I think those alphabet belts suck, i think there should be just one MAIN title in each division like it used to be.
It sucks when fighters cant fight the best cause they have to fight some nobodys cause they are the mandatory challanger or whatever and if they dont fight them they will have their title stripped away from them, it sucks!
I think those alphabet belts suck, i think there should be just one MAIN title in each division like it used to be.
It sucks when fighters cant fight the best cause they have to fight some nobodys cause they are the mandatory challanger or whatever and if they dont fight them they will have their title stripped away from them, it sucks!
That mando fought his way to that position and had to win to get a shot at the title. I like this better over the RM with no mandos and only pointless big money fights. Defend or vacate no picking and choosing easy fights for big money.
WBC = World Boxing Council (its the original and the most respected)
WBA = World Boxing Association
WBO = World Boxing Organization
IBF = International Boxing Federation
IBO = International Boxing Organization
The WBC is the true belt, of course the lineal champ is the true champ though.
never really seen the IBO as a recognized belt before!
it's hard to say which body has the true champions, there are great boxers in WBC, WBA, WBO, and IBF, the nearest to true champion status id say is the ring belts.
The ring rankings are accurate but its not the most publicized belt. The wbc is. In all honesty, The most recognized champ is the one with the most belts.
The ring rankings are accurate but its not the most publicized belt. The wbc is. In all honesty, The most recognized champ is the one with the most belts.
that's the best possible way of defining a real champion! that covers most of it! you can't cover it all until you get one champ for every weight class
and that raraly happens because by the time the belts are unified, someone either gets beat, is at the end of their career or they can't mandatoraly defend each title so they have to give them up. Then we start all over again.
Also politics (*cough* Don King *cough*) has a lot to do with it. If a promoter can have 4 different champs fighting at once, all making him millions, why would he let them unify and have only 1 making millions? The only reason Tyson unifyed is because he was so exciting and could make as much as 4 champs because of his style.
WBC = World Boxing Council (its the original and the most respected)
WBA = World Boxing Association
WBO = World Boxing Organization
IBF = International Boxing Federation
IBO = International Boxing Organization
The WBC is the true belt, of course the lineal champ is the true champ though.
sup ron, the ring champ is above all, it dont matter if someone has the wbc,wba,ibf,wbo. the ring champ would still be considered the liner guy in the division.
just like if chad dawson went out and won another 2 or 3 titles next year, hopkins would still be considered the man untill he's beaten.
the lonsdale belt is the british champion SB, thats a major title in britain only.
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