Biggest A$$hole in boxing

me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jose Suliaman

I chose somebody else. So who's to blame? Well, It's not an individual person, but an entire network. It should be clear by now who the culprit is.... The sanctioning bodies! Why did I choose the sanctioning bodies? Because, in my honest estimation, they are responsible for the sad state the world of boxing find themselves in. We all know that boxing has (as far back as we can possibly go) and continues to have an association with corruption. So, I'm not saying they are the only culpable party, what I am saying isthat if we had to single out one person or entity whom is most responsible for the demise of boxing, the majority of us will point to the sanctioning bodies. This is why fighters rarely avoided other fighters. If you were a welterweight you had to go through the man(current champion) to become a champion. There were very few opportunities, so if the chance came, you'd fight the toughest and meanest son of a gun. Why? 'Cause even in the case of the contender being completely outclassed, at the very least, he had a chance, but there was ZERO chance if the fighter decided not to fight. With the amounts of belts available today (5-7 in each division, what a mockery), fighters can now pick and choose, and often find an alternative route of least resistance. For example, iF the WBA champ is a tough cookie, the contender simply looks to dethrone a much weaker IBF/WBC/WBO champ. This problem has cheapen the belts to such and extent, that we now see champions giving up their belts in order to avoid an up and coming stud. I cannot fathom any fighter of old, voluntarily giving up their belts, which they fought and went through many battles to obtain, because they did not want to get hurt or lose a fight. Heck, fighters often fought with significant injuries in order to have an opportunity to defend and keep their belts. To further exacerbate the problem, these bodies have also create many needless weight classes. In 1959 there were eight weight classes. Today, that number has grown to eighteen. I have to admit that some of these new weight classes were necessary. For instance, a middle weight outgrowing the division would have to join the following division which just happened to be another league of it's own. Yes, I am talking about the heavyweights. Middleweights had two options: starve and make weight or fight in a division that did not have a weight limit. So, I understand and agree with the cruiserweights or light heavies, but divisions which only went up three to five pounds (light flyweight and all the super's:flyweight,bantam,lightweight, welterweight,middleweight) are not only unnecessary, but also cynical. So there you have it, the sanctioning bodies are directly/indirectly responsible for many good fights that did not take place due to promoters/fighters avoiding other promoter/fighters, for the lots of paper champion, and for the quality of boxing or lack thereof. You can thank these bodies for Mayweather's unwillingness to fight the best (because after all he is just playing by the rules of the game), and for King and now Arum's in house fighting. To make matters worse, most of these changes were not done for the sake of boxing, it was done in the name of greed. If you ask me, the WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO are the real a-holes.

lol@Wlad. U mad? yeah wlads a nice guy compared to the likes of Floyd and co I just stuck him in to piss off the klit lickers :popcorn:

So who's the biggest ******* in boxing today? I'd say it's a toss up between Mayweather and Haye. and his manager.

I realize why you personally included Wlad Klitschko on that poll. But on the other hand people went WAY OVERBOARD in criticizing Haye for the trash talk. I just don't see how it was that offensive. Sure the imagery is bad, but he was trying to get into people's heads. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!