Lightweight prospects Amir Khan and Anthony Peterson could be close to title shots. Peterson is WBO#1 and Khan is taking on WBO#3 Kristiansen this weekend. Improbable that either could be challenging for a world belt this early.
Will Khan go for Casamayor and Peterson go for Campbell, perhaps? Or is it just too early for both these raw talents?
What does everyone think about this? IMO lightweight is a mess. It's all fine having Casa as Ring Champ but there is another claimant out there Nate Campbell who beat Juan Diaz for 3 of the 4 main titles according to the sanctioning bodies.
Anyone remember what Hopkins did when there was 1 more claimant out there - he went and punished Joppy. Ditto with Bob Foster who was pissed off that Vincente Rondon was calling himself champ. Ring Champs shouldn't be allowed to rest on their laurels.
The WBO says Casa has to take on Campbell to settle whom their champ is as Campbell has the WBO proper and Casa holds the Interim version.
If sanctioning body belts don't matter, are irrelevent, as Ring expect us to think by accepting their abstract title, then why has Casa been paying sanctioning fees in Interim title fights to the WBO and WBC?
Monday, March 31, 2008
Khan & Peterson title shots? / Ring title mess
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