Who do you consider to be the top champion in each weight class?

**HEND** · 02-23-2015, 08:47 AM

Originally posted by FightFan80

Personally I only recognize the WBC and WBA championships as the "alphabet soup", as many call it, has gotten so out of hand. You just got to simplify things, especially with all of the silly sub-weight classes floating around. It's just silly. I also choose not to recognize any of these diamond titles and super/regular title nonsense, I keep it simple that the true world champion is the man that holds a combination of the WBA/WBC titles, and if one man doesn't hold them both than the title in itself is disputed and we simply have two champions. Here is how I have it at the moment.

Heavyweight - Klitchko & Wilder: Title disputed
Light Heavyweight - Braemer & Stevenson: Title disputed
Middleweight - Cotto & Golovkin: Title disputed
Welterweight - Mayweather: Undisputed World Champion
Lightweight - Abril & Linares: Title disputed

Actuall WBC and IBF are the most serious organisations, they have fails and flaws too but celarly better than the Arum sucker WBO and the WBA with it's hundreds of champions.
And Br�hmer? Wtf... He holds the regular world title. The super world title which is in fact the true, normal world title is held by Kovalev.

**Butt stuff** · 02-23-2015, 09:43 AM

If you don't recognise silly titles then GGG and Klitschko are clearly the top champions at their weight, no way you can argue that.

**Dirk Diggler UK** · 02-23-2015, 09:48 AM

Originally posted by CLUNG3-TANK

If you don't recognise silly titles then GGG and Klitschko are clearly the top champions at their weight, no way you can argue that.

Pretty sure Golovkin won a vacant title and it was the regular WBA belt before he got upgraded. He's never beaten a reigning world champion.

**IGotJobbed** · 02-23-2015, 09:48 AM

I think if you are looking at titles even lineal s toady then you arent correctly judging the bet in each class. Each class has to be looked at on a case to case basis. Titles are insignificant casual fan eye grabbers.

**Butt stuff** · 02-23-2015, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by Dirk Diggler UK

Pretty sure Golovkin won a vacant title and it was the regular WBA belt before he got upgraded. He's never beaten a reigning world champion.

That's why I said disregard the titles. The division is weak and he has been unable to get reigning champions such as Quillin, Martinez or Cotto to fight him. But compared to the pool of middleweights he is in, he quite clearly shows to be the best. You can say middleweight is the worst it's ever been but it still doesn't change the fact that he's the no.1 guy. Even his detractors will admit that (apart from some overzealous cotto fans)

**US Dirk Killer** · 02-23-2015, 10:58 AM

Originally posted by Dirk Diggler UK

Pretty sure Golovkin won a vacant title and it was the regular WBA belt before he got upgraded. He's never beaten a reigning world champion.

I wonder what he'll say after Degale fights?

**Dirk Diggler UK** · 02-23-2015, 11:03 AM

Originally posted by US Dirk Killer

I wonder what he'll say after Degale fights?

I don't get it?

**Tom Cruise** · 02-23-2015, 11:36 AM

You dont recognize alphabet soup titles, so you have HW title disputed between Wilder and Klitschko??

Klitschko is the champ. Wilder has a paper title he won off another paper titlist.

**boliodogs** · 02-23-2015, 11:37 AM

Wlad is the best heavyweight, Kovalev is the best at 175 Ward at 168, GGG at 160 Canelo at 154 because Mayweather hasn't defended that title in a year and a half, Mayweather at 147, Garcia at 140, Crawford at 135 until he moves to 140 and Rigo at 122. The other weight classes I am not sure of.

Who do you consider to be the top champion in each weight class?