This is the problem with Boxing,there are 16 divisions with 5 or more "Championship" belts people can win per division so there's at least 80 guys at any given moment claiming to be a "World Champions" when in reality,most are just Title belt holder. Being a World Champion just ain't what it used to be.
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Agree. I've been making a distinction between a title holder & a champion for quite awhile now. Some of these guys you just can't call champions with a straight face. And some guys are clearly champions.
I don't even see success in multiple divisions as impressive a feat as I used to. I do give extra credit to the guys who've been the #1 guy in multiple divisions regardless of if they won 1 title or all of them cuz that is something special & rarer.
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Originally posted by Eff Pandas View PostAgree. I've been making a distinction between a title holder & a champion for quite awhile now. Some of these guys you just can't call champions with a straight face. And some guys are clearly champions.
I don't even see success in multiple divisions as impressive a feat as I used to. I do give extra credit to the guys who've been the #1 guy in multiple divisions regardless of if they won 1 title or all of them cuz that is something special & rarer.
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It's terrible. What is almost as bad is the complete lack of uniformity in the rankings. None of the four alphabet rankings look anything like the rankings of the other 3. A guy could be the number 1 contender for one and maybe unranked by the others. Why was that African fighting Andrade for the vacant title? Andrade is a paper champion to me until he at least beats a legit top 5 middleweight. All these weight classes and only two weight classes have been unified recently and now 140 is all split up again.
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Originally posted by Eff Pandas View PostAgree. I've been making a distinction between a title holder & a champion for quite awhile now. Some of these guys you just can't call champions with a straight face. And some guys are clearly champions.
I don't even see success in multiple divisions as impressive a feat as I used to. I do give extra credit to the guys who've been the #1 guy in multiple divisions regardless of if they won 1 title or all of them cuz that is something special & rarer.
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