Even with small sample size, undisputed reigns in the four-belt (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO) era are not just uncommon, but they’re almost never long-lasting, either because fighters have done all they are going to do in that division, or sanctioning body politics get in the way sooner than later.
Look at the reigns:
Though it’s generally accepted that the “four-belt era” begins in 2007, with full major recognition for the WBO at that point, the WBO was founded in 1988. Bernard Hopkins fully unified the middleweight division in 2001, and Hopkins is the outlier, making six defense defenses of all four belts. He lost the crown via controversial decision against Jermain Taylor in July 2005.
in the moments right before the shooting. the father of him said that lopez walked into the building to get a leave form and apparently was told to come back the following day to pick thaup leave form and the father says that lopez walked out and came back with a gun and that s when he opened fire. jake, we ve heard from sources that investigators are being looking at whether lopez s anger over a canceled leave request might have contributed or triggered him to do what he did on wednesday. they are still trying to figure out that motive, though. pamela brown at ft. hood, texas, thank you so much. you just heard the story of one of the survivors of the attack, sergeant jonathan westbrook. we have his sister on the phone. armetra otis is on her way to see her brother. have you spoken to your brother? how is he doing? he s doing really, really well. we re on our way to see him as
fatly wounded? i d have to check that fact for you. did lopez have a meeting with superiors about the leave of absence on wednesday? i don t know that. i don t think you know that. i don t know that for certain. don t know that wone. again, what i gave you during my briefing is all of the details. i m not giving any more specifics. so if you have specific questions about the investigation, i m going to have to come back to, we re not answering that at this point. what s the policy and procedure that you re now going to do as a result of this that could have prevented, had personnel had a firearm in every building? we have a standard operating procedures. most military installations throughout the army have a set of policies and regulations that we all follow. we have random access measures, security locations that require extra security, et cetera, et cetera. we are reviewing all of those
cid, fbi as well as the texas rangers. the weapon allegedly used in the commission of these crimes has been recovered as evidence and we ll be processing that at the forensic science center laboratory in atlanta, georgia. we will conduct firearms forensic testing and ballistics to determine that the shots fired came from that specific weapon. we have also confirmed through our investigation that specialist lopez purchased the firearm recovered at the crime scene on march 1st. from a local establishment outside ft. hood. but brought it on to ft. hood in violation of d.o.d., army, and ft. hood regulations. we have not uncovered any history of criminal convictions or previous criminal activity by specialist lopez. at this time, we have not established a concrete motive but we will do everything in our power to do so. given that the alleged shooter
this is an issue everybody says we need to keep guns out of the hands of those who are not mentally stable. it doesn t seem to me that the bar right now is adjudicated unstable. it doesn t seem to me that he was at that level at all to be told that he shouldn t be allowed to buy a gun. well, when someone in the military is undergoing some treatment, one of the appropriate procedures to do is to do a risk assessment. what i do with my patients at walter reed, you say, do you own any firearms, do you have any ceremonial blades or swords in the house? you talk to perhaps a sergeant or some other officer and you get the team working as a team. that can be hugely beneficial. say, we need to have somebody check on your buddy, check the risks. i don t know if that was done either. we will have to talk later