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A creative individual could make up a new category with appeal, and use it to partially drive a career, as long as he could record enough wins along the way. But why stop with one new category? I believe I and others on here could invent some new categories with appeal which would be feasible by today's standards.
This is exactly what the boxing orgs. do with their made up belts and categories. We can do it too. Not merely to satirize them, which there will surely be enough of, but as a predictor, too, of what may be coming our way from the orgs. eventually, and also we might even think of a semi-serious category the orgs themselves have overlooked. This would be something special, since they must have their think tanks working full time on these new trinkets and categories which will glean even more sanctioning fees.
It is also what boxers like Hopkins have set out purposely to do. Hopkins had the age record in mind in the last part of his career. It drove him.
1 Galactic Belt. Why don't we have one yet? Are the orgs failing us?
2 Oldest To Turn Pro. There is room here, an untapped preserve of category awaits exploration.
3 Oldest to Retire. Roy Jones has his sights firmly set on this cherished record.
4 Longest Hiatus Without Defense. In other words, what is the record for not defending one's title and yet remaining champion?
I may need some help, boys.
This is exactly what the boxing orgs. do with their made up belts and categories. We can do it too. Not merely to satirize them, which there will surely be enough of, but as a predictor, too, of what may be coming our way from the orgs. eventually, and also we might even think of a semi-serious category the orgs themselves have overlooked. This would be something special, since they must have their think tanks working full time on these new trinkets and categories which will glean even more sanctioning fees.
It is also what boxers like Hopkins have set out purposely to do. Hopkins had the age record in mind in the last part of his career. It drove him.
1 Galactic Belt. Why don't we have one yet? Are the orgs failing us?
2 Oldest To Turn Pro. There is room here, an untapped preserve of category awaits exploration.
3 Oldest to Retire. Roy Jones has his sights firmly set on this cherished record.
4 Longest Hiatus Without Defense. In other words, what is the record for not defending one's title and yet remaining champion?
I may need some help, boys.
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