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I did not include vacant as an option in the original polls because I felt like the polls are meant to pick a champion from the titlists and having a vacant option just makes things more convoluted not less.
Yes, the inclusion of TF is an affront to this idea, but, we all know had I not included Fury plenty would have cried and at least including him made the poll interesting. MF'er won, shocked me, I thought Andy had that in the bag.
For me personally, I just want to be able to answer casuals with a name. Who is the HW champion? Tyson Fury. Who is the Lightweight Champion? Lomachenko. Much nicer answers to me than " Well, see, no one's really proven themselves. There's three champion claims for HW, two are sanctioning body titlists and one is a traditional claim. One guy is a fan favorite, the other has the majority of titles, the last has been champion longest and has the most defenses, so I say it is vacant"
My ****, that's a ****ty answer to have to give people. In any form! Re-word it, slice it up however you like, it might be true, but, it takes a casual to a depth they don't even understand.
Every title fight I end up posting on YT what belt belongs to what org and getting all sorts of thumbies. The casuals don't even know the WBC is green or EBU is blue.
That said, that was my logic. I didn't bring vacant into it because I wanted simple answers, one name, per division.
But I am not meant to dictate to you all what the polls should reflect. If you want vacant because you don't want undeserving men being given props, I get that, I respect that.
So I put it to y'all. Should a BoxingScene Championship polls have a vacant option?
Yes, the inclusion of TF is an affront to this idea, but, we all know had I not included Fury plenty would have cried and at least including him made the poll interesting. MF'er won, shocked me, I thought Andy had that in the bag.
For me personally, I just want to be able to answer casuals with a name. Who is the HW champion? Tyson Fury. Who is the Lightweight Champion? Lomachenko. Much nicer answers to me than " Well, see, no one's really proven themselves. There's three champion claims for HW, two are sanctioning body titlists and one is a traditional claim. One guy is a fan favorite, the other has the majority of titles, the last has been champion longest and has the most defenses, so I say it is vacant"
My ****, that's a ****ty answer to have to give people. In any form! Re-word it, slice it up however you like, it might be true, but, it takes a casual to a depth they don't even understand.
Every title fight I end up posting on YT what belt belongs to what org and getting all sorts of thumbies. The casuals don't even know the WBC is green or EBU is blue.
That said, that was my logic. I didn't bring vacant into it because I wanted simple answers, one name, per division.
But I am not meant to dictate to you all what the polls should reflect. If you want vacant because you don't want undeserving men being given props, I get that, I respect that.
So I put it to y'all. Should a BoxingScene Championship polls have a vacant option?
I ****ed up!
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