Heavyweight Champions resume

[Ben Bolt]

many experts believe that Haymon will abandon the alpha-belts and create his own

Maybe one should start a factory producing ch'ship belts. Must be very lucrative business these days.

Well, time will tell if PBC is a good or bad thing. One can only hope it's for the better.

[soul_survivor]

While how many other champions a "Heavyweight Champion" fights can be informative as to the quality of opposition, it is also misleading and era-biased.

What I mean is this, up until the 1980's, there was only one world heavyweight champion. While facing off against other "titlists" can be indicative of the quality of opposition, it also can be overblown in importance by overlooking eras where there were fewer or none of these other "titlists" around. Indeed, the fact that there are so many multiple titlists for other "titlists" to face is indicative of the fragmentation of the sport.

To truly get a perspective on how good or "great" a fighter was, it is important to look past the hardware to the records of the opposition. Sam Langford, for example, never fought for a world title, yet, does anyone question his greatness? What about Sonny Liston? Sonny was avoided like the plague by Cuts D'Matto for at leas 3 years as h wiped the division clean of contenders before Patterson went against Cus's wishes and answered the challenge.

For sure, it is a valid test of today's champions, to an extent; but can also be blown out of proportion with the shortage of paper titlists in past eras and the presence of promotional blockages in the present.

I was just going to post this, well done mate!

[K-DOGG]

I was just going to post this, well done mate!

Gracias, amigo.

[billeau2]

Maybe one should start a factory producing ch'ship belts. Must be very lucrative business these days.

Well, time will tell if PBC is a good or bad thing. One can only hope it's for the better.

The Charlie syndrome....I rousted a drunk yesterday I am a champion