Which Belt carries the LEAST Significance?

Where is the "All of the above" option?

 

The Ring Magazine's belt is just as worthless as the others...

 

What about the WBU??

 

Excellent post and I remember when the WBO had a dead guy in their rankings.

 

Originally Posted by Slacker

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What I'd do if I had the money is:

1. Buy The Ring and WBA/WBO/IBF/WBC.

2. Combine the belts all into the IBF, use The Ring rules to determine rankings and champions.

3. World Champion makes 1 defense every year against Intercontinental Champion or be stripped. World Champion can fight others, but not as a title defense.

4. Work with National programs to incorporate National tournament winners into Regional tournament.

5. Yearly Regional Tournament where the Regional champs would face off and determine the mandatory Intercontinental Champ.

6. Annual fight between reigning Intercontinental Champion and Challenging Intercontinental Champ. Winner faces the World Champ. Loser moves down to Regional Tournament.

7. Annual fight between Intercontinental & World Champion. Loser becomes Intercon Champ, Winner is World Champ.

8. Portion of all sanctioned bout purses would be donated to found and sponsor Boxers Retirement Service


Should be changed to 2

Other than that this is by far the best solution to our boxing problem

 

You clearly live up to your name

 

In my original post, I was merely saying that in boxing, you're dealing with two different groups: a boxing promoter and and a boxing organization. In MMA, it's all in one, so it makes it easier for them to sanction a title fight. I never said anything about contracts and salaries until that guy brought them up. But I still stand by what I said. The UFC gives their fans the fights that they want to see.

 

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I think this one wins

 

Thats wtf I'm trying to figure out. :-(

 

WBA is the worst.
IBF is second because it makes fighters fight so many eliminators for some reason.
WBO is next, because it's not that good, it ain't great either.
WBC is the best, but has a Mexican bias.

The only reason the WBO is even in discussion is because of the men who held those titles such as:

Ricardo Lopez, Ivan Calderon, Jorge Arce, Fernando Montiel, Omar Narvaez, JOHNNY TAPIA, Gerry Peñalosa, Nonito Donaire, MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA, ERIK MORALES, NASEEM HAMED, JUANMA MARQUEZ, Oscar Dela Hoya, Corrales, Casamayor, Cotto, MANNY PACQUIAO, Winky Wright, CHRIS EUBANK, NIGEL BENN, JOE CALZAGHE, Riddick Bowe and the two Klitschkos.

That said, it's the champion that makes the belt, not the belt. I could care less if you owned the WBC and the WBA, it didn't make Kessler beat Joe Calzaghe when they fought.

 

Wbo for now but the WBA is gaining on them.