when was the last time a champion or tittle holder fought a non tittle bout

God, that's a great question. They seem to have disappeared.

I have no quarrel with non-title fights. None at all. That would at the very least mean fighters actually fought these days.

 

In the "old days" non-title fights meant bread on the table for low paid champs at the lighter weight classes. It was a good thing for them then and would be now as well.

It also helped build up interest through rematches. If a challenger did well in a non-title first match, the rematch meant bigger purses with the title on the line.

The upside for non-title bouts is more fights and more opportunities to get paid. That's good for all fighters.

The downside is the potential for abuse. A champ can duck legit contenders if allowed too many non-title fights.

Supposedly the alphabet soup organizations came in to regulate, among other things, the balance of title vs. non-title bouts and prevent title-hogging. As it turns out, the ABC groups have merely replaced one organized crime group with another and the fighters still don't benefit.

Here's my proposal: Let Jin Mosley kick all promoters and presidents of the alphabet soup organizations in the nuts, just for the hell of it. Then, whenever a world champ wants a non-title fight, he can put on a cup and let Jin kick him in the nuts. If he can still stand up after that he's got almost the balls Jin has and deserves the occasional non-title payday.

 

Hitting the **** tonight buddy?