By William Mackay: It’s looking like the WBA will be moving WBA heavyweight champion David Haye to a new position in their ranking system by taking away his WBA title and elevating him to the WBA Super World heavyweight title in the very near future, according to the latest boxing news. By doing this the WBA will be able to have top contenders Alexander Povetkin fight it out with Jean Marc Mormeck for Haye’s old title, while at the same time opening up a new revenue stream with the sanctioning fees.
This is kind of a sickening thought, however, because Mormeck, now 38, has looked terrible in winning his last three fights at heavyweight against Vinny Maddalone, Fres Oquendo and Timur Ibragimov. Mormeck doesn’t look good at heavyweight and it would be sad to see him fighting for a title against anyone. And Povetkin hasn’t done anything since beating Chris Byrd and Eddie Champions in the IBF tournament three years ago in 2008.
Povetkin has fought nothing but 2nd tier heavyweights since then and has dealt with injuries. He had the opportunity to fight IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko for the title not too long ago but opted not to take the shot. A fight between Povetkin and Mormeck, which you have to figure would be won by Povetkin, would only further dilute the heavyweight division with yet another paper champion to go along with Haye. However, Povetkin would be a popular fighter if he wins the fight, because he has a following in Germany and it would give them another champion to cheer.
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