Cuban Yordenis Ugas is receiving a lot of flak from boxing fans for proclaiming himself as the new World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion after beating American Abel Ramos recently. Many claim that Ugas only won the “regular” version of the belt and that Manny Pacquiao, who holds the “super” version of the title, is the WBA’s real champion at 147 pounds.
The criticism is correct, but Ugas is not the party to blame. The head honchos of the WBA are the ones who created the convoluted titular hierarchy that has unsuspecting boxers like Ugas believing they won a legitimate world title.
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