Unification a thing of the past

To be honest I don't see why fighters don't just stop paying the sanctioning fees, their outragous anyways and serve no point. That's why the best don't even really bother with them anymore,

 

Look at wlad and Ibragimov?? sultan was one of my favorite fighters. He should defended his title as many times as he could.. now he is just a ghost.

 

I'm not really familiar with the situation in the US. I'd assumed that the different state governing bodies would tend to protect their own power.

Perhaps you could explain how the number of world sanctioning bodies enhances the power of the state bodies? Surely the state bodies were already there before?

 

The fact that fighters don't 'just stop paying them' points to the fact that you're wrong.

Obviously a 'world title' must add something to the promotion of a fight, otherwise nobody would pay.

The people who don't are those who are more well known in their own right and don't need the added attraction.

 

WTF?

Some newb thinks it's trolling if you ask them to explain their position?

Mate, I have no idea as to the history of US State boxing commissions, why there is no national body, etc. I'm starting to think you don't have much idea either what with your defensive attitude when I actually ask about it, and to be honest I'm fast losing interest in finding out.

 

but you've gotta look at it like this, who ranks the fighters?????
the sanctioning bodies, and almost all of them have a different top ten

 

You can't argue with the fact though that boxing was a far more popular sport when there was just one legit championship per division. When the average Joe stopped knowing who the hell the heavyweight champion is, I believe was a huge contributing factor to the downful of boxing's popularity.

 

Do they have a clue what you're on about either?

 

Of course.

The problem is that what is good for 'boxing' in the longterm is not the same as what is good in the short term for [insert name of mediocre top ten fighter who can earn more money if he's fighting for a 'world title']

 

Unification has generally been rather rare, at least since the 70s. Usually there was one champion back in the days because the NYSAC/NBA champs were usually the same guy, but after that when it was the WBA/WBC, it would often take awhile for unification. Then when the IBF came in, it became even more rare.

I respect Tyson & Whitaker in the late 80s/early 90s for fully unifying.

 

I could care less about the sanctioning body rankings. I more so go with the rankings of the people and who they think are the two best fighters in the division.