De La Hoya Says Unified Champions Will Be Complicated
Currently boxing has seventeen weight divisions, but in terms of world champions, in so many cases, that numbers must be multiplied by several sanctioning bodies.
Earlier this week, the Presidents of the WBC, WBA and IBF held their second meeting in Playa Del Carmen in Mexico. This took place prior to the first ever Women's Boxing Convention organized by the WBC.
The three organizations discussed the idea of work towards a goal of having one unified champion per division and the culmination of this will be a Tournament of Champions.
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya was in Mexico as an honored guest at the Women's convention. He supports the idea of having a single unified champion in every division, but also makes it clear that completing such a venture is not as simple as people think because of the various promotional deals, network deals, managerial deals, sponsorship agreements and other various items which are tied to each individual champion.
"Obviously the details have to be ironed out. It 's a subject that's more complicated than what people think. The fact of the matter is [the sanctioning bodies are] here united and showing the world that they do want to work together. So it's a matter of when it's going to happen, so I'm very optimistic that yes...we 'll once again have unified champions in boxing,” De La Hoya said.
