how to get 1 world champion.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by mightyright, Apr 14, 2009.


  1. mightyright

    mightyright New Member Full Member

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    In the old days there was 1 champion per division. lets get that back and bring the prestige and recognition back to being the best. with all the organizations up to lose money if this was to happen, somehow someone is going to have to change things. we can organize a unified league that the public can have acessible knowledge of to see a fighters ranking. not based on money-backing or opinion,or olympic medals, but thru a points system like every other major sport. There can still be national champions ande so forth so every country can be proud of their own still, and up and commers can fight old dogs, and tomato cans, but not move the rankings and get a title shot for being undefeated 25-0 against 25 nobodys/has beens. So everyone in the public can know who is who and why. Not because of popularity. the talent will emerge... fights will be competitive. Who is broadcastd/showcased can be up to promoters, but the public would have better knowledge of what is happening in the sport while watching. take the UFC for example...everyone knew for a bit who was the champion. and who the top contnders were. now that they have tried to expand and other organizations are popping up, the public is starting to get confused who is the best and who is fighting who next and so on.
    Somehow boxing needs to be official for the casual fan to know who is the real champion.
     
  2. mrbassie

    mrbassie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The only way to get back t one belt is to have the nysac and the nsac only recognise one sanctioning body.
     
  3. Lewisbell

    Lewisbell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The Japanese only recognise the WBA and WBC if i remember rightly so that's a good sign
     
  4. larrysmith

    larrysmith Guest

    all the fighters should boycott 3 of the santioning bodies and only fight for 1
     
  5. yale

    yale Active Member Full Member

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    That is actually a really good idea. No chance in hell they will though :verysad
     
  6. larrysmith

    larrysmith Guest

    we can only pray:D
     
  7. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not gonna happen.

    It's scary. I'm watching Riddick Bowe vs Herbie Hide for the WBO strap and HBO refused to recognize the WBO title at the time so it was dubbed a "Special Attraction" fight. Nowadays the WBO is as respected as any other of these token organizations.

    Almost makes you wonder which one is next.
     
  8. larrysmith

    larrysmith Guest

    ibo
     
  9. mightyright

    mightyright New Member Full Member

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    Money....thats why the WBO got in. IBO will be next with pacquiao and hatton holding that belt all over the place for press conferences. Can you Imagine how much worse its going to be with 5 different champions. I mean, these guys should be throwing up the Ring Belt or something as it seems that belt is the only one to be around reconized champions and not just handed out. But at the same time, if the Ring belt wants to be the true belt, its going to need some kinda uniformed league that can show the public who is officially the champion. John McCain was pushing to make boxing a unified league was he not?
     
  10. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Back then when the WBO was created in 1989 no one gave a **** about it and rightly so. I think Daminani was there inaugural champ at heavyweight. ( some obscure Italian) Of course Mike was recognised as THE champ globally. Daminani's career never amounted to much. Warren on the other hand viewed the WBO as a godsend and latched on to it in the mid 90`s when it started to gain some steam.
     
  11. Irishbc

    Irishbc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    there have been loads of good ibo champs

    IBO also prides itself on being "the only sanctioning body with unbiased, computerised rankings."

    lol
     
  12. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Thats because the IBO belt always just happens to be on the line when theres a big name bout. For as many "good" IBO champs there have been more even woeful champs. Jawaid Khaliq not ringing any bells.. The only thing credible about the IBO is there computer based ranking system. Other than that the belt isn't worth ****.
     
  13. Irishbc

    Irishbc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    jawaid khaliq wasnt that bad lol, he was a prospect, not much more, but certainly not woeful.

    no im talking just plain IBO title matches, you ever watched a few? ive watched plenty and there arent too manyboring ones, and this is because of the good ranking system.

    now instead of running down the ibo the only thing WRONG with them is the fact that the belt is barely egarded at all, not their fault and if they were regarded higher than the WBO then the title fights would be a lot more interesting
     
  14. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    Prospect? I remember Khaliq going life and death with an incredibly old Jan Bergman!!! He got knocked down at least 3 times in that fight. Looks like Khaliq is back to driving cabs as he's been gone from boxing for some time and is certainly retired. He's career never amounted to anything to even warrant being called a prospect (apart from when he called out Vernon Forrest :roll:).
     
  15. scurlaruntings

    scurlaruntings ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    More belts cause MORE problems. The current ones are a disgrace. And that includes the big 3. The WBC's Emeritus nonsense, the WBA's super champion farce and the IBF being investigated multiple times for fraud by the FBI along with DKP. Adding more belts to this mess only makes matters worse and dilutes the title even more. Boxing doesnt need the WBO IBO WBF WBS WBE WBU IBU IBA etc etc. It doesnt make a shred of sense to favor one belt more than another when there all shambolic. The only ones i can give some semblance is the WBA and WBC and thats purely from a historic standpoint because there the oldest belts.