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  1. psychoshane

    psychoshane Active Member Full Member

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    What if boxing were like it was in the old days, back when there was only one champion per division not three or four. How different would the sport be today?
     
  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    The same. The best would still be the ones at the top. You just wouldn't have the marketing that you do now with fights of lesser importance being billed as "title" fights.
     
  3. psychoshane

    psychoshane Active Member Full Member

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    And the fights would get made. If only one champion then the top guys have to fight him period. No politics like today.
     
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    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    many would Fall Away out of Contention with such Fight demands and some NEVER becoming Champions and the Sport's recent history would be rewritten!
     
  5. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Our current world champions would be something like
    Klitchsko, Hopkins, Golovkin, Mayweather, Vazquez, Donaire,

    That is a pretty strong list right there. I think it would improve the way we view todays era.
     
  6. 9522

    9522 Active Member Full Member

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    We can only dream. One thing is for sure it will never happen.
     
  7. jas

    jas ★ Legends: B-HOP ; PAC ★ Full Member

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    pacquaio vs mayweather would have already happened by now....
     
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    9522 Active Member Full Member

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    That and many other fights that never got made.
     
  9. aussie opinion

    aussie opinion Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1 title per division...boxing would still be a power sport and held in higher regard, gone are the days where fights would stop a nation and the winner would get a parade, lional rose beating fighting Harada in japan when he came back to australia people lined the streets 100,000 people..shame the sport has been watered down so bad.
     
  10. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    then boxing would not be a fringe sport