At What Point Did Belts Become A Joke?

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  1. gob-bluth

    gob-bluth Member Full Member

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    of course it would its actually impossible to have more than 1 world champion in a weight class
     
    gob-bluth, Sep 27, 2011
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  2. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    the IBF watered the idea of belts down but the correct answer is the creation of the WBO . . . after that every tome dick and harry thought they could create a sanctioning body.

    The Ring belt is a step in the right direction though
     
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  3. Lance_Uppercut

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    Pretty much when business became a priority over sport. Mid/late 90's.
     
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  4. bandido

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    When they started mass producing the belts.
     
    bandido, Sep 27, 2011
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  5. PR BOXING

    PR BOXING Boxing Addict Full Member

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    on march 19, 1989, 3:35pm
     
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  6. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    this doesnt help either. Get rid of all the Supers and Lights prefix of the weight classes.
     
    evalistinho, Sep 27, 2011
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  7. Daruf

    Daruf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sadly nowadays i consider the WBO more legit than the WBA or WBC who are just joke organisations right now (yes i know they are all bad)
     
    Daruf, Sep 27, 2011
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  8. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    casual fans would be able to keep up a bit more with one champ per division.
     
    evalistinho, Sep 27, 2011
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  9. China Rich

    China Rich Active Member Full Member

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    The WBO opened the floodgates for the Alphabetti-Spaghetti sanctioning bodies, although actually now they're not the worst of the four main ones (that's the WBA) but they are indirectly responsible for the creation of the WBF, WBU, UBO, GBU, etc, etc.
     
    China Rich, Sep 27, 2011
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  10. badassQatari

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    30 years ago when these sanctioning bodies came into being.titles nowadays dont mean anything unless its undisputed or lineal
     
    badassQatari, Sep 27, 2011
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  11. jeffjoiner

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    In the late 80s, early 90s. When I was a kid, everybody knew who the champions were: Hagler, Holmes, Spinks, Duran. By the time I was in college (mid 90s) there were multiple champs in nearly every division.
     
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