The RING Champion is considered the true champion in his division, but still fighters are content chasing all the various paper titles rather than the real championship. Why would you fork out all these sanctioning fees and such for titles that are worth very little? You have Sam Peter stuck in this ridiculous triangle with the WBC over his mandatory shot for what is really a meaningless strap when you consider that three other guys have as much claim to being the HW Champ as the WBC Champion does.
What really gets to me, though, is when the RING champion has no other major title yet they still bill the fight as being for some ****ty belt like the IBO, IBA, etc. This happened in both Tarver-Johnson fights, Tarver-Hopkins, and most recently is going to happen in Hatton-Castillo. Why can't they just say it's for the RING Championship, which means more than all the other titles combined? The fighters and fans need to show the RING belt the respect it deserves...
What really gets to me, though, is when the RING champion has no other major title yet they still bill the fight as being for some ****ty belt like the IBO, IBA, etc. This happened in both Tarver-Johnson fights, Tarver-Hopkins, and most recently is going to happen in Hatton-Castillo. Why can't they just say it's for the RING Championship, which means more than all the other titles combined? The fighters and fans need to show the RING belt the respect it deserves...
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