titleholder

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Soon after WBC and IBF champion Spence won his unification bout to take the WBA belt from Yordenis Ugás, WBO titleholder Crawford tweeted that it was time for the “real fight” to happen.

From Seattle Times

Belgium received a walkover win over Belarus after the latter and titleholder Russia were suspended for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

From Seattle Times

He went to see Harry Burns, the owner of North Coast Electric and the titleholder of the Suyematsu property, assuming since they had been unable to make the payments during the war, and now the interest had tripled, Burns would take back the property.

From Seattle Times

Incidentally, two of those banners are from the “Challenge Era,” when Cups could be won or retained simply by one team issuing a challenge of the reigning titleholder.

From Seattle Times

The former titleholder, Scott A. Rivkees, all but vanished after reportedly being hustled out of a public meeting about the coronavirus in April 2020 by the communications director of Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis.

From Washington Post