Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Says Unified Champions Will Be Complicated

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Currently boxing has seventeen weight divisions, but in terms of world champions, in so many cases, that numbers must be multiplied by several sanctioning bodies.

Earlier this week, the Presidents of the WBC, WBA and IBF held their second meeting in Playa Del Carmen in Mexico. This took place prior to the first ever Women's Boxing Convention organized by the WBC.

The three organizations discussed the idea of work towards a goal of having one unified champion per division and the culmination of this will be a Tournament of Champions.
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[-PBP-]

Boxing has a laundry list of problems but if they can somehow work this issue out I could live with the rest of the BS.

[The Ninth Layer]

Who needs the organizations? Just set B-Hop loose in every division and those titles will be unified in no time!

[Eastcoast]

How many non-Haymon fighters does GB have? I can only think of Alvarez.

[gauze]

"Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya was in Mexico as an honored guest at the Women's convention." LOL

[bigjavi973]

Isn't gonna happen as long as al haymon has moslty all GBP fighters under him. Soon tho. Once FMP is up and running with schafer, maybe theyll start making the fights we fans want now. Wait, why the hell should we wait, just cuz they cant get along.

[PittyPat]

How many non-Haymon fighters does GB have? I can only think of Alvarez.

Mares... I think.

[cabalas]

If the 3 most important organizations are willing to consolidate one unified champ per division then the next big obstacle would be promoters and TV Networks who are most reluctant to lose their big share intensified by having so many champions. Yes, it is going to be complicated and this task only can be successful if the boxing followers support the whole idea (which it seems to me it is the only way to make boxing a more respected professional sport because to the general population boxing is confusing, rigged and/or corrupted).

[opotemo]

How many non-Haymon fighters does GB have? I can only think of Alvarez.

Not many, well actually quite a lot but Haymon seems to have nearly all the bigger name fighters. Hopkins ain't with Haymon.

[Fetta]

So would this champion have to pay sanction for all belts? or will one be issued, like a unified belt