Multiple titles

The UK quality magazine Boxing Monthly has existed for 30 years. In a comment to its world ratings, it used to wrote BM ‘s world ratings recognise the world champions with the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO only. (Which I a few years ago wrote to the staff and criticized it for – there are 17 weight classes. How can you recognize 60+ world champions?) Recently, in 2019, BM comments their world ratings as follows: We no longer list championship designations in the world ratings. It is now possible, with the WBC introduction of a ‘franchise champion’, to have as many as six world champions in one weight division from the four major sanctioning bodies. We feel saturation point has been reached. Finally, BM has reacted to the stupidity. Credit to the mag. Boxing as of today, has a very few world champions. But a lot of alphabet champions. I wish every serious boxing reporter would refer the titles to what they are – alphabet titles. If the best don’t clash, you can’t have a world champion! The alphabet orgs have played games with this sport for way too long. Boxing journalists, if they want to be respected for their profession, should know better than to act as the orgs’ marionettes.