What do world title belts actually mean?

[BOXEO _]

It doesn't mean crap if you're not fighting the top guys in the division.

[Pigeons]

Cash rules everything around me CREAM get the money dollar dollar bill ya'll

[sunny31]

World titles are more reference points than anything else nowadays. Before they used to be a measure of being the best fighter in your division as others have mentioned. Now it just means that you are a pretty handy. Don't get me wrong bad fighters don't win world titles, but the world title is more a platform to launch you into a unification or a "big fight", it normally isn't the big fight in itself unless it involves a high profile fighter. In previous eras it was the end game, the pinnacle, now its not.

The more positive side to it today is that it generally puts fighters in a position to earn a minimum pay level of 6 figures, which is important. I think that is the only good thing which has come out of multiple sanctioning bodies, the flip side to that coin is multiple sanctioning bodies.

[MRBOOMER]

in the world said person holds the title of being a champion. Pretty simple.