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I think the sport is making some great progress in unifying the ABC belts recently. Look at where we are at:
Heavyweight - nothing official, but it seems that a Fury-Usyk fight is very close to being hammered out
Cruiserweight - all 4 belts split, though was recently unified by Usyk
Light Heavyweight - Beterbiev-Bivol is a possibility. Both have upcoming fights
Super Middleweight - Canelo is Undisputed
Middleweight - No hope for this division currently. Two fighters holding belts hostage
Light Middleweight - Jermell is Undisputed
Welterweight - Spence vs Crawford is still on the table
Light Welterweight - Taylor was until very recently Undisputed
Lightweight - Haney is Undisputed
Super Featherweight - Unforeseeable for now
Featherweight - Unforeseeable for now
Super Bantamweight - MJ-Fulton needs to happen. At Matchroom/PBC can easily sort this out
Bantamweight - Inoue-Butler was recently announced
Super Flyweight - Unforeseeable for now
Flyweight - Unforeseeable for now
Light Flyweight - Unforeseeable for now
Minimumweight - Unforeseeable for now
That makes 9 divisions where either there is a current Undisputed champion, was recently one, or there is a possibility the division could be unified very soon
In the 4 belt era, this is almost unheard of. The sport is a mess but there’s definitely good progress being made here. I remember a time where 4 belts unified seemed next to impossible
Heavyweight - nothing official, but it seems that a Fury-Usyk fight is very close to being hammered out
Cruiserweight - all 4 belts split, though was recently unified by Usyk
Light Heavyweight - Beterbiev-Bivol is a possibility. Both have upcoming fights
Super Middleweight - Canelo is Undisputed
Middleweight - No hope for this division currently. Two fighters holding belts hostage
Light Middleweight - Jermell is Undisputed
Welterweight - Spence vs Crawford is still on the table
Light Welterweight - Taylor was until very recently Undisputed
Lightweight - Haney is Undisputed
Super Featherweight - Unforeseeable for now
Featherweight - Unforeseeable for now
Super Bantamweight - MJ-Fulton needs to happen. At Matchroom/PBC can easily sort this out
Bantamweight - Inoue-Butler was recently announced
Super Flyweight - Unforeseeable for now
Flyweight - Unforeseeable for now
Light Flyweight - Unforeseeable for now
Minimumweight - Unforeseeable for now
That makes 9 divisions where either there is a current Undisputed champion, was recently one, or there is a possibility the division could be unified very soon
In the 4 belt era, this is almost unheard of. The sport is a mess but there’s definitely good progress being made here. I remember a time where 4 belts unified seemed next to impossible