Thread: Will the real champ take a bow?

I have been watching boxing since I was five and the bouts were in black and white so I will be brief and come straight to the point I dislike alphabet soup. The WBA,The WBC, The Ibf and The WBOgus. I think we all agree, one recognizable fighter for each division. If we were to hold a tournament of four fights in each division of the most visible and recognizable fighters w can have a universal titlist when the smoke clears and the number one through four contenders are the top fighters to challenge the universal champion. You can keep the bogus alphabet titles but each will have to fight one guy, for example let us say that Floy and Manny are the most recognizable, they can fight for this title but the vote should be taken by boxing comissioners and the promoters will have work for a living. It will keep everyone honest. Sample=Floyd Mayweather
WBC WBO IBF WBA
Whatever Division wins title defense is up for fight.
In the case of no defense,first come first serve.
Commissions vote world wide and their vote is solid.
It's just an idea that needs everyone's input because after all we are the fans.

It's an interesting idea, and I definitely agree that all the alphabet commissions are ridiculous, but there is no way that they will ever change. The only thing they care about is lining their own pockets, they don't really care about the long-term health of the sport or the fans. Their only concern is that boxing remains lucrative enough and enough people remain interested for them to continue doing what they have been doing.

I think the 1 champion per division will cure a lot of boxing's ailments. Not to mentioned getting rid of 3 or 4 weight classes will also help tremendously.

Originally Posted by generalbulldog

I think the 1 champion per division will cure a lot of boxing's ailments. Not to mentioned getting rid of 3 or 4 weight classes will also help tremendously.

agreed

would be ecstatic if the powers that be came together and laid out plans to restrict world titles to 3 per division maximum

...as long as people continue to buy tic's and ppv's there's no reason they should change. At the end of the day when the fights are over and the seats are cleared these dudes are raking in the cash for crappy match ups, stupid catch weights, and rigged contests.......can't really blame them. People complain about promoters and sanctioning bodies, but are wiling to run to atm to pay for crap like marg/pac.

I agree about the people continuing the purchase of tickets so here is another idea that has been working for years. Th super middle tournament is a nice try but sooner or later the alphabet soup people will burn the pot again. Super Bowl, World Cup, Baseball world series and man even in golf which I have no love for, you are required as the champion to constantly prove yourself. The K1 series although it's once a year and doesn't have a body occupying the title can be used in boxing as a mandatory eliminator to fight the champ. The alphabet people are dumb not to see how lucrative this might be.

all these titles & weights destroying boxing
only thing i can think of is boycotting fights with meaningless titles, that way fighters would ditch them thoughts

That's simple but really thought provoking!!!!!

i hate all these fkin titles so much that wouldnt mind if everyone boycotted any title fight or maybe we all just picked a title & only bought that title fight eg WBC, i mean within a few mths all the fighters would of ditched there alphabet titles & hey presto the alphabet titles are gone then all the fighters need to meet each other to get a title shot. we the fans have the power to get rid of these alphabet titles that would be the only way they would ever disapear.

i have seen there is abt 3 threads at the moment abt there being too many titles so its obvious how much they are hated.