Comments Thread For: Hearn: Brit Winning World Title No Longer Enough To Be Great

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Eddie Hearn believes British boxing's strength in depth has led to the crowning of new world champions being overlooked. Carl Frampton impressively became a two-weight champion when he defeated Leo Santa Cruz to win the WBA featherweight title in New York on Saturday .
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[Floyd Junior]

No longer great? Umm, it never was great.

World championships are given out like candy now. If you hold one, you’re just a title holder. It really doesn't mean as much as we pretend it to. We have as many champions as we do because of clever management and opponent selection. The only true World Champion Britain has is Tyson Fury. I say ‘true’, because he’s the only one who’s beaten the man. Frampton, recently, has beaten a good champion and is worthy of being branded one (although he still has to prove it). But the rest are just holding a title and haven’t established themselves as being the best in their division (most, if not all, won’t even do that).

[DblLFThooK]

Refresh my memory, when was it great?

[Corelone]

I vote for Crolla, not to disparage Tyson. I like how Crolla is coming from canon fodder to guns blazing. He was down and got up by taking the test, over and over. Greatness isn't a zero anymore either, not when three out of four "champions" have them.

[Jewish-Reptile]

No shyt Hern, guys like Frampton and Quigg be holding belts when the real man is Rigo only he can't get a fight because he's too damned good and ain't got no Brit fan boys behind him. Every divison is awash with the same issue.

[NEETzsche]

No longer great? Umm, it never was great.

Refresh my memory, when was it great?

in the context of british boxing it was always a big deal to win a world title, even a paper one

for comparison, at the end of 2006 we had five world titlists (maccarinelli, calzaghe, woods, hatton, witter). at the end of 1996 we had three (reid, hamed, mccullough). now we have more than anyone else

[cal202]

British boxing dominates the world now, deal with it.

[cork]

Thats what happen when the bars raised. People's.expectations are higher with success and what was considered great is.just normal now. Plus people are more cynical now days with how fast news travel so there's a lot more doubters or doubters are heard more cause of forums and and social media.

[Floyd Junior]

in the context of british boxing it was always a big deal to win a world title, even a paper one

for comparison, at the end of 2006 we had five world titlists (maccarinelli, calzaghe, woods, hatton, witter). at the end of 1996 we had three (reid, hamed, mccullough). now we have more than anyone else

Yes, but seeing how we always inflate our achievements, it was never 'great' to just win a title. To us it may seem like that, but in reality, it isn't.

To put it into perspective, if all 12 of our champions (excluding Fury) were to fight the actual best in the division, I'm willing to put my house on every single one of them losing. The only way they'll keep their title, is it the best has abandoned that division and move on - Andre Ward at 168, for example.

[ShoulderRoll]

Having four "world champions" in each division means that winning a title isn't that great of an accomplishment any more.

We need to go back to only having one world champion at each weight class. That will make it exclusive and special again.