Current Reigning Champions

[LEFTYGUNZZ]

HEAVYWEIGHT (UNLIMITED)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Ruslan Chagaev Samuel Peter Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko

CRUISERWEIGHT (200 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Firat Arslan Vacant Steve Cunningham Vacant

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Hugo Hernan Garay Adrian Diaconu Antonio Tarver Zsolt Erdei

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
(a)Mikkel Kessler Vacant Lucian Bute Joe Calzaghe

MIDDLEWEIGHT (160 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Felix Sturm Kelly Pavlik Arthur Abraham Kelly Pavlik

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT/SUPER WELTERWEIGHT (154 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Daniel Santos Sergio Mora Verno Phillips Sergei Dzindziruk

WELTERWEIGHT (147 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
(b) Antonio Margarito Andre Berto Joshua Clottey Paul Williams

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT/SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT (140 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Andreas Kotelnik Timothy Bradley Paulie Malignaggi Kendall Holt

LIGHTWEIGHT (135 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
(c) Yusuke Kobori Manny Pacquiao Nate Campbell Nate Campbell

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT/SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT (130 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Edwin Valero Manny Pacquiao Cassius Baloyi Alex Arthur

FEATHERWEIGHT (126 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Chris John Oscar Larios Vacant Steven Luevano

JR. FEATHERWEIGHT/SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT (122 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Celestino Caballero Israel Vazquez Steve Molitor Juan Manuel Lopez

BANTAMWEIGHT (118 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Anselmo Moreno Hozumi Hasegawa Joseph Agbeko Gerry Penalosa

JR. BANTAMWEIGHT/SUPER FLYWEIGHT (115 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
(d)Cristian Mijares Cristian Mijares Vic Darchinyan Fernando Montiel

FLYWEIGHT (112 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Takefumi Sakata Daisuke Naito Nonito Donaire Omar Narvaez

JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT (108 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
(e)Brahim Asloum Edgar Sosa Ulises Solis Ivan Calderon

STRAWWEIGHT (105 POUNDS)
WBA WBC IBF WBO
Yutaka Niida (f) Oleydong Sithsamerchai Raul Garcia Donnie Nietes

NOTES:



(a)Joe Calzaghe is the WBA super middleweight "super champion."
(b)Yuriy Nuzhnenko is the WBA interim welterweight champion.
(c) Nate Campbell is the WBA lightweight "super champion."
(d)Cristian Mijares is the WBA junior bantamweight "super champion" and Rafael Concepcion is the WBA interim junior bantamweight champion.
(e)Cesar Chancila is the WBA interim junior flyweight champion.
(f) Juan Palacios is the WBC interim strawweight champion

Why doesn't anyone try to unite the belts in any of the divisions anymore??? Anyone have any idea???......Lefty

[Feint]

Why doesn't anyone try to unite the belts in any of the divisions anymore??? Anyone have any idea???......Lefty

I think it’s because of the realization that it isn’t the belt that makes you a champion, it’s whom you beat. If Klitschko dropped all of his belts except for his IBO one, would anyone not consider him the champion any longer? It just doesn’t matter any longer.

Plus the more belts you hold the more sanctioning fees you have to pay. Also, it forces you into mandatory against opponents that may not have truly earned a title shot. Thus, if you establish yourself as “the man to beat” in your division, why pick up a meaningless belt that is only going to cost you money and force you into mandatory fights that may not be financially advantageous for you?

[LEFTYGUNZZ]

I think it’s because of the realization that it isn’t the belt that makes you a champion, it’s whom you beat. If Klitschko dropped all of his belts except for his IBO one, would anyone not consider him the champion any longer? It just doesn’t matter any longer.

Plus the more belts you hold the more sanctioning fees you have to pay. Also, it forces you into mandatory against opponents that may not have truly earned a title shot. Thus, if you establish yourself as “the man to beat” in your division, why pick up a meaningless belt that is only going to cost you money and force you into mandatory fights that may not be financially advantageous for you?

Makes sense for the most part but the title of undisputed champion has a nice ring to it and when you have all 4 belts to prove it it goes better with the title.....A Tournament for the unifacation of some of these divisions could make lots of money for these fighters. I mean for instance you wouldn't want to see a tourney in WW divison?? Antonio Margarito, Andre Berto, Joshua Clottey, and Paul Williams square off for the title of undisputed Welter Weight Champion??....Lefty

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Because if a fighter has "The Ring Magazine" Championship he doesn't need to give a **** about the alphabet gangs. He is the real champ. The rest of the division are either trying to beat the champ or not good enough to unify the ABC-belts.