also ruined both fighters as the action was intense, neither guy won a big fight after as the Wolf lost his belt in a weird ending against Briggs and Brewster was next seen in a big fight having his head whacked around like a Pineta by Wlad.
PS, I forgot to update White world champions closing out the year, note only the big 4 champions will be included and in the case of the WBA and WBC if super and franchise champions are crowned only super or franchise champions will be listed.
At flyweight the obscure WBA Artem Dalakian still reigns but Charlie Edwards vacated his WBC belt due to weight issues and having a forced rematch against a tough challenger who would probably beat him with his weight issues.
At featherweight Josh Warrington still reigns and there has been idle chatter that he may face Shakur Stevenson down the road in a big money unification clash.
At lightweight Loma is the WBC franchise champion, the WBA super champion and the WBO champion. He is slated to fight Lopez for the IBF belt in the spring and the winner will emerge as probably the first 4 belt champion in the history of the division.
At junior welterweight Josh Taylor is the unified IBF and WBA super champion but I haven't heard any serious talks of him unifying with Ramirez who himself is the unified champion of the other 2 major belts.
At junior middleweight Patrick Teixeira is the WBO champion he is a White Brazilian who may have some Amerindian blood but I would regard him as White by the North American definition.
At middleweight Alvarez is the WBA super champion and WBC franchise champion while Golovkin is the IBF champion. The long awaited rubber bout between the two doesn't seem like its on the cards for the spring and may wait to the fall.
Things are static at super middleweight as Callum Smith is still the WBA champion, Billie Joe Saunders is the WBO and Caleb Plant is the IBF. Both Smith and Saunders have been rumored to be potential opponents for Alavarez but no formal talks have begun between the camps.
At light heavyweight Artur Bertbiev is now the unified WBC and IBF champion, Bivol the WBA champion while a Eurasian is generally regarded as White because of his European name(his paternal lineage is from Moldova).
At cruiserweight Arsem Goulamirian is an ethnic Armenian based out of France, I assumed he was an Arab because where his promotional base is. He beat White Aussie Kane Watts for a vacant belt. 2 of the other 4 belts are vacant but with WBSS Whites may win these belts as the WBO belt was won by Mairis Briedas but was later declared vacant because of the usual boxing shenanigans about mandatory opponents.
At heavyweight the short reign of Andy Ruiz imploded quickly similar to Douglas, Rahman and Spinks but Pulev and Usyk are positioned to fight for the IBF and WBO belts. Joshua can't be in two places at once so one fighter will probably fight for a vacant belt and boxing pundits are gauging that Usyk will probably fight for the vacant belt as Hearn has his rights while Pulev would control the IBF strap and probably demand the stars and the moon if he won his fight for a vacant belt in a potential lucrative bout with Joshua.
Note like last time I didn't include a few borderline Whites such as Wilfredo Mendez and one White PR fighter is fighting as an underdog in Japan for a belt in a few days so there could be more champions before the year is out.
PS, I forgot to update White world champions closing out the year, note only the big 4 champions will be included and in the case of the WBA and WBC if super and franchise champions are crowned only super or franchise champions will be listed.
At flyweight the obscure WBA Artem Dalakian still reigns but Charlie Edwards vacated his WBC belt due to weight issues and having a forced rematch against a tough challenger who would probably beat him with his weight issues.
At featherweight Josh Warrington still reigns and there has been idle chatter that he may face Shakur Stevenson down the road in a big money unification clash.
At lightweight Loma is the WBC franchise champion, the WBA super champion and the WBO champion. He is slated to fight Lopez for the IBF belt in the spring and the winner will emerge as probably the first 4 belt champion in the history of the division.
At junior welterweight Josh Taylor is the unified IBF and WBA super champion but I haven't heard any serious talks of him unifying with Ramirez who himself is the unified champion of the other 2 major belts.
At junior middleweight Patrick Teixeira is the WBO champion he is a White Brazilian who may have some Amerindian blood but I would regard him as White by the North American definition.
At middleweight Alvarez is the WBA super champion and WBC franchise champion while Golovkin is the IBF champion. The long awaited rubber bout between the two doesn't seem like its on the cards for the spring and may wait to the fall.
Things are static at super middleweight as Callum Smith is still the WBA champion, Billie Joe Saunders is the WBO and Caleb Plant is the IBF. Both Smith and Saunders have been rumored to be potential opponents for Alavarez but no formal talks have begun between the camps.
At light heavyweight Artur Bertbiev is now the unified WBC and IBF champion, Bivol the WBA champion while a Eurasian is generally regarded as White because of his European name(his paternal lineage is from Moldova).
At cruiserweight Arsem Goulamirian is an ethnic Armenian based out of France, I assumed he was an Arab because where his promotional base is. He beat White Aussie Kane Watts for a vacant belt. 2 of the other 4 belts are vacant but with WBSS Whites may win these belts as the WBO belt was won by Mairis Briedas but was later declared vacant because of the usual boxing shenanigans about mandatory opponents.
At heavyweight the short reign of Andy Ruiz imploded quickly similar to Douglas, Rahman and Spinks but Pulev and Usyk are positioned to fight for the IBF and WBO belts. Joshua can't be in two places at once so one fighter will probably fight for a vacant belt and boxing pundits are gauging that Usyk will probably fight for the vacant belt as Hearn has his rights while Pulev would control the IBF strap and probably demand the stars and the moon if he won his fight for a vacant belt in a potential lucrative bout with Joshua.
Note like last time I didn't include a few borderline Whites such as Wilfredo Mendez and one White PR fighter is fighting as an underdog in Japan for a belt in a few days so there could be more champions before the year is out.
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