Alphabet Soup

[lparm]

I found this article on yahoo on how to improve the alphabet boys from screwing the fans out of great fights.

"Rank other organizations' champions: Currently, all four bodies use the same rule, that if a fighter holds a belt in another organization, he isn't ranked in theirs. The only exception is when a fighter wins a unification bout and holds two or more of the alphabet belts. It's ridiculous, isn't it, that Manny Pacquiao isn't ranked at lightweight by either the WBA, WBO or IBF when he's the pound-for-pound king in most rankings (Yahoo! Sports, ESPN.com, Ring Magazine)? For any organization’s rankings to mean anything, they have to rank all the fighters in a given class, even if they wear belts from other sanctioning groups"

I think champions unifying and in some case being forced to unify because another champ is their mandatory is a great way to clean up divisions. Thoughts?

[Fox McCloud]

I found this article on yahoo on how to improve the alphabet boys from screwing the fans out of great fights.

"Rank other organizations' champions: Currently, all four bodies use the same rule, that if a fighter holds a belt in another organization, he isn't ranked in theirs. The only exception is when a fighter wins a unification bout and holds two or more of the alphabet belts. It's ridiculous, isn't it, that Manny Pacquiao isn't ranked at lightweight by either the WBA, WBO or IBF when he's the pound-for-pound king in most rankings (Yahoo! Sports, ESPN.com, Ring Magazine)? For any organization’s rankings to mean anything, they have to rank all the fighters in a given class, even if they wear belts from other sanctioning groups"

I think champions unifying and in some case being forced to unify because another champ is their mandatory is a great way to clean up divisions. Thoughts?

Absolutely, but they won't, because the more belts on the line, the more ways the sanctioning fees get split up.

**** the ABC bodies.

[KnockoutTheFat]

Absolutely, but they won't, because the more belts on the line, the more ways the sanctioning fees get split up.

**** the ABC bodies.

Because of the ABC bodies, Andrew Golota is the undisputed Latino HW champion.

[Fox McCloud]

Because of the ABC bodies, Andrew Golota is the undisputed Latino HW champion.

I don't even know what that means.

Maybe the ABC bodies heard what Viva said about FOTY candidates always being Mexican and just ran with the fact that everyone can be Mexican.

Remember:

Bowe-Holyfield: Mexicans.

[KnockoutTheFat]

I don't even know what that means.

Maybe the ABC bodies heard what Viva said about FOTY candidates always being Mexican and just ran with the fact that everyone can be Mexican.

Remember:

Bowe-Holyfield: Mexicans.

Golota unified the WBA WBC IBF Fedelatin HW belts by beating Mike Mollo in a 12 round UD. Therefore he is the undisputed Latino HW champion.