The WBO Championship Committee has sent a letter to the camp of undisputed women’s welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill asking them to “show cause” within the next ten days as to why the WBO women’s welterweight championship should not be declared vacant after McCaskill’s loss to Chantelle Cameron in a bout for the junior welterweight title.
The McCaskill-Cameron clash was sanctioned by the WBO on the condition that 1) if McCaskill won she’d have ten days after the bout to determine which belt (140lb or 147lb) she’ll keep; and 2) if McCaskill lost her WBO welterweight title would be declared vacant. These conditions were agreed and accepted by Matchroom Boxing.
Vacate the belt and fight for it again that simple.
You can actually read the letter they sent her, they’ve posted it online. This isn’t that bad though, whoever wins this belt, unless they come from another weight class, she most likely beats them anyway. Will be really interesting to see if they let her fight for it immediately though.
Who cares about the WBOgus? We’re only in the “four belt era” because moronic fans wanted to accept another shiny belt.
Talk about your taking risk and double standards. Some fighters can lose in a different weight class and come back to their original weight as undisputed champion with no questions asked. And now McCaskill has to hire a lawyer to argue her case.
She should just vacate the titles and go away! Whack female fighter to begin with!!
Probably the worst female boxer I’ve ever seen! Saw her fight twice in Chicago years ago and could not believe she’s made it this far? I’ve seen 15 year olds at the Chicago Golden Gloves in the novice division with a better skill ability. WRETCHED!!
The rules are the rules, she shouldn’t care about this title and ask eventualy for the n1 challenger spot if she cares for the WBO !
I don’t like the terms of that contract. A fighter who is champion in one division shouldn’t lose that title just because they temporarily stepped up in weight and lost to a fighter of a different weight division. Her retention of her title should not have been on the line if she was fighting in a different weight division, whether she lost or won. Tremendous overreach here. It’s absurd. She shouldn’t have to “show cause”.