maybe people understand now why most fighters dont even bother trying to unify

**larryx** · 04-09-2009, 10:27 AM

how can anyone get and keep all 4 belts????

**ИATAS** · 04-09-2009, 10:31 AM

yep, it's a pretty damn shameful part of our sport and it's embarrassing to be honest.

And like I said in that thread I made the other day, only Vic Darchinyan has 3 belts. Like 5 guys have 2.

**Jedi Kasra** · 04-09-2009, 10:32 AM

You only need three to be undisputed. I prefer the Ring belt, since that belt's been around almost as long as the WBA, formerly the NBA. (Hey, ESPN goes by its champions)

**larryx** · 04-09-2009, 10:34 AM

wonder how long till vic gets stripped of atleast 1 belt

**dans** · 04-09-2009, 10:36 AM

Originally posted by larryx

how can anyone get and keep all 4 belts????

I agree, the organizations make it so hard now. I mean if things were the way they should be, Margs-Cotto last year should've been a unification fight. Mosley should have two belts. Clottey would have none. Cotto would have one, and Berto would have one. I gave Cotto and Berto their belts because Mayweather retired and Williams moved up.

What I don't get is why the organizations don't want unification. Don't they get the sanctioning fees anyway?

**larryx** · 04-09-2009, 10:38 AM

Originally posted by dans01234

I agree, the organizations make it so hard now. I mean if things were the way they should be, Margs-Cotto last year should've been a unification fight. Mosley should have two belts. Clottey would have none. Cotto would have one, and Berto would have one. I gave Cotto and Berto their belts because Mayweather retired and Williams moved up.

What I don't get is why the organizations don't want unification. Don't they get the sanctioning fees anyway?

santioning bodies are like bitter lovers these days..they want you all to themselves..

**Southpaw16BF** · 04-09-2009, 11:09 AM

To be onest it is almost impossible now to unify a division (win all 4 title's), and keep them for long periods and defend them.

As there are the sanctioning fee's to pay, the majority contenders who the champion must face by a certain period, but then another organistion wants you to fight a majority by another period. The sanction bodies don't like you moving up in weight for big money fights, as they only like you to face their number 1 contenders and the list goes on, so you have to miss out on big money fights to fight your majority contenders for a quater of the moeny you would be getting in the big fight, Boxing is a bussiness as well as a sport.

**AntonTheMeh** · 04-09-2009, 11:12 AM

over the last year or so the corruption has been suffocating.they've upped their bitchassness to a wholenother level.

**MANGLER** · 04-09-2009, 11:17 AM

It's the fighter who makes the belt, not vice versa. The belts don't really mean ****, it's all about the best fightin the best. Everybody knows the Ring belt is the one that really matters.

maybe people understand now why most fighters dont even bother trying to unify