Mayweather Stripped Of Title From Manny Pacquiao Fight

[Deltron]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...manny-pacquiao-fight_559bc8c5e4b0759e2b50f153

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been stripped of the welterweight world title he won after beating Filipino Manny Pacquiao this year for failing to comply with rules, the World Boxing Organization said on Monday.
Mayweather, who improved to 48-0 by beating Pacquiao in May, missed a deadline by which he had to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee from the fight and vacate the junior middleweight title he also held, the WBO said in a statement.

The WBO said it is against rules for boxers to hold world titles in multiple weight classes and that Mayweather had to indicate which weight division he he would retain.

Mayweather, who finished ahead on all three scorecards of what proved to be the top-grossing prize fight of all-time, had until 4:30 p.m. ET (2030 GMT) last Friday to advise the WBO of his position.

"The WBO World Championship Committee is allowed no other alternative but to cease to recognize Mr. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as the WBO Welterweight Champion of the World and vacate his title, for failing to comply with our WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests," the WBO said in a statement.

Mayweather, who earned over $200 million from the fight which generated a record pay-per-view revenue in the United States of $400 million, has two weeks to launch an appeal.

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Move this to the coliseum please @patscorpio

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Floyd doesn't give a shyt about any belt but the green WBC belt.

 

[the cac mamba]

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Naw, there is some validity to this. Other organizations are trying to get sanctioning fees and they don't want Floyd to hold the belt hostage. WBC lets him do it because they are the best belt, the historical lineage of their belts are the greatest among other organizations and they like being associated with his fights, so they just make more belts! Super World champion, regular champion, silver champion, diamond champion, The Sulaimans just be creating shyt.

Everyone knows how Floyd feels about the other organizations.

 

[TMNT4000]

Pac still lost.

 

[TheNig]

He decided not to pay the sanction. I wish all fighters followed this. These sanctions and committees are a joke and the WBO is the biggest joke of them all.

 

[Alexander The Great]

Floyd still smarter than the rest. he doesn't need that damn belt. he kept that 200K and bet it on the womens world cup probably

 

[GoFlipAPack]

pay 200k and they would have taken it anyway FOH

 

[Baracka Flocka Flame]

I don't even understand why this has been a top trending story in several news outlets. Floyd doesn't give a FUKK

 

[Justise M]

glad first take is off, they would do a whole hour on this bs

 

[Cowboyz89]

Why don't they lace those gloves up and step in the ring with Floyd to earn that belt like he did? Fukk outta here with a 200k fee for no reason.

 

[MillionMills]

I'm not familiar with boxing committees and sanctions. What happened?

 

[FaTaL]

I'm not familiar with boxing committees and sanctions. What happened?

If you a have belt they shake you down

It's bullish!t

 

[unit321]

But after Mayweather indicated he would relinquish all his titles to give younger fighters a chance, the WBO sanctioned the Bradley-Jessie Vargas fight on June 27 for the vacant title. When Mayweather caught wind of the news, he became angry, and asked reporters how he could be stripped of a belt he never actually received.

After corresponding with Mayweather’s attorney, John Hornewer, the WBO elected to give Mayweather extra time to pay the fee and vacate his belts at 154 pounds. After numerous failed attempts to reach him before Friday’s deadline, the WBO said it had no choice but to strip him of the title so that the organization’s 147-pound division did not stagnate.

Bradley will be mandated to defend his belt against No. 1 contender Sadam Ali, and that bout could take place on Nov. 21 in Dubai, promoter Bob Arum said.

It’s unclear if and when Mayweather will relinquish his remaining belts (two at 147 and two at 154) as he planned to do after his victory over Pacquiao.

“I want to give other fighters a chance,” Mayweather said at the time. “I’m not greedy. I’m fortunate to be a champion in two weight classes right now. I’m the undisputed welterweight champion. I have the WBC and WBA belt at super welterweight. I have the WBO, WBA and WBC at 147. It’s time to let other fighters fight for the belts.”

Mayweather had never held a WBO belt before beating Pacquiao.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mor...comply-with-rules/ar-AAcDEtE?ocid=mailsignout

Well, he can do whatever he wants to do. If it ever goes to civil court though, I'm guessing he's going to lose.