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Yet Another Thing Wrong With Boxing
The way different fighters are given different treatment on their way up to the top.
3 examples:
Antonio Margarito/Bernard Hopkins/Juan Manuel Marquez - Guys who lost at the beginning of their careers, and had to beat a lot of good people to dig their way back up to their title shot. This is the way it always should be. You should have to beat good fighters in order to get your title shot. People with the resume of Andre Berto should not have a world title.
Kelly Pavlik/Andre Berto/Ricky Hatton - Somewhat unknown when they started, but caught fire with their flashy undefeated records, and were able to skip some steps on the way up to their world title runs. Although Pavlik did not skip his step, when he fought Edison Miranda, he probably could have.
Jermain Taylor/Floyd Mayweather Jr./Roy Jones Jr. - Generally former Olympians, the most hyped of all fighters. These guys get to do whatever they want, whenever they want. They can have as many or as few fights before they choose to step up and fight whatever champion they want. They are a draw because the networks make them so, so they bypass hardworking fighters like Margarito and Marquez on their way to the title, even though they have not fought anyone as good as the guys who had to dig their way up from the bottom.
Rankings should be based on resume 100% rather than ranking.
3 examples:
Antonio Margarito/Bernard Hopkins/Juan Manuel Marquez - Guys who lost at the beginning of their careers, and had to beat a lot of good people to dig their way back up to their title shot. This is the way it always should be. You should have to beat good fighters in order to get your title shot. People with the resume of Andre Berto should not have a world title.
Kelly Pavlik/Andre Berto/Ricky Hatton - Somewhat unknown when they started, but caught fire with their flashy undefeated records, and were able to skip some steps on the way up to their world title runs. Although Pavlik did not skip his step, when he fought Edison Miranda, he probably could have.
Jermain Taylor/Floyd Mayweather Jr./Roy Jones Jr. - Generally former Olympians, the most hyped of all fighters. These guys get to do whatever they want, whenever they want. They can have as many or as few fights before they choose to step up and fight whatever champion they want. They are a draw because the networks make them so, so they bypass hardworking fighters like Margarito and Marquez on their way to the title, even though they have not fought anyone as good as the guys who had to dig their way up from the bottom.
Rankings should be based on resume 100% rather than ranking.
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