The Fan's Belt

It will be almost impossible to get anything formally recognized.

What are your complaints. I post the updates on this site at least every other week so your input is welcome.

Heavyweight - Wlad Klitscko beat Chagaev who was the top ranked fighter he could face (the other being his brother who he will never fight)

Light Heavy - Number 2 Hopkins had signed to fight Roy Jones Jnr and has talked about fighting at higher weights or retiring. With no intention of fighting Dawson we allowed Dawson to become ESB Champ by beating Glen Johnson who was ranked 3rd.

Middleweight - Kelly Pavlik beat Taylor who had beat Hopkins. His loss to Hopkins was at light heavy. His 3 defences agaisnt poor opponents have all been mandatorys for Alphabet belts so we cannot strip him. If his next defense is agaisnt someone thats not top 10 and is not a mandatory he will be stripped and placed at Number 1.

Lightweight - JM Marquez beat Joel Casamayor and then Juan Diaz to become ESB Champ

Featherweight - Chris John beat JM Marqez who was number 1 at Featherweight at the time

Super Fly - Vic Darchinyan beat Christian Mijares to be ESB Champ

Light Fly - Ivan Calderon beat Hugo Cazares to be ESB Champ

In the other divions if these fighters face each other the winner will become ESB Champ;

Cruiserweight - Thomas Adameck was ESB Champ but has since moved to Heavyweight. Steve Cunningham vs Marco Huck or Zsolt Eredi would be for the Championship.

Super Middle - The last Champion at Super Middle was Calzaghe who has retired. Andre Ward beat Mikkel Kessler who was ranked 1st so he is now number 1 and a fight vs Lucian Bute or Carl Froch will determine the Champion.

Light Middle - Sergiy Dzinziruk was at Number 1 but has been inactive for 1 year and is out of the rankings. Sergio Martinez vs Yuri Foreman, Cory Spinks or Paul Williams (If at Light Middle). Shane Mosley would have been the last champion at this weight but he has moved down to Welterweight.

Welterweight - I actually think there is a case for Mosley being champion. Will start a thread to debate it.

Light Welter - Manny Pacquiao was Champion but moved up in weight. Bradley is at number 1 but has not beaten a top 3 fighter the title is vacant. Tim Bradley vs Amir Khan or Ricky Hatton will be for the Championship.

Super Feather - Title has been vacant since Pacquiao moved up.Robert Guerrero vs Juan Carlos Salgado

Super Bantam - Title has been vacant since Vasquez and Marquez moved up. JM Lopez is also moving up so Celestino Caballero vs Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym will be for the championship.

Bantamweight - Hozumi Hasegawa vs Yohnny Perez or Anselmo Moreno will be for the championship.

Flyweight - Omar Narvaez vs Denkaosan Kaovichit will be for the championship.

Mininumweight - Roman Gonzalez vs Raul Garcia will be for the championship.

 

Quick question, out of curiosity... how did "the ring magazine" belt become so credible all of a sudden? Why did that one specifically start getting a mention over the years?

 

There rules make sense. There rankings are done by a comitee that have no hidden agenda. Theres only 1 champion. Its the biggest boxing magazine and before the internet that was the only place to get news from around the world.

 

Cheers mate