With or without the WBC belt, Canelo is the Lineal Middleweight Champion & RING Magazine Champion.
He doesn't need an organization belt to be the #1 guy at 160....by beating Cotto, he earned that recognition, and the only way it would be removed is if he loses to someone at 155-160.
so if Canelo refuses to fight his mandatory @ 160 pounds, will the WBC strip him because they don't want to get Rocchigiani'd in court again?
will we have a situation where we have a lineal champion and another guy that holds all 4 major belts?
will we have consecutive middleweight champs that refuse to fight opponents that are within the actual 160 pounds middleweight limit?
why they fukk is 97G even ranked by the WBC when he is the champ of another organization?
i hate this whole situation and i blame a crippled Sergio losing to a blown up welterweight for causing this clusterfukk