Which one is more difficult to accomplish to be a multiple or unified division champ?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Probably unifying a division. These days you can cherry pick a title in any division. But if you unify, you'd have had to have faced the best.

[ding-ding]

Really equally is both. True dominance and cleaning out a division is just as good winning lineal(emphasis on lineal) titles in multiple divisions.


Sometimes though, you have to go case by case. But, for different guys it would be just a matter of preference.

I hold both equally as impressive.

got to agree with this, I am very impressed when a fighter cleans up a division, I don't think there's a greater sight depicting glory than being stood in the ring covered in every major belt your weight division has to offer.... this is sometimes harder to achieve due to politics; promoters, governing bodies, tournamanets (i.e. the super six) can get in the way of unification bouts

On the other hand some guys can be really comfortable at a weight and find it easy. You can't but have respect for those fighters who take the risk of stepping up a weight to fight bigger guys (or even go down a weight, draining themselves to take on the best at a lighter weight) There is even more kudos for a fella who can do it successfully. The discipline and adaptation they show is what captures the imagination for me.

[straightleft]

Unifying is much much harder. Manny has proven that you can beat guys off losses at catchweights and become muti-division champ. To unify you actually have to beat good ranked fighters.

I need to simplify this so it would be easy to anybody to get a grip of what I meant. Let's start at the lighweight. There is Marquez currently a WBO Lightweight champ, Miguel Vasquez - IBF Lightweight cbamp, Brandon Rios - WBA Lightweight champ, Humberto Soto - WBC Lightweight champ. As the other poster said it is almost impossible to unify the division because of the boxing politics which is true but then if we forget these sanctioning bodies for a moment and we imagine these boxers fight into tournament. The first thing will pop out in your mind who wins is Marquez if he still got plenty left in his tank. The same Marquez who lost to Floyd when he moved up and should meet the same fate if he fights Cotto, Clottey, Margarito and Mosley. So IMO multiple divisions champ is much harder.

[miron_lang]

both are equally hard to accomplish

unifying - because of politics. A belt holder can simply defend againts his mandatories and he and his promoter earns money. If he is to lose the belt that could possibly mean lower purse. so the promoter wont match him againts someone he thinks might beat his fighter( Donairre/Montiel)


Multi division - Donairre has equal chance of beating Abner Mares and Juan Manuel Lopez? No way!. Size does matter in boxing in case you all guys forget.



Without the politics Multiple division is a lot harder. because that means ou have to beat bigger fighters.

[straightleft]

In fact there are plenty of example who doing really well in their best weignt division then moved up only to be sent back by a lesser skills boxer but obviously bigger than him.

[ronnie_N.]

being a unified champion means you fought guys your own size (weight class), but being a multi-division champ means you fought guys bigger than you...

i thought this is just common sense and there is no need to make a topic out of it... oh well...

[straightleft]

being a unified champion means you fought guys your own size (weight class), but being a multi-division champ means you fought guys bigger than you...

i thought this is just common sense and there is no need to make a topic out of it... oh well...

Well you right. It is common sense but then there are plenty of them who doen't have it or have any idea what common sense means.

[adamk1304]

Unifying an entire division seems almost impossible now, especially with the introduction of all these diamond, silver and super belts. Even in 2007, when Calzaghe held the WBO and IBF 168 titles and Kessler held the WBC and WBA, the IBF for some reason stripped Calzaghe despite him and Kessler being the best two in the division. Sergio Martinez is another more recent example of how sanctioning bodies will do anything to prevent unification.

[Mr. Philadel]

to unify a division gets more props from me....you can go up in weight and win titles from belt holders all day....MOST of the titles won today are vacant ones anyway....the BEST comp can be found within the divisions imo

[bboy80]

Its none comparable as it depends how good the other belt holder are.