How do you view the World Title scene?

That's fine. Name a better fighter than Roy who never won a championship.

 

According to the "lineal is Champ" theory, if Hopkins carried on beating overhyped small middleweights at 170/175 for a few couple of years, until he hit 50, a win over him would mean more than a win over an unbeaten Chad Dawson who had in the meantime reached his peak and was the best fighter in the world...Hopkins would be Champ but Dawson would be the best fighter in the world...:nut

What is the point of calling someone "Champ" in those circumtances? Might as well always call them "lineal Champ".

 

Guess I'm the antithesis.


I am a bit of a purist and traditionalist, and still think that a contender, to become Champion, must "beat the man who beat the man...". I think that all the ABC belts have no value.

I also think that The Ring has the best rankings. They are clearly better than the WBA rankings, WBC, WBO, IBF, etc. They do a good job of creating rankings. Also, many times, the man that they have chosen as "Ring Champion" is also the Lineal Champ, but not always.

 

The ring magazine belt is the best belt in the business ... no you can't be stripped of it, but then again, there are no sanctioning fees, and the contenders are who the people believe are seriously the contenders. There is no dispute in the ring rankings.

But hey who rerally ducks a fight that the people want? If the people demand it, more than likely it will happen because the people are the one paying for it. The buzz the people make brings the media and casual fans.

 

I agree with you. However, some people feel differently. Apparantly, some people feel a guy like Roy Jones can be the no.1 p4p fighter, unify the WBC/WBA/IBF titles, and hold the ring belt and still not be a champion.

 

The Ring might often pick the best man in the division, but further down, their rankings are shocking!:-(

There are at least 50 posters on ESB who can make better rankings than The Ring.

 

In that case, one has to wonder...what is the point of the label: "Champion"?

:good

 

I view the ABC titles as an efficient tool to determine who the top contenders are.

The undisputed/lineal champ is the real champ imo

 

Look if you have either the WBC, WBO, IBF or WBA strap you are a champ. Hard to follow but so what!

 

:good In actuality, they way you're proposing is a lot easier to follow than other proposed methods I've seen over the last couple of days.

 

How many Langford fights have you seen, and what makes him a better fighter than Roy Jones?