Should every division have a tournament and require every top fighter to participate?

[N/A]

Would that ensure the best are fighting the best at all times?

how do you propose to accomplish this without legalizing slavery?

[Bjl12]

Eliminate all but one belt.

Problem solved

[Dr Rumack]

Of course. It's obviously a far superior system.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

There is no perfect system, but you would get who's out there being forced to fight each other and not marinating and putting it off, especially in the same division. It would be great for the sport- an annual or semi-annual tourney to find out what's up in each class would answer a lot of questions.

[otrocubiche]

never gonna happen, there is just too much money to be made by fighting nobodies for worthless titles

[yankees7448]

We definitely need more of these tournaments

The 2nd tourney at 168 is a little lacklustre though, no way near as effective as it was the first time round. The division is too shallow for it to work well

Cruiserweight though, full of quality fighters which has made it one of the best runs in the divisions history.

They needed to do one at 115, though the current Superfly series is good enough. That division is genuinely stacked full of talent.

Other divisions worth looking at are 118, 154 and 175.

154? That division sucks now. Its Jarrett Hurd, Erislandy Lara, Jermell Charlo and mostly guys they already beat. Yawn.

They need to do it at middleweight and welterweight.

(GGG, Canelo, Charlo,Jacobs, Saunders, Andrade, Derevyanchenko, Lemieux with Murata and Andy Lee as alternates).

(Keith Thurman, Errol Spence, Shaun Porter, Terrence Crawford, Danny Garcia, Lucas Matthysse and Adrien Broner with Lamont Peterson and Jessie Vargas as alternates).

Nah. They need to do it at middleweight and

[boliodogs]

What ever happened to Larry Spence?

[boliodogs]

No. Tournaments usually suck. The best in each weight class should fight each other willingly and their promoters and networks should help put such fights together and then no tournaments would be needed. Of course that will never happen. Still a tournament is only as good as the people running it and the boxers who agree to take part in it.

['b']

How we forcing mfers to fight? We kidnapping wives and kids or something?

Haha exactly.

The UFC is one organisation with one promoter, boxing has many organisations and many promoters and they all fight tooth and nail for the biggest slice of the pie. No way they come to an agreement ever to allow their cash-cow to fight 'the best' rather than what makes them the most money.

[Johnston]

how do you propose to accomplish this without legalizing slavery?

Practically every sport outside boxing consistently has the best vs the best. Does that make the athletes who get paid millions of dollars ******? In what way is that slavery?