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[erics44]

Lonsdale’s belt is beautiful and more fighters should try and win it permanently.

See now thats a belt I'd covet. The history alone would demand it of me. I'd most likely defend it even if I became a superstar world champ.

I love the Ring belt and that would mean more than a world title.

Really? Despite the corruption around it? I would say it is on par with an alphabet title.

Lonsdale belts are nice looking, but generally if you are an exceptional talent, wasting three (four I think now) fights to win the belt outright is not going to help career development. If I were that talented I would rather just win my British title and then pay to keep the belt (which I believe you can do) and then onwards and upwards.

the ring belt is crap, does anyone ever fight for it or do they just decide who has it?

it adds to the confusion if you ask me

[IamInuit]

Lonsdale’s belt is beautiful and more fighters should try and win it permanently.

See now thats a belt I'd covet. The history alone would demand it of me. I'd most likely defend it even if I became a superstar world champ.

I love the Ring belt and that would mean more than a world title.

Really? Despite the corruption around it? I would say it is on par with an alphabet title.

Lonsdale belts are nice looking, but generally if you are an exceptional talent, wasting three (four I think now) fights to win the belt outright is not going to help career development. If I were that talented I would rather just win my British title and then pay to keep the belt (which I believe you can do) and then onwards and upwards.

the ring belt is crap, does anyone ever fight for it or do they just decide who has it?

it adds to the confusion if you ask me

I actually respected the Rings picks before they even had a phantom belt. Then Oscar bought the company.

The Ring also created a championship system that is "intended to reward fighters who, by satisfying rigid criteria, can justify a claim as the true and only world champion in a given weight class."

Like Alvarez has done lol

The Lonesdale has always had authenticity to it and is the oldest belt on the planet. Even its look is raw and warrior like and yet simple at the same time.

Boxing fans around the world should unite and design a virtual peoples title or something.

[erics44]

there should be a league table type thing

you move up and down based on who you fight, what position in the league table they are

if you don't fight in so long maybe you could lose points or something

if you if you beat someone 10 places above you say, you could get more points than if you beat someone below you or someone 2 places above you

know what I mean?

or maybe that's just plain daft

[Britkid]

there should be a league table type thing

you move up and down based on who you fight, what position in the league table they are

if you don't fight in so long maybe you could lose points or something

if you if you beat someone 10 places above you say, you could get more points than if you beat someone below you or someone 2 places above you

know what I mean?

or maybe that's just plain daft

Boxrec already do that for their ratings, and it is far from perfect.

I think it is unlikely there will ever be a 'sensible' way to rank fighters, boxing is far too subjective, which generally is a good thing as it creates debate.

[erics44]

there should be a league table type thing

you move up and down based on who you fight, what position in the league table they are

if you don't fight in so long maybe you could lose points or something

if you if you beat someone 10 places above you say, you could get more points than if you beat someone below you or someone 2 places above you

know what I mean?

or maybe that's just plain daft

Boxrec already do that for their ratings, and it is far from perfect.

I think it is unlikely there will ever be a 'sensible' way to rank fighters, boxing is far too subjective, which generally is a good thing as it creates debate.

yeah it is subjective and I like the debate that creates, problem is its very money driven also and its not just an opinion of how good a fighter is that gets him a ranking, a popular fighter can lose and get another fight or ranking he might not "deserve"

the problem with a ranking system is tho that a world champion could (and probably actually quite regularly would) end up ranked below any number of challengers

and no, you are right, there will never be a more sensible and fairer way to rank fighters