Yeah so I was just wondering about that. Why are there so many of these alphabet belts in boxing today? It seems to cause a lot of confusion IMO for the casual boxing watcher or fan, since he/she doesn't often know who the real champion is in a weight class, since there are so many different ones. So I guess I have two questions on this. Why were there so many title belts added to each weight class, instead of there just being one champion and one list of top ten contenders and how does one know who the best truly is these days?
Did the people in charge see this as a way for them to make more money? I guess they make more with all the cable and PPV cards, rather than having them on local TV stations?
For the second question, what's the best way to tell who is, well, the best? Is it the guy with at least 2 or 3 title belts or just the guy with the Ring championship or just the lineal champion or the guy that beats the top guy? And how do we know who the top guys are? I can't even tell anymore. I guess, in any era, if a guy beats some of the best guys he's pretty good and beats all or almost all of the top guys and clears out the division, he's great?
Did the people in charge see this as a way for them to make more money? I guess they make more with all the cable and PPV cards, rather than having them on local TV stations?
For the second question, what's the best way to tell who is, well, the best? Is it the guy with at least 2 or 3 title belts or just the guy with the Ring championship or just the lineal champion or the guy that beats the top guy? And how do we know who the top guys are? I can't even tell anymore. I guess, in any era, if a guy beats some of the best guys he's pretty good and beats all or almost all of the top guys and clears out the division, he's great?
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