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Heavyweight Champion of the World

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trickyputt Great Member

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A new champion. http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/01/cheers_for_deontay_wilder_alab.html#incart_2box If some of his buddies are eligible for Bama football it could get interesting...

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A new champion.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/01/cheers_for_deontay_wilder_alab.html#incart_2box

If some of his buddies are eligible for Bama football it could get interesting...

Wow, there was a time when the things that article said were true, in particular the cachet that "Heavyweight Champion of the World" once had.

But now, I think we would be hard pressed to find many "men in the streets" who could name the two guys who just fought for that title.  It is amazing how much that changed in such a relatively few years.

But then again, what the hell do I know?

Rich - in name only

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Chilli Dipper Great Member

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Let's be real, he's a heavyweight champion, not the heavyweight champion. Klitschko is the real champion, and Wilder is just a guy with a fancy belt.

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trickyputt Great Member

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Let's be real, he's a heavyweight champion, not the heavyweight champion. Klitschko is the real champion, and Wilder is just a guy with a fancy belt.

Hey thats good. Want me to check with the author of the article? Could involve some beers...

Tom R.

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Hey thats good. Want me to check with the author of the article? Could involve some beers...

There are four major sanctioning bodies in professional boxing, and the nature of the sport's politics make it very difficult for there to be an undisputed champion in any weight class. Wladimir Klitschko holds three of those belts, and has been recognized as champion by at least one of those bodies since 2005 without a defeat, making him the lineal champion as well. The only reason he doesn't hold the remaining WBC title belt, now held by Wilder, is because his brother Vitali had been WBC champion for most of period from 2004 until giving up his belt in 2013 to focus on his political career in Ukraine.

Those are all details the author of the article chose to overlook. In my view, and of most of the people who follow boxing much more closely than I do, Klitschko is as close to undisputed as a champion can get.

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Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...


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