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The International Boxing Leauge, a place where the fighters of the world fight for there places in the rankings. A place where unscrupulous judges and biased referees would have no place. A place where fighters could ply their trade with the knowledge that if they have the proper tools and what it takes, they will get the shot at the title that they deserve. A place where becoming champion becomes based on what you do in the ring and what you know, not who you know.
A scenario like this is a fight fans dream. A place where a fight fan could follow the game with out the distastefull feeling that it has already been decided who will win and who will lose, who will get that shot and who will not. A place where competitive fights are not sdomething that they must search for, but rather something that they become to know as the standard of the boxing game. If we could form a leauge to over see the boxing world in a just and unbiased way, our sport would be greatly rewarded with a large base of fans that the systems of today have driven away.
In this league I see a rating system and then a system to climb this ratings system. A fighter comes into the league, he starts from the bottom. He would then fight a man ranked higher than him. If he was to beat that man then he would take his ranking and ciontinue his climb. Somewhere along the assent he would run into roadblocks, meaning fighters that he could not beat. He loses the fight and then switches rankings with the fighter that defeated him and the process continues.
The hardest thing about boxing is the scheduling of fights. Some guys like to fight 1 time every month or two while others like to fight 1 time every 5-6 months, some like longer layoffs. Regardless this would not matter in the International Boxing Leauge. Each month at the beginning of the month the fighters sign a contract and send it in that they are willing and ready to fight. Through the month a suitable match is found and they are matched to fight.
I would say that on every odd month or fight that a fighter could accept a fight with one who is ranked lower than himself. Risking the lose and a lower ranking. Aswell, a lower ranked fighter could opt to fight higher ranked fighters for a faster climb in the ratings, having opted to skip his "just keeping sharp" fight with a lower ranked oppponent.
Boxing today really needs something like this. #1 to give the fans what they deserve, more competitive fights. #2 to try and rebuild a fan base that has been long lost since the invention of the wba, wbc, ibf, wbo, ibc,ibo, wtf? Dude, to many chiefs and not enough warriors. And who knows, if boxing was to again gain credibility in the publics eyes and no longer seen as a dirty sport, than the kids might again be allowed to enter the boxing gyms because of what it can give them. Self confidence, discipline, something to keep them off of the street and most of all a feeling of self worth. Maybe the leauge is just what we need. To gets this tough but glorious sport back in the lime light where the common person can see just how great it really can be................Rockin'
P.s. Thankyou to the masterdirector for getting the idea in my head.
A scenario like this is a fight fans dream. A place where a fight fan could follow the game with out the distastefull feeling that it has already been decided who will win and who will lose, who will get that shot and who will not. A place where competitive fights are not sdomething that they must search for, but rather something that they become to know as the standard of the boxing game. If we could form a leauge to over see the boxing world in a just and unbiased way, our sport would be greatly rewarded with a large base of fans that the systems of today have driven away.
In this league I see a rating system and then a system to climb this ratings system. A fighter comes into the league, he starts from the bottom. He would then fight a man ranked higher than him. If he was to beat that man then he would take his ranking and ciontinue his climb. Somewhere along the assent he would run into roadblocks, meaning fighters that he could not beat. He loses the fight and then switches rankings with the fighter that defeated him and the process continues.
The hardest thing about boxing is the scheduling of fights. Some guys like to fight 1 time every month or two while others like to fight 1 time every 5-6 months, some like longer layoffs. Regardless this would not matter in the International Boxing Leauge. Each month at the beginning of the month the fighters sign a contract and send it in that they are willing and ready to fight. Through the month a suitable match is found and they are matched to fight.
I would say that on every odd month or fight that a fighter could accept a fight with one who is ranked lower than himself. Risking the lose and a lower ranking. Aswell, a lower ranked fighter could opt to fight higher ranked fighters for a faster climb in the ratings, having opted to skip his "just keeping sharp" fight with a lower ranked oppponent.
Boxing today really needs something like this. #1 to give the fans what they deserve, more competitive fights. #2 to try and rebuild a fan base that has been long lost since the invention of the wba, wbc, ibf, wbo, ibc,ibo, wtf? Dude, to many chiefs and not enough warriors. And who knows, if boxing was to again gain credibility in the publics eyes and no longer seen as a dirty sport, than the kids might again be allowed to enter the boxing gyms because of what it can give them. Self confidence, discipline, something to keep them off of the street and most of all a feeling of self worth. Maybe the leauge is just what we need. To gets this tough but glorious sport back in the lime light where the common person can see just how great it really can be................Rockin'
P.s. Thankyou to the masterdirector for getting the idea in my head.
I'm glad your two minds are coming together. When I first heard about this concept from Masterdirector, on another thread, it seemed like a cool pipe dream. But.....it sure would be alot cooler if it became a reality. It does, however, seem like it would take millions of dollars and many small miracles to make it all happen. Maybe it could begin at a grassroots level, like in connection with golden gloves. I would be very interested to hear what Soundtraveler's take would be on this boxing league concept. The contacts are out there. It's a great idea. 
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